School age population, one year before than official … female than in Italy
Italy: School age population, one year before than official … female than was 253,442 number in 2020. ▼ Falling
School age population, one year before than official primary entry in Italy, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, one year before than official primary entry in Italy stood at 253,442 number. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before than official primary entry in Italy peaked at 453,397 number in 1971 and was at its lowest, 253,442 number, in 2020.
That places Italy 52nd out of 202 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, one year before than official … female than in Italy, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 451,171 number | — |
| 1971 | 453,397 number | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 452,621 number | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 448,552 number | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 442,426 number | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 436,114 number | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 431,948 number | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 427,627 number | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 422,566 number | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 415,988 number | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 406,794 number | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 393,771 number | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 380,009 number | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 364,091 number | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 347,289 number | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 331,358 number | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 318,411 number | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 307,722 number | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 299,091 number | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 292,083 number | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 285,932 number | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 279,552 number | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 276,003 number | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 273,880 number | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 272,548 number | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 271,167 number | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 268,775 number | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 266,945 number | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 265,083 number | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 263,319 number | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 261,850 number | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 260,804 number | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 259,961 number | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 259,291 number | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 259,108 number | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 259,859 number | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 262,223 number | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 264,282 number | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 266,722 number | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 269,218 number | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 271,305 number | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 272,311 number | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 274,464 number | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 276,165 number | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 276,889 number | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 276,035 number | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 273,024 number | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 269,806 number | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 265,097 number | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 259,415 number | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 253,442 number | -2.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 253,442 number is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,738 number, 9.1× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Italy's 253,442 number is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 37,030 number, 6.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 438,241 number | 415,988 number | 453,397 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 344,062 number | 292,083 number | 406,794 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 272,320 number | 263,319 number | 285,932 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 262,332 number | 259,108 number | 269,218 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 271,451 number | 259,415 number | 276,889 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 253,442 number | 253,442 number | 253,442 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More reference data data for Italy
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.927 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 8.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 41.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before than official primary entry in Italy?
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry in Italy was 253,442 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before than official primary entry recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 453,397 number in 1971.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before than official primary entry recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 253,442 number in 2020.
- How does Italy rank for school age population, one year before than official primary entry?
- Italy ranks 52nd out of 202 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, one year before than official primary entry rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/