Italy vs SDG: Europe and Northern America: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in

Italy
48.7%
in 2023
SDG: Europe and Northern America
71.0%
in 2024
Italy rank
165th
SDG: Europe and Northern America rank
164th

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Italy
  • SDG: Europe and Northern America
020406080199720102024

How they compare

SDG: Europe and Northern America currently reports 71.0% against 48.7% in Italy, a difference of 22.3%.

That makes SDG: Europe and Northern America's figure about 1.5 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was SDG: Europe and Northern America ahead.

Italy ranks 165th and SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 164th of 190 countries.

SDG: Europe and Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy SDG: Europe and Northern America Difference Ahead
1990s 36.4% 64.4% 27.9% SDG: Europe and Northern America
2000s 53.4% 66.5% 13.1% SDG: Europe and Northern America
2010s 43.2% 67.5% 24.3% SDG: Europe and Northern America
2020s 48.1% 70.8% 22.6% SDG: Europe and Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Italy or SDG: Europe and Northern America?
SDG: Europe and Northern America, at 71.0% against 48.7% in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Italy and SDG: Europe and Northern America?
22.3%, with SDG: Europe and Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and SDG: Europe and Northern America?
26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
How do Italy and SDG: Europe and Northern America rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Italy ranks 165th and SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 164th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). 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 SDG: Europe and Northern America: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-all-students-in-upper-secondary-education-enrolled-in-general-programmes-both/italy/sdg-europe-and-northern-america/

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/share-of-all-students-in-upper-secondary-education-enrolled-in-general-programmes-both/italy/sdg-europe-and-northern-america/">Italy vs SDG: Europe and Northern America: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
411 places, 9,820 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release