Italy vs Korea: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts

Italy
16.8%
in 2018
Korea
16.0%
in 2017
Italy rank
6th
Korea rank
7th

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts over time

  • Italy
  • Korea
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 16.8% against 16.0% in Korea, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Korea's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 6th and Korea ranks 7th of 97 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Korea Difference Ahead
1990s 15.9% 17.0% 1.2% Korea
2000s 14.0% 18.1% 4.1% Korea
2010s 15.8% 17.2% 1.4% Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts, Italy or Korea?
Italy, at 16.8% against 16.0% in Korea as of 2018.
What is the difference in percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts between Italy and Korea?
0.8%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Korea?
14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
How do Italy and Korea rank globally for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts?
Italy ranks 6th and Korea ranks 7th of 97 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,141 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed humanities and arts programmes in the reference year.