Basic statistics of Italy, 2025
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2024) |
59.0 |
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Population density per km² (2024) |
199.4 |
(39.6) |
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Under 15 (%, 2024) |
11.9 |
(16.7) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2023) |
83.5 |
(81.2) |
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Over 65 (%, 2024) |
24.6 |
(18.6) |
Men (2023) |
81.4 |
(78.6) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2024) |
11.0 |
(15.7) |
Women (2023) |
85.4 |
(83.8) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
-0.3 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
Oct-22 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%, 2024) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
2 551.3 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
2.2 |
(2.6) |
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In current prices (billion EUR) |
2 258.0 |
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Industry including construction |
25.0 |
(26.0) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
3.1 |
(3.0) |
Services |
72.8 |
(71.4) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2024) 1 |
62.3 |
(62.3) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Per cent of GDP) |
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Expenditure (2024) |
50.4 |
(42.7) |
Gross financial debt (2024) |
147.9 |
(112.5) |
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Revenue (2024) |
47.0 |
(37.9) |
Net financial debt (2024) |
123.3 |
(65.8) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (EUR per USD) |
0.89 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2024) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
0.61 |
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Machinery and electronics |
23.9 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Chemicals |
13.8 |
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Exports of goods and services |
32.2 |
(29.9) |
Transportation |
9.2 |
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Imports of goods and services |
30.3 |
(29.7) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2024) |
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Current account balance |
1.2 |
(-0.4) |
Machinery and electronics |
17.0 |
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Net international investment position |
16.0 |
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Chemicals |
14.1 |
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Fuels |
12.6 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2024) |
46.6 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, 2024) |
6.5 |
(4.9) |
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Men (2024) |
55.3 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, 2024) |
20.3 |
(11.1) |
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Women (2024) |
38.4 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, 2024) |
3.3 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2024) |
49.8 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2024) |
22.3 |
(41.8) |
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Average hours worked per year (2024) |
1,709 |
(1 736) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2024) |
1.4 |
(2.7) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2024) |
2.2 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
4.6 |
( 7.5) |
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Renewables (%, 2024) |
21.2 |
(13.1) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 1998) |
0.7 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020) |
83.5 |
(56.5) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
0.5 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2023, OECD: latest available) |
0.325 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
12.6 |
(11.5) |
Reading |
482 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
34.6 |
(31.9) |
Mathematics |
471 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Science |
477 |
(485) |
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Health care (2024) |
8.4 |
(9.3) |
Share of women in parliament (%, 2024) |
32.3 |
(33.3) |
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Pensions (2021) |
16.4 |
(9.9) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI) |
0.3 |
(0.4) |
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Education (total spending, 2020) |
4.2 |
(5.1) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.Executive summary