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Italy

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Rome

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

84.0years

Ranks 11 of 217 in 2024

12% above world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

2.7per 1,000 live births

Ranks 14 of 196 in 2024

82% below world median · 31% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

6per 100,000 live births

Ranks 28 of 194 in 2023

87% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2024 · 2 years old

8.44% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

12% below world median

Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.18births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

38% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2019 · 7 years old

99.3% of adults 15+

Ranks 7 of 56 in 2019

7% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 56 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

103.6% gross

Ranks 48 of 166 in 2023

4% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

4.07% of GDP

Ranks 81 of 164 in 2022

about the same world median · 10% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

43,309current US$

Ranks 26 of 186 in 2025

4.5× above world median · 56% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

62,803international $

Ranks 30 of 185 in 2025

2.1× above world median · 23% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.9% of population

Ranks 29 of 57 in 2023

about the same world median · 1.3× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

34.3index, 0–100

Ranks 31 of 57 in 2023

about the same world median · 10% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

6.4% of labour force

Ranks 117 of 182 in 2025

26% above world median · 15% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

1.5% per year

Not ranked — no better end

50% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.61% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

about the same world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

96.8% of population

Ranks 43 of 148 in 2024

20% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

89.2% of population

Ranks 62 of 182 in 2024

9% above world median · 3% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

5.08t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

99% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

58.9mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

8.0× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Italy has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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