Italy vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes

Italy
2.90 million
in 2024
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
114.52 million
in 2024
Italy rank
25th
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank
28th

School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes over time

  • Italy
  • WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
050.0M100.0M150.0M197019972024

How they compare

WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) currently reports 114.52 million against 2.90 million in Italy, a difference of 111.62 million.

That makes WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)'s figure about 39.5 times Italy's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 25th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 28th of 220 countries.

WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) Difference Ahead
2000s 2.88 million 137.84 million 134.96 million WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
2010s 2.86 million 115.83 million 112.97 million WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
2020s 2.87 million 111.53 million 108.66 million WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, upper secondary education, both sexes, Italy or WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), at 114.52 million against 2.90 million in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, upper secondary education, both sexes between Italy and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
111.62 million, with WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Italy and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for school age population, upper secondary education, both sexes?
Italy ranks 25th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 28th of 220 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number). 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

Italy vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-both-sexes-number-2/italy/wb-upper-middle-income-july-2025/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-both-sexes-number-2/italy/wb-upper-middle-income-july-2025/">Italy vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
441 places, 20,373 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release