Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy
Italy: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy stood at 0.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy peaked at 1.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
Italy ranks 90th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5% | — |
| 1999 | 0.8% | +56.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -33.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -74.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +99.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +86.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -50.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -69.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +238.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More education data for Italy
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Italy was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Italy ranks 90th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release