Greece vs Italy: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes

Greece
5.0%
in 2018
Italy
5.4%
in 2018
Greece rank
121st
Italy rank
119th

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes over time

  • Greece
  • Italy
510152025199820082018

How they compare

Italy currently reports 5.4% against 5.0% in Greece, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 121st and Italy ranks 119th of 147 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Italy Difference Ahead
1990s 25.1% 20.4% 4.8% Greece
2000s 17.3% 13.5% 3.8% Greece
2010s 6.3% 6.0% 0.3% Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes, Greece or Italy?
Italy, at 5.4% against 5.0% in Greece as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes between Greece and Italy?
0.4%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?
16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Greece and Italy rank globally for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
Greece ranks 121st and Italy ranks 119th of 147 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 3,194 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of youth of official upper secondary school age who are not enrolled in upper secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official upper secondary school age.