Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Italy
Italy: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Italy, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Italy recorded 0.5% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2023.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Italy peaked at 0.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2002.
Italy ranks 39th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Italy, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5% | — |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 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 percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Italy?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Italy was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2002.
- How does Italy rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Italy ranks 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release