Moldova
Last updated July 15, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is strong, but Innovation lags
Moldova shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (77th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 77th
- Global rank
- #42
- Regional rank
- #28
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Country profile
Moldova shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its strongest results are in School Access and Gender Parity (97, 98th percentile).
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Strong tertiary enrollment expands future talent pipelines and strengthens national innovation potential.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Regulatory quality falls short of global standards, signalling structural hurdles in policy execution. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
Innovation presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Moldova leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.
Areas with room to grow: Infrastructure (65, 60th percentile), Governance (51, 64th percentile) and Innovation (43, 47th percentile). These dimensions sit close to global norms and could accelerate quickly with targeted investment.
Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.
Key insights
Sits above the global median at the 77th percentile.
Places 42nd worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 28th within Europe & Central Asia.
Scores range from Access & Parity (97.2) to Innovation (42.6), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Europe & Central Asia
Composite GEFRI Score