France vs Italy: Share of population with no formal education
France
1.1%
in 2020
Italy
1.0%
in 2020
France rank
81st
Italy rank
84th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- France
- Italy
How they compare
France currently reports 1.1% against 1.0% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was France ahead.
France ranks 81st and Italy ranks 84th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 76.7% | 70.7% | 6.0% | France |
| 1880s | 58.0% | 63.0% | 5.0% | Italy |
| 1890s | 39.5% | 54.5% | 14.9% | Italy |
| 1900s | 24.3% | 46.5% | 22.2% | Italy |
| 1910s | 11.3% | 41.0% | 29.7% | Italy |
| 1920s | 2.0% | 31.4% | 29.4% | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 24.7% | 24.3% | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 15.9% | 15.5% | Italy |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 10.8% | 10.4% | Italy |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 6.8% | 6.1% | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 4.5% | 3.5% | Italy |
| 1980s | 2.9% | 5.6% | 2.7% | Italy |
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.3% | 0.3% | France |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 2.3% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, France or Italy?
- France, at 1.1% against 1.0% in Italy as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between France and Italy?
- 0.1%, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do France and Italy rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- France ranks 81st and Italy ranks 84th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.