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Italy

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  • Italy has a population of about 58.9M; its total GDP of $2.6T ranks #9 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 314,558 km² is about 1.7× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • International tourist arrivals stands out most against the median: 38.4M — rank #6 of 162 countries with data.

Italy: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 58.9M (2025) #25 / 169 median 11.5M · 5.1×
Population growth -0.1% (2025) #142 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 69.7% (2025) #68 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.1×
Population aged 65+ 25.1% (2025) #3 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.4×
Fertility rate 1.2 (2024) #160 / 169 median 2.1 · 56%
Birth rate 6.3‰ (2024) #165 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 39%
Death rate 11.0‰ (2024) #23 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.5×
Net migration 75.4K (2025) #19 / 169 N/A
Surface area 314,558 km² #71 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.7×
Population density derived 187/km² (2025) #34 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 2.6×
Economy
GDP (total) $2.6T (2025) #9 / 168 median $80.7B · 32×
GDP per capita $43,309 (2025) #23 / 168 median $6,834 · 6.3×
GNI per capita $42,080 (2025) #22 / 168 median $6,350 · 6.6×
GDP growth (annual) 0.5% (2025) #148 / 168 median 3.1% · 18%
Inflation rate 1.5% (2025) #122 / 162 median 3.3% · 46%
Unemployment rate 6.4% (2025) #64 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.2×
Gini index 34.3 (2023) #82 / 153 median 35.3 · 97%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.9% (2023) #99 / 153 median 2.5% · 36%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 32.2% (2025) #88 / 163 median 35.0% · 92%
Imports share of GDP 30.3% (2025) #110 / 163 median 40.2% · 75%
Agriculture share of GDP 2.1% (2025) #132 / 168 median 7.2% · 29%
Manufacturing share of GDP 15.0% (2025) #39 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.3×
International tourist arrivals 38.4M (2020) #6 / 162 median 1.1M · 34×
Tourism receipts $20.5B (2020) #9 / 165 median $705M · 29×
Health & education
Life expectancy 84.0 years (2024) #5 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 2.3‰ (2024) #153 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 18%
Under-five mortality 2.7‰ (2024) #155 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 17%
DPT immunization 94.0% (2024) #59 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) #52 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.5×
Health spending share of GDP 8.4% (2024) #45 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.3×
Secondary school enrollment 100.7% (2023) #46 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 4.1% (2022) #88 / 165 median 4.1% · 98%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.915 (2023) #26 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 89.2% (2024) #53 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 132.6 per 100 (2024) #40 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 31.8 per 100 (2024) #40 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.6×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #35 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 5.1 t (2024) #46 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.9×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 299 Mt (2024) #18 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 14×
Renewable electricity share 41.0% (2021) #70 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.2×
Renewable energy consumption 17.5% (2021) #109 / 169 median 26.9% · 65%
Forest area 32.9% (2023) #80 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 44.3% (2023) #76 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.1×
Arable land 24.0% (2023) #38 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.2×
PM2.5 exposure 14.3 µg/m³ (2023) #119 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 72%
Military spending 1.6% (2024) #83 / 157 median 1.8% · 89%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Italy's true-shape outline

Italy's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 314,558 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).