# Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `below_upper_secondary_share_25_64`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is lower secondary at most (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 2: less than primary, primary and lower secondary), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/italy-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sicilia | 43.4 |
| 2 | Sardegna | 42.8 |
| 3 | Puglia | 42.6 |
| 4 | Campania | 41.2 |
| 5 | Calabria | 39 |
| 6 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 36.4 |
| 7 | Basilicata | 33.3 |
| 8 | Piemonte | 31.2 |
| 9 | Toscana | 31 |
| 10 | Veneto | 30.8 |
| 11 | Molise | 30.6 |
| 12 | Lombardia | 30.2 |
| 13 | Liguria | 29.9 |
| 14 | Emilia-Romagna | 28.7 |
| 14 | Marche | 28.7 |
| 14 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 28.7 |
| 17 | Abruzzo | 28 |
| 18 | Lazio | 25.4 |
| 19 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 25.3 |
| 20 | Umbria | 24 |
| 21 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 22.1 |