Adult literacy rate, women in Italy
Adult literacy rate, women in Italy was 99.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 4th highest of 10 EU countries in 2011.
Adult literacy rate, women in Italy, 1981 to 2019
All 4 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 99.2 |
| 2011 | 98.6 |
| 2001 | 98 |
| 1981 | 95.5 |
Rankings
Definition
Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the adult literacy rate, women in Italy?
Adult literacy rate, women in Italy was 99.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 4th highest of 10 EU countries in 2011.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, women in Italy?
99.2% in 2019, the highest value since 1981 in this series.