Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Italy

Share of children out of school in Italy in 2023 — 2.06%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 146. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1.84 pp.

2023 2.06% −0.45 pp vs 2022
World rank 60of 146
Period maximum 2.51%2022
Period minimum 0.19%2004

Trend over time

2001–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Italy, 2001–20230123200120042007201020132016201920222001: 0.22%2002: 0.21%2003: 0.28%2004: 0.19%2005: 0.37%2006: 0.38%2007: 0.41%2008: 0.42%2009: 0.3%2010: 0.22%2011: 0.29%2012: 0.34%2013: 0.89%2014: 1.23%2015: 1.49%2016: 1.66%2017: 1.64%2018: 1.57%2019: 1.6%2020: 1.48%2021: 2.11%2022: 2.51%2023: 2.06%
Change over the period: +1.84 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 2.06%
World computed 8.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 2.72%
Southern Europe computed 1.73%
High-income countries computed 1.99%
Share of children out of school — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.06 −0.45 pp
2022 2.51 +0.4 pp
2021 2.11 +0.62 pp
2020 1.48 −0.11 pp
2019 1.6 +0.03 pp
2018 1.57 −0.07 pp
2017 1.64 −0.03 pp
2016 1.66 +0.17 pp
2015 1.49 +0.26 pp
2014 1.23 +0.35 pp
2013 0.89 +0.55 pp
2012 0.34 +0.04 pp
2011 0.29 +0.08 pp
2010 0.22 −0.09 pp
2009 0.3 −0.11 pp
2008 0.42 +0.01 pp
2007 0.41 +0.02 pp
2006 0.38 +0.01 pp
2005 0.37 +0.18 pp
2004 0.19 −0.09 pp
2003 0.28 +0.08 pp
2002 0.21 −0.01 pp
2001 0.22 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.