# Regions of Romania (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 8 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `below_upper_secondary_share_25_64`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is lower secondary at most (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 2: less than primary, primary and lower secondary), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/romania-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sud-Est | 27.9 |
| 2 | Nord-Est | 24.8 |
| 3 | Nord-Vest | 21.3 |
| 4 | Sud-Muntenia | 20.8 |
| 5 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 20 |
| 6 | Centru | 19.6 |
| 7 | Vest | 14 |
| 8 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 7.2 |