In 2023, 22.5% of Romania’s population aged 25-34 years had tertiary education (ISCED levels 5-8), the lowest share in the European Union, where the average increased by 1 percentage point from 2022 to 43%, according to Eurostat.
The EU as a whole is 2 pp below its 2030 target, which aims for 45% of the EU population aged between 25-34 years to have tertiary education.
Data indicate that 13 EU countries already met the 2030 EU-level…
