Italy literacy rate for 2019 was 99.35%, a 0.5% increase from 2011.
Italy literacy rate for 2011 was 98.85%, a 0.43% increase from 2001.
Italy literacy rate for 2001 was 98.42%, a 1.96% increase from 1981.
Italy literacy rate for 1981 was 96.46%, a 96.46% increase from .
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Italy Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2019.