Education in Italy 142 indicators covering education for Italy. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 63.2% 2025 down 1.6% 133rd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 11.7% 2025 down 15.0% 210th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 103.6% 2023 up 2.4% 68th Primary education, teachers 250,961 2024 up 5.8% 28th School enrollment, primary, female 103.0% 2023 up 2.0% 71st School enrollment, primary, male 104.1% 2023 up 2.9% 68th Labor force, total 25.66 million 2025 up 1.5% 27th Labor force, female 42.6% 2025 up 1.2% 119th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9992 GPI 2020 up 0.9% 70th School enrollment, secondary 100.7% 2023 down 0.3% 60th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 12.5% 187th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 9.1% 186th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 163rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th Secondary education, teachers 423,797 2024 up 4.9% 20th School enrollment, secondary, female 100.4% 2023 down 0.1% 60th School enrollment, secondary, male 100.9% 2023 down 0.4% 56th School enrollment, tertiary 75.9% 2023 up 24.7% 42nd School enrollment, primary, private 6.1% 2023 down 8.9% 138th School enrollment, preprimary 92.7% 2020 down 7.1% 50th School enrollment, tertiary, male 63.5% 2023 up 24.5% 42nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 89.6% 2023 up 25.6% 36th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9853 GPI 2020 down 0.4% 135th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.29 GPI 2023 up 0.5% 72nd Secondary education, teachers, female 366,484 2024 up 26.8% 12th Primary completion rate, female 97.4% 2023 down 2.3% 68th Primary completion rate, male 97.4% 2023 down 2.2% 65th Government expenditure on education, total 4.1% 2022 up 0.8% 104th Secondary education, general pupils 3.04 million 2017 up 5.9% 31st Lower secondary completion rate, total 96.3% 2023 down 4.3% 53rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 91.8% 2020 down 7.0% 51st School enrollment, preprimary, male 93.4% 2020 down 7.2% 42nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.9% 2022 up 1.0% 3rd Government expenditure on education, total 7.4% 2022 down 7.4% 180th Secondary education, general pupils 53.4% 2017 down 0.4% 9th Lower secondary completion rate, female 96.7% 2023 down 4.4% 57th Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.0% 2023 down 4.3% 51st Children out of school 2.1% 2023 up 132.2% 124th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 2.63 million 2023 down 8.2% 58th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Secondary education, pupils 4.61 million 2023 up 0.3% 26th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.8% 2022 up 0.2% 11th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 100.0% 2022 up 1.7% 3rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 1.57 million 2017 down 7.2% 8th Number of under-five deaths, male 581 2024 down 43.0% 111th Number of under-five deaths, female 466 2024 down 42.7% 111th Number of infant deaths, male 489 2024 down 43.0% 111th Number of infant deaths, female 393 2024 down 42.4% 109th Children out of school, female 2.2% 2023 up 150.8% 131st Children out of school, male 2.0% 2023 up 115.6% 137th Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.6% 2017 down 4.7% 128th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 96.6% 2017 down 7.8% 140th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 49.6% 79th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.3% 2025 down 42.3% 69th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 46.3% 71st Primary education, teachers 93.8% 2024 down 2.2% 17th Repeaters, primary, total 0.3% 2017 up 37.5% 150th Page 1 of 3 Next →