The employment rate for
25-64-year-olds with a university degree in Italy was 84.3% in
2023, 11 percentage points higher than the rate for people who
only have a high-school diploma, Istat said in a report on
Wednesday.
The national statistics agency said that 24% of young people
whose parents have a low level of education drop out of school
early and only 10% of them obtain a higher-education diploma.
In the case in which the young person has at least one parent
who is a university graduate, on the other hand, the drop-out
rate falls to 2% and and about 70% get degrees.
The report said the proportion of young people in Italy with a
degree has increased, although there remains a gap with respect
to the EU average.
It said the percentage of graduates among people aged 25 to 34
went up from 29.2% in 2022 to 30.6% in 2023, while the EU
average went from 42% to 43.1%.
It added that the proportion of under-30s who are not in
education, employment or training (NEET) dropped to 16.1% in
2023, down from 19% in 2022 and 23.1% in 2021, while the EU
average was 11.2%.
It means that the proportion of NEETs in Italy has fallen below
the level of 2007, 18.8%, the year before the start of the
global economic crisis.
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