Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy

Italy: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female was 16,473 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
16,473
Change on year
down 16.4%
World rank
74th
of 163 countries
All-time high
19,700
in 2022
All-time low
3,142
in 2012
Years of data
12
2012–2023

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy, 2012–2023

5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2012201720232012: 3.1k2013: 5.2k2014: 7.4k2015: 8.8k2016: 10.2k2017: 10.2k2018: 10.3k2019: 10.3k2020: 10.4k2021: 16.5k2022: 19.7k2023: 16.5k

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Italy recorded 16,473 for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in 2023.

The figure is down 16.4% on the previous year and up 215.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy peaked at 19,700 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,142, in 2012.

Italy ranks 74th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number) in Italy, 2012 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2012 3,142
2013 5,217 +66.0%
2014 7,384 +41.5%
2015 8,847 +19.8%
2016 10,220 +15.5%
2017 10,153 -0.7%
2018 10,345 +1.9%
2019 10,272 -0.7%
2020 10,446 +1.7%
2021 16,459 +57.6%
2022 19,700 +19.7%
2023 16,473 -16.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 8,198 3,142 10,345 8
2020s 15,770 10,446 19,700 4

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 71 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17,224 compare
  2. 72 Rwanda 17,154 compare
  3. 73 Palestine, State of 16,729 compare
  4. 75 Kuwait 16,026 compare
  5. 76 Cuba 14,725 compare
  6. 77 Spain 14,030 compare

See the full ranking of 202 places →

More education data for Italy

All data for Italy →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy?
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy was 16,473 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female recorded in Italy?
The highest recorded value was 19,700 in 2022.
What is the lowest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 3,142 in 2012.
How does Italy rank for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female?
Italy ranks 74th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 215.8%. 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 Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-adolescents-of-lower-secondary-school-age-female-number-2/italy/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-adolescents-of-lower-secondary-school-age-female-number-2/italy/">Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Italy</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
202 places, 3,544 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release