Italy vs Portugal: Share of the population with tertiary education
Italy
15.9%
in 2020
Portugal
16.1%
in 2020
Italy rank
51st
Portugal rank
50th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 16.1% against 15.9% in Italy, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Portugal ahead.
Italy ranks 51st and Portugal ranks 50th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 10 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Portugal |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1930s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 1950s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Italy |
| 1970s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 0.9% | Italy |
| 1980s | 5.1% | 5.2% | 0.1% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 7.8% | 9.7% | 1.9% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 13.7% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 15.5% | 1.0% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 16.1% | 0.2% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Italy or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 16.1% against 15.9% in Italy as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Italy and Portugal?
- 0.2%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Italy ranks 51st and Portugal ranks 50th 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.