Euro area vs Italy: Progression to secondary school

Euro area
96.8%
in 2017
Italy
100.0%
in 2016
Euro area rank
2nd
Italy rank
3rd

Progression to secondary school over time

  • Euro area
  • Italy
020406080100197119942017

How they compare

Italy currently reports 100.0% against 96.8% in Euro area, a difference of 3.2%.

Across all 38 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Euro area ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 3rd of 2 groups.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 95.0% 98.6% 3.6% Italy
1980s 95.5% 98.9% 3.4% Italy
1990s 95.9% 98.6% 2.7% Italy
2000s 96.7% 99.8% 3.0% Italy
2010s 96.6% 99.9% 3.3% Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher progression to secondary school, Euro area or Italy?
Italy, at 100.0% against 96.8% in Euro area as of 2016.
What is the difference in progression to secondary school between Euro area and Italy?
3.2%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Italy?
38 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2016.
How do Euro area and Italy rank globally for progression to secondary school?
Euro area ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 3rd of 2 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Euro area vs Italy: Progression to secondary school. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/progression-to-secondary-school-percent/euro-area/italy/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/progression-to-secondary-school-percent/euro-area/italy/">Euro area vs Italy: Progression to secondary school</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Progression to secondary school (%)
Unit
%
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 4,983 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).