Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania

Romania: Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education was 1.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.0%
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
10th
of 107 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2018
All-time low
0.9%
in 2000
Years of data
19
1999–2018

Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania, 1999–2018

00.20.40.60.811999200820181999: 0.861 % of labor force with high education in working age2000: 0.853 % of labor force with high education in working age2001: 0.882 % of labor force with high education in working age2002: 0.898 % of labor force with high education in working age2003: 0.908 % of labor force with high education in working age2004: 0.913 % of labor force with high education in working age2005: 0.928 % of labor force with high education in working age2006: 0.947 % of labor force with high education in working age2007: 0.928 % of labor force with high education in working age2008: 0.949 % of labor force with high education in working age2009: 0.949 % of labor force with high education in working age2010: 0.944 % of labor force with high education in working age2011: 0.947 % of labor force with high education in working age2012: 0.949 % of labor force with high education in working age2013: 0.953 % of labor force with high education in working age2014: 0.957 % of labor force with high education in working age2015: 0.961 % of labor force with high education in working age2016: 0.96 % of labor force with high education in working age2018: 0.967 % of labor force with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force with high education in working age.

Analysis

In 2018, employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania stood at 1.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania peaked at 1.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2000.

That places Romania 10th out of 107 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania, year by year

Annual values for Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) in Romania, 1999 to 2018.
Year % of labor force with high education in working age Change
1999 0.9%
2000 0.9% -0.9%
2001 0.9% +3.4%
2002 0.9% +1.7%
2003 0.9% +1.1%
2004 0.9% +0.6%
2005 0.9% +1.6%
2006 0.9% +2.0%
2007 0.9% -2.0%
2008 0.9% +2.3%
2009 0.9% -0.0%
2010 0.9% -0.5%
2011 0.9% +0.4%
2012 0.9% +0.1%
2013 1.0% +0.5%
2014 1.0% +0.4%
2015 1.0% +0.5%
2016 1.0% -0.1%
2018 1.0% +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 10
2010s 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 8

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 7 Tajikistan 1.0% compare
  2. 8 Guatemala 1.0% compare
  3. 9 China 1.0% compare
  4. 11 Iceland 1.0% compare
  5. 12 Republic of Korea 1.0% compare
  6. 13 Madagascar 1.0% compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

More reference data data for Romania

All data for Romania →

Frequently asked questions

What is employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania?
Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania was 1.0% in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2018.
What is the lowest employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2000.
How does Romania rank for employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Romania ranks 10th out of 107 countries with data for 2018.
Is employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Romania data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania. Statizoid. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-rate-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-labor-force-with-high/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-rate-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-labor-force-with-high/romania/">Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Romania</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,429 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed