Out-of-school children in Italy

In Italy, 2.1% of children of primary school age were not in school in 2023.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.
Italy, 2023 2.1%nat_est (National estimate) % of children of primary school age
Change from 2022 −0.5percentage points 2022: 2.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 1.3% Middle value of 26 countries

Out-of-school children in Italy over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 2.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 0.9%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2023 for Italy
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org