Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8719 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy is 0.8719 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy peaked at 0.8719 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7067 LPIA, in 1992.
Italy ranks 37th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7067 LPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.7139 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7401 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7377 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7465 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7387 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7236 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7115 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7396 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7857 LPIA | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8074 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8116 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8079 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.81 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8162 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8205 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8182 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8383 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8414 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8476 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8481 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8498 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8506 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8497 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.856 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8549 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8645 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8706 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8719 LPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7306 LPIA | 0.7067 LPIA | 0.7465 LPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7793 LPIA | 0.7115 LPIA | 0.8162 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.842 LPIA | 0.8182 LPIA | 0.856 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8655 LPIA | 0.8549 LPIA | 0.8719 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 upper secondary education or in Italy?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy was 0.8719 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8719 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7067 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 37th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release