Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8778 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
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy stood at 0.8778 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy peaked at 0.8778 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.714 LPIA, in 2002.
That places Italy 36th out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7212 LPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.7214 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7379 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7384 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.748 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.734 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.714 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7446 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7713 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8075 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8223 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8122 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8098 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8226 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8221 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8206 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.842 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8468 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8516 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.854 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8556 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8611 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8582 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.862 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8502 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.861 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8743 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8778 LPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7335 LPIA | 0.7212 LPIA | 0.748 LPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.788 LPIA | 0.714 LPIA | 0.8226 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8474 LPIA | 0.8206 LPIA | 0.862 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8658 LPIA | 0.8502 LPIA | 0.8778 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 0.8778 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 0.8778 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.714 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 36th out of 103 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 3.7%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release