Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9714 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Italy recorded 0.9714 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy peaked at 0.977 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9094 GPIA, in 2006.
That places Italy 18th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9094 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9248 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9157 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9207 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9324 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9385 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9312 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9296 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9373 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9343 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9447 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9465 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9527 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9616 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9685 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.977 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9714 GPIA | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9169 GPIA | 0.9094 GPIA | 0.9248 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9368 GPIA | 0.9207 GPIA | 0.9527 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9696 GPIA | 0.9616 GPIA | 0.977 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)
- 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 0.9714 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 0.977 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9094 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 18th out of 40 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 4.3%. 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release