Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy
Italy: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 55.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy, 1981–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy stood at 55.3%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Italy peaked at 55.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 1981.
That places Italy 75th out of 142 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.3% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 31.8% | 27.6% | 37.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 40.4% | 35.4% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.0% | 45.5% | 52.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.2% | 52.4% | 55.3% | 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 55.3% 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 55.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 1981.
- How does Italy rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Italy ranks 75th out of 142 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 15.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release