Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 1.17 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Italy, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1.17 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Italy peaked at 1.18 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3865 GPIA, in 1971.
Italy ranks 38th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Italy, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3865 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.5329 GPIA | +37.9% |
| 1992 | 0.6703 GPIA | +25.8% |
| 1993 | 0.6908 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.688 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7312 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7411 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7624 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9432 GPIA | +23.7% |
| 2002 | 0.865 GPIA | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8913 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9324 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9625 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9926 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.02 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1.04 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.09 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.11 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.13 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.16 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.15 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.15 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.14 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.17 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.18 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.17 GPIA | -0.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1.17 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.14 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1.17 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.11 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +37.9% | 0.3865 GPIA | 0.5329 GPIA |
| 1992 | +25.8% | 0.5329 GPIA | 0.6703 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3865 GPIA | 0.3865 GPIA | 0.3865 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5329 GPIA | 0.5329 GPIA | 0.5329 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.714 GPIA | 0.6703 GPIA | 0.7624 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9672 GPIA | 0.865 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More education data for Italy
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.84 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.94 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 423,797 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 6,592 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 667,641 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 620,157 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.63 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.167 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Italy?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Italy was 1.17 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3865 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Italy ranks 38th out of 127 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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