Vocational education and training in Italy

Table 6:
Breakdown of employment by economic sector and geographical area
(2001, in %)
Areas
Sector North Centre South Italy
Agriculture 3.6 3.8 9.2 5.2
Industry 37.3 28.5 24.2 31.8
Services 59.1 67.7 66.6 63.0
Source: ISFOL-Area sistemi formativi processing of ISTAT data.
The overall unemployment rate is much higher in the south than in the centre and north; it is
also much higher among women and young people (aged under 25) (see national strategies
and political priorities in Chapters 2 and 11).
Table 7: Unemployment rates by geographical area (2001, in %)
Areas
North Centre South
Total 4.0 7.4 19.3
Men 2.7 5.4 9.0
Women 5.9 10.3 28.1
Young people (up to 25) 11.2 24.2 50.8
Source: ISFOL-Area sistemi formativi processing of ISTAT data.
Table 8: Distribution of population (15+) by educational level attained
(1991, 1998 and 2001, in %)
ISCED levels ( a ) 1991 1998 2001
ISCED 1 at most (no qualification or primary certificate)
ISCED 2 (lower secondary certificate)
ISCED 3 (upper secondary certificate)
ISCED 5 (university qualification)
39.9
35.3
20.6
4.2
32.2
33.2
27.8
6.8
30.9
32.8
29.1
7.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
(a) International standard classification of education
Qualifications at the ISCED 4 level are statistically insignificant at present
Source: ISFOL-Area sistemi formativi processing of ISTAT data.
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