Italy's adult literacy rose from 96.5 % in 1981 to 99.3 % in 2019.
Italy's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 102.0 % in 2001 to 103.6 % in 2023.
Italy · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Italy's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.6 % in 1981 to 99.9 % in 2019.
Italy's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 97.3 % in 2001 to 100.7 % in 2023.
Italy's tertiary enrolment rose from 53.5 % in 2001 to 75.9 % in 2023.
Italy's children out of school, primary rose from 6,006 in 2001 to 52,117 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.2 pts57th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentdown −0.0 pts40th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −0.5 pts40th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.3 pts33rd of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs30th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.4 yrs40th of 145
- Learning povertyup +0.7 pts13th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −0.1 pts81st of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.0 pts146th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +3.2 %18th of 135