Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Romania

Population with tertiary education in Romania in 2023 — 14.6%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 89. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 1.59 pp.

2023 14.6% −0.68 pp vs 2022
World rank 58of 89
Period maximum 15.28%2022
Period minimum 13.01%2014

Trend over time

2014–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Romania, 2014–20231314151620142015201620172018201920202021202220232014: 13.01%2015: 14.08%2016: 14.27%2017: 14.36%2018: 14.51%2019: 14.79%2020: 15.14%2021: 13.98%2022: 15.28%2023: 14.6%
Change over the period: +1.59 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 14.6%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Eastern Europe computed 20.96%
Population with tertiary education — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 14.6 −0.68 pp
2022 15.28 +1.31 pp
2021 13.98 −1.16 pp
2020 15.14 +0.35 pp
2019 14.79 +0.28 pp
2018 14.51 +0.15 pp
2017 14.36 +0.1 pp
2016 14.27 +0.19 pp
2015 14.08 +1.06 pp
2014 13.01

Eastern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.