NationMaster - Italian Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	7.2	[35th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years	[93rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	5	[148th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.7%	[63rd of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	10%	[18th of 18]
Expected duration of education for females	15.9 years	[22nd of 28]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.1%	[114th of 170]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	72.8%	[4th of 20]
Grade 12 advanced students math	474	[12th of 15]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	1,020 hours	[6th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	1,020 hours	[10th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	0 hours	[36th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,020 hours	[7th of 38]
Mathematical literacy	457	[23rd of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$19,188.00	[14th of 22]
School life expectancy > Male	14.5 years	[20th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.7 years	[20th of 110]
Scientific literacy	478	[23rd of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	38%	[2nd of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	46%	[1st of 17]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; TIMSS; OECD; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Italy, Italian Republic, Repubblica Italiana, Italia

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