Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Romania
Romania: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9838 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Romania, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.9838 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Romania peaked at 1.01 index in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9126 index, in 1981.
Romania ranks 130th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9261 index | 0.9126 index | 0.9386 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9599 index | 0.9342 index | 0.9876 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9925 index | 0.9849 index | 1 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9951 index | 0.9838 index | 1.01 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9842 index | 0.9836 index | 0.9853 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 127 Kyrgyzstan 0.9957 index compare
- 128 South Korea 0.9952 index compare
- 129 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9902 index compare
- 131 Azerbaijan 0.9772 index compare
- 132 India 0.967 index compare
- 133 Liberia 0.9434 index compare
More gender data for Romania
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 86,731 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 91,487 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 87,657 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 92,454 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 88,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 93,457 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 89,763 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 94,594 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 91,040 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 96,150 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Romania?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Romania was 0.9838 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2011.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9126 index in 1981.
- How does Romania rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Romania ranks 130th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.