9 answers, 3 from Moldova's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
Moldovan 15-year-olds scored an average of 422 points in science in PISA 2025, 5 points more than in 2022 and their highest in five rounds, according to the National Agency for Curriculum and Evaluation. Results were presented on 8 September 2026.
The gap to the OECD average in science narrowed from 88 points in 2009 to 60 in 2025. In mathematics it narrowed from 99 to 53 points and in reading from 105 to 57. In the new domain of learning in the digital world, Moldovan students scored 452 points. The agency says the narrowing in science between 2022 and 2025 came mostly from Moldovan students' own progress. 91 countries took part.
Moldova had 1,173 primary and general secondary schools and 334.6 thousand pupils at the start of the 2025/26 school year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The schools comprised 83 primary schools, 746 gymnasiums, 336 lyceums, 6 special schools and 2 evening schools. 25.8 thousand teaching and management staff worked in them. In the previous year, 31.2 thousand pupils graduated from gymnasium and 12.1 thousand from lyceum, of whom 11.2 thousand obtained the baccalaureate diploma.
62.9 thousand students were enrolled at Moldova's 16 higher education institutions at the start of the 2025/26 academic year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
46.7 thousand were studying for a licence (bachelor's) degree, 10.6 thousand for a master's degree and 5.6 thousand in integrated programmes. 17.8 thousand students were admitted to the first cycle and 5.8 thousand to the second. Universities employed 3.6 thousand teaching and research staff as basic staff.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
In 2018, net primary school enrolment in Moldova was 86.3%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the lowest since at least 2005. It is 11th highest of 11 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 94.5%. World rank, highest first: 51st of 69.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross secondary school enrolment in Moldova was 99.3% in 2024. Its high point since 2010 was 2016, at 106.0%; its low point was 2011, at 87.7%. It is 21st highest of 34 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 101.1%. World rank, highest first: 36th of 100.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2024, is 74.7%. No year since 2010 has been higher. It is 15th highest of 34 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 71.1%. World rank, highest first: 22nd of 90.
6.6% of GDP: that is government spending on education in Moldova for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 5.5% of GDP (2018) to 9.5% of GDP (2009). It is 2nd highest of 16 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 3.7% of GDP. Worldwide: 9th of 112.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts the number of primary pupils per teacher in Moldova at 18 in 2018. Its high point since 2005 was 2005, at 18; its low point was 2011, at 15. It is 5th highest of 15 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 15. World rank, highest first: 52nd of 85.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the primary completion rate in Moldova was 108.1% in 2024. The peak was 109.1% in 2014 and the low 89.6% in 2012. Europe & Central Asia median: 98.2%; Moldova is 3rd highest of 30. World rank, highest first: 8th of 104.
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