Italy

ITAEurope & Central AsiaHigh incomeCapital: Rome
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76/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Italy in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world Italy· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Italy

Italy's GDP is $2.70T (2026), with a population of 59.0M, and GDP per capita of $45,883. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 0.8%, inflation at 2.0%, unemployment at 6.7%, government debt at 138.3% of GDP, life expectancy of 83.7 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Situated in Europe and Central Asia, this high-income country boasts the eighth-largest GDP globally, valued at $2.70 trillion in 2026. Its GDP per capita is $46,000, reflecting a robust economic base. Real GDP growth is projected at 0.8% for 2026, with consumer price inflation at 2.0%. The economy is characterized by a significant trade sector, accounting for 62.8% of GDP in 2024, and modest foreign direct investment inflows at 1.1% of GDP. The unemployment rate is 6.7% in 2026, showing a slight increase from 6.4% in 2025. The country's GNI per capita stands at $39,000 in 2024. The population is approximately 59.0 million as of 2024, with a life expectancy at birth of 83.7 years in 2023. The fertility rate is notably low at 1.2 births per woman. Health spending constitutes 8.4% of GDP in 2024. The Gini Index, measuring income inequality, is 34.3 in 2023, indicating moderate inequality. The society benefits from a well-developed social infrastructure, contributing to its high standard of living and economic stability.

Economy30 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$2,7642027 2.3%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)0.6%2027 25.0%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$47,0032027 2.4%IMF
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$3,9022027 2.3%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$66,3532027 2.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)1.70%2027 2.6%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$2.37T2024 3.0%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$38,5902024 0.5%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$61,6202024 3.2%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)22.3%2024 5.6%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)65.0%2024 1.2%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)2.0%2024 7.4%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)17.7%2023 6.0%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)58.0%2023 0.7%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)22.6%2024 2.2%WB
Gross Savings (% of GNI)23.6%2024 1.6%WB
GDP Deflator (%)2.0%2024 68.5%WB
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$130,3882024 0.3%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)14.8%2024 4.2%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)41.9%2022 3.2%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$29,6822021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)7.7%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)2.2%2024 40.5%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.08%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.1%2021 100.1%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$531.68B2024 3.0%WB
Stock Markets1 indicator · 2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
FTSE MIB47,609.362026 5.9%WB
Financial Markets3 indicators · 2025–2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
10-Year Government Bond Yield (%)3.59%2025 3.2%WB
Central Bank Policy Rate (%)2.26%2025 39.4%WB
Exchange Rate (per USD)0.852026WB
Currencies1 indicator · 2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
EUR/USD1.17292026 0.2%WB
Fiscal & Monetary18 indicators · 2023–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.0%2027 0.0%IMF
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)138.5%2027 0.1%IMF
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-2.7%2027 3.6%IMF
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)1.4%2027 40.0%IMF
Unemployment Rate (%)6.8%2027 1.5%IMF
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)1.0%2024 82.5%WB
Real Interest Rate (%)3.2%2024 363.2%WB
Lending Interest Rate (%)5.3%2024 7.4%WB
Government Revenue (% of GDP)39.1%2023 1.3%WB
Government Expenditure (% of GDP)47.3%2023 2.3%WB
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)24.7%2023 0.4%WB
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)23.3%2023 0.9%WB
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)33.6%2023 4.6%WB
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)1.5%2023 1.4%WB
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$290.55B2024 17.4%WB
Total Reserves (months of imports)42024 18.7%WB
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)0.922024 0.1%WB
PPP Conversion Factor0.62024 0.4%WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)62.8%2024 3.5%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)32.5%2024 2.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)30.3%2024 4.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$773.89B2024 0.2%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$721.84B2024 1.9%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$674.46B2024 0.3%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$615.37B2024 3.8%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)1.1%2024 37.7%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.9%2024 46.0%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$26.90B2024 36.0%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$11.15B2024 7.9%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.5%2024 10.3%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)11.6%2024 16.5%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)1.1%2024 382.7%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$25.77B2024 396.1%WB
Finance7 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)202024WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2024 · WB
People23 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population59.0M2024 0.1%WB
Population Growth (%)-0.1%2024 7.1%WB
Population Density (per km²)1992023 0.0%WB
Surface Area (sq km)302,0702023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)295,7202023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)69.6%2024 0.1%WB
Urban Population (total)41.0M2024 0.0%WB
Rural Population (%)30.4%2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth83.7 years2023 1.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male81.7 years2023 1.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female85.8 years2023 1.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.22023 3.2%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)6.42023 4.5%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)11.22023 7.4%WB
Net Migration75,4482025 20.8%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)11.9%2024 2.1%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.5%2024 0.2%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)24.6%2024 1.7%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)57.5%2024 0.7%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)38.8%2024 1.9%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)18.7%2024 1.8%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)64.72022 4.1%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)36.62022 3.5%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force25.6M2025 0.7%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)49.3%2025 0.6%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)40.8%2025 0.5%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)58.3%2025 0.6%WB
Unemployment (%)6.4%2025 1.7%WB
Female Unemployment (%)7.3%2025 0.2%WB
Male Unemployment (%)5.7%2025 3.4%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)20.5%2025 1.5%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)3.3%2025 2.3%WB
Employment in Industry (%)26.4%2025 1.0%WB
Employment in Services (%)70.2%2025 0.5%WB
Self-Employed (%)49.8%2024 0.1%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)14.3%2025 0.9%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)78.9%2025 0.2%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)31.6%2024 8.8%WB
Employers (% of total employment)6.8%2025 0.2%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.6%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)46.2%2025 0.5%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)21.1%2025 0.6%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)12.0%2024 5.6%WB
Education17 indicators · 2015–2023 · WB
Health36 indicators · 2019–2024 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)8.4%2024 0.5%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$3,3982024 3.5%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)6.1%2023 5.8%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)22.3%2024 5.7%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.22022 3.1%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)6.82022 5.0%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)3.12022 1.0%WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)2.82023 0.0%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)1.62023 5.9%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)62023 40.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)2.52023 3.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)32023 0.0%WHO
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)5.5%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)90.6%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)3.9%2019WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)95.0%2024 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024 1.1%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)52024 7.4%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)25.7%2022 1.2%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)19.1%2022 0.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)72021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)72020WHO
Maternal Deaths252023 36.3%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)52024 7.4%WHO
People Living with HIV150,0002024 0.0%WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)94%2024 1.1%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)95%2024 0.0%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)94%2024 1.1%WHO
Physicians (total)532023 0.1%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel712023 0.9%WHO
Dentists (total)404,4972023 0.6%WHO
Pharmacists (total)17,6592023 1.6%WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index822023 0.0%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)2,9642021WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$3,2832023 4.1%WHO
Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)5.12024 1.6%WB
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)2992024 1.7%WB
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)2,2982023 4.7%WB
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)5,0472023 3.2%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)41.0%2021 3.3%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)17.5%2021 6.4%WB
Access to Electricity (%)100.0%2023 0.0%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023 0.0%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)14.72020WB
Forest Area (%)32.9%2023 0.6%WB
Forest Area (sq km)97,2762023 0.6%WB
Arable Land (%)24.0%2023 0.0%WB
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)14.6%2024 0.7%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)10.7%2024 0.9%WB
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.9%2024 0.0%WHO
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.9%2024 0.0%WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
Infrastructure9 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried20.3M2023 38.1%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)1,1212023 29.4%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)11.6M2022 2.4%WB
Rail Lines (total km)17,3052021WB
Railways, Passengers (million km)27,6932021 24.4%WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)24,2622021 16.9%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.702022WB
Electricity from Oil (%)3.8%2023 15.0%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021WB
Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption0.552023 4.2%WB
Government Effectiveness0.612023 36.2%WB
Political Stability0.582023 25.1%WB
Regulatory Quality0.642023 26.1%WB
Rule of Law0.392023 31.4%WB
Voice & Accountability1.122023 3.8%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)67.9%2023 1.4%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)70.3%2023 4.2%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)60.8%2023 4.0%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)64.9%2023 7.5%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.6%2024 0.2%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$37.96B2024 2.8%WB
Armed Forces Personnel338,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.4%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)3.2%2024 6.5%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.62023 5.2%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)0.9%2023 28.6%WB
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)1.0%2023 42.9%WB
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)1.9%2023 18.7%WB
Poverty Headcount, National (%)20.1%2021 0.0%WB
Gini Index34.32023 1.8%WB
Income Share, Top 10%25.8%2023 2.0%WB
Income Share, Bottom 10%2.3%2023 8.0%WB
Income Share, Top 20%41.1%2023 1.5%WB
Income Share, Bottom 20%6.6%2023 2.9%WB
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)0.9%2023WB
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)57.512023WB
Poverty Gap at $2.15/day (%)0.7%2023 40.0%WB
Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.732020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.742020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.722020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School10.5 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO