Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9726 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy is 0.9726 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy peaked at 0.9726 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9076 LPIA, in 2006.
Italy ranks 29th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9076 LPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9131 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9137 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9165 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9193 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9193 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9373 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9396 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9451 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9483 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9438 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9502 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9541 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9552 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9551 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9606 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9651 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9726 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9127 LPIA | 0.9076 LPIA | 0.9165 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9412 LPIA | 0.9193 LPIA | 0.9552 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9633 LPIA | 0.9551 LPIA | 0.9726 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More education data for Italy
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 250,961 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 103.57 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 103.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy was 0.9726 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9726 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9076 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 29th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release