Egypt vs Italy: Share of the population with tertiary education
Egypt
15.0%
in 2020
Italy
15.9%
in 2020
Egypt rank
54th
Italy rank
51st
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Egypt
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 15.9% against 15.0% in Egypt, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Italy ahead.
Egypt ranks 54th and Italy ranks 51st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 1950s | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1960s | 2.0% | 2.3% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 1970s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 0.1% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 4.3% | 5.1% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 7.8% | 3.2% | Italy |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 11.6% | 5.2% | Italy |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 14.5% | 2.8% | Italy |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 15.9% | 0.9% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Egypt or Italy?
- Italy, at 15.9% against 15.0% in Egypt as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Egypt and Italy?
- 0.9%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Italy?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Egypt and Italy rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Egypt ranks 54th and Italy ranks 51st 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.