Literacy rate in Italy in 2019 — 99.35%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 56. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 2.89 pp.
1981–2019 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 99.35 | — |
| 2011 | 98.85 | — |
| 2001 | 98.42 | — |
| 1981 | 96.46 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Serbia
99.48
Italy
99.35
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
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