Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9297 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Italy recorded 0.9297 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy peaked at 0.9297 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6752 GPIA, in 1971.
Italy ranks 82nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Italy, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6752 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.7138 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8456 GPIA | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8511 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.856 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8626 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8665 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8707 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.875 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8807 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8846 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8944 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.893 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8961 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9073 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.912 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9171 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.921 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9133 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.922 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9254 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9297 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6752 GPIA | 0.6752 GPIA | 0.6752 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7138 GPIA | 0.7138 GPIA | 0.7138 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8587 GPIA | 0.8456 GPIA | 0.8707 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8981 GPIA | 0.875 GPIA | 0.921 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9226 GPIA | 0.9133 GPIA | 0.9297 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 79 Macau, China 0.9451 GPIA compare
- 80 Singapore 0.9441 GPIA compare
- 81 Saudi Arabia 0.9348 GPIA compare
- 83 Hong Kong, China 0.9262 GPIA compare
- 84 Greece 0.923 GPIA compare
- 85 Thailand 0.9071 GPIA compare
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 0.9297 GPIA 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 0.9297 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6752 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 82nd out of 131 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 3.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release