A survey on sexuality of young people aged between 11 and 24 years in Italy, showed that the age at which people are having sex for the first time has increased. As a matter of fact, in 2019 about 64 percent of respondents said they had sexual intercourse for the first time before the age of 17, while this share decreased to 40.4 percent in 2023. This share increased in 2024, reaching over 59 percent. This statistic displays the share of young people who had sex for the first time before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024.
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Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024
The sample analyzed is composed as follows: age: 26.6% 11-13 years | 38% 14-18 years | 35.4% 19-24 years; gender: 47.9% female | 45.5% male | 6.6% non-binary; geographic origin: 38.2% North | 31.8% Central | 30% South and Islands
Data prior to 2024 from earlier publications by the source.
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
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Skuola Network. (February 20, 2025). Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/
Skuola Network. "Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024." Chart. February 20, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/
Skuola Network. (2025). Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/
Skuola Network. "Percentage of Young People Who Had Complete Sexual Intercourse before 17 Years of Age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/
Skuola Network, Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Percentage of young people who had complete sexual intercourse before 17 years of age in Italy in 2019, 2023, and 2024 [Graph], Skuola Network, February 20, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451730/share-of-young-people-having-sex-before-17-in-italy/
