Upper secondary completion in Italy
In Italy, 84.6% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.
Italy, 2021
84.6%
Change from 2020
0percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021
87.5%
Upper secondary completion in Italy over time
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Italy |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 84.6% |
| 2020 | 84.6% |
| 2019 | 83.4% |
| 2018 | 82.6% |
| 2017 | 83.1% |
| 2016 | 82.0% |
| 2015 | 81.3% |
| 2014 | 81.1% |
| 2013 | 79.7% |
| 2012 | 79.3% |
| 2011 | 79.0% |
| 2010 | 78.0% |
| 2009 | 77.9% |
| 2008 | 77.9% |
| 2007 | 77.6% |
| 2006 | 76.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 84.6% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 79.0%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
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