Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.01 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, 1992β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1.01 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7875 GPIA, in 1995.
That places Italy 39th out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7927 GPIA | 0.7875 GPIA | 0.8062 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9239 GPIA | 0.8879 GPIA | 0.9484 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9758 GPIA | 0.9433 GPIA | 0.9972 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9904 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 103.6% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2024)
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 1.01 GPIA 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 1.01 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7875 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 39th out of 107 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 3.9%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release