Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy
Italy: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 12 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Italy recorded 12 for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy peaked at 12 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8, in 1998.
Italy ranks 5th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8 | — |
| 1999 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12 | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.8 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 5 Argentina 12 compare
- 5 Armenia 12 compare
- 5 Austria 12 compare
- 5 Bahamas 12 compare
- 5 Belgium 12 compare
- 5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12 compare
- 5 Brazil 12 compare
- 5 British Virgin Islands 12 compare
- 5 Chile 12 compare
- 5 Curaçao 12 compare
- 5 Dominica 12 compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 12 compare
- 5 Ecuador 12 compare
- 5 Egypt 12 compare
- 5 France 12 compare
- 5 Grenada 12 compare
- 5 Israel 12 compare
- 5 Kenya 12 compare
- 5 Marshall Islands 12 compare
- 5 Mexico 12 compare
- 5 Mongolia 12 compare
- 5 Naoero 12 compare
- 5 Netherlands 12 compare
- 5 Pakistan 12 compare
- 5 Palau 12 compare
- 5 Paraguay 12 compare
- 5 Philippines 12 compare
- 5 Portugal 12 compare
- 5 Puerto Rico 12 compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 compare
- 5 Türkiye 12 compare
- 5 Turkmenistan 12 compare
- 5 United States of America 12 compare
- 5 Uruguay 12 compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 12 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy?
- Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Italy was 12 in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 12 in 2003.
- What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 1998.
- How does Italy rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
- Italy ranks 5th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/