Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Moldova

Population with tertiary education in Moldova in 2024 — 22.56%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 41. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.13 pp.

2024 22.56% +1.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 16of 41
Period maximum 22.56%2024
Period minimum 11.43%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Moldova, 2000–2024101520252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 11.43%2001: 11.72%2002: 12.33%2003: 13.01%2004: 13.79%2005: 13.53%2006: 16.08%2007: 15.09%2008: 15.62%2009: 16.27%2010: 16.97%2011: 17.87%2012: 18.86%2013: 19.04%2014: 20.09%2015: 19.37%2016: 18.83%2017: 18.94%2018: 20.12%2019: 20.05%2020: 20.19%2021: 20.43%2022: 20.39%2023: 20.96%2024: 22.56%
Change over the period: +11.13 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp
Population with tertiary education — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.56 +1.6 pp
2023 20.96 +0.58 pp
2022 20.39 −0.04 pp
2021 20.43 +0.24 pp
2020 20.19 +0.13 pp
2019 20.05 −0.07 pp
2018 20.12 +1.19 pp
2017 18.94 +0.11 pp
2016 18.83 −0.55 pp
2015 19.37 −0.71 pp
2014 20.09 +1.05 pp
2013 19.04 +0.17 pp
2012 18.86 +1 pp
2011 17.87 +0.9 pp
2010 16.97 +0.7 pp
2009 16.27 +0.64 pp
2008 15.62 +0.53 pp
2007 15.09 −0.99 pp
2006 16.08 +2.56 pp
2005 13.53 −0.27 pp
2004 13.79 +0.78 pp
2003 13.01 +0.68 pp
2002 12.33 +0.61 pp
2001 11.72 +0.29 pp
2000 11.43

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.