International Rankings of Italy 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Italy, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Italy, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	28.06	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	13	17.470 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	77	74.39 %	2018
Internet users - total	20	46.305 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	31.35	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	15	19.519 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	127.64	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	22	79.481 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	8	948.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	8	903.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	52	2.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	92	53.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	43	72.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	58	86.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	9	2.003 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	107	31.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	58	18.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	105	61 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	39	28.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	103	17.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	130	2.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	96	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	42	73.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	76	26.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	28	2.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	66	2.1 %	2017
Labor force	25	22.920 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	119	3.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	26	28.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	55	67.8 %	2011
Population below poverty line	90	20.1	2018
Public debt	2	131.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	11	2.562 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	30	42492 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	20	46.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	21	351.000 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	57	13790	2017
Crude oil - imports	8	1.341 million	2017
Crude oil - production	44	90000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	41	487.800 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	14	293.500 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	31	6.155 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	44	54	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	56	14	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	11	32	2017
Electricity - imports	3	43.180 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	11	114.200 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	15	275.300 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	12	75.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	44	271.800 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	6	69.660 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	51	5.550 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	63	38.110 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	20	1.236 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	14	615900 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	20	422500 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	13	1.607 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	43	41.3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	128	15.28 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	65	47.1	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.8	2018
Land use - forest	95	31.4	2018
Land use - other	110	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	36	8.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	92	15.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	43	191.300 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	27	17.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	13	7.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	11	9.488 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	150	0.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	71.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	12	29.524 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	6	7.647 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	27	25.9 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	74	294140 sq km	0
Area - total	73	301340 sq km	0
Area - water	138	7200 sq km	0
Coastline	17	7600 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	64	538 meters	0
Irrigated land	16	39500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	91	1836.4 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	65	47.1	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.8	2018
Land use - forest	95	31.4	2018
Land use - other	110	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	36	8.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	92	15.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	43	191.300 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	189	9.61 %	9764
Age structure - 25-54 years	91	40.86 %	1614
Age structure - 55-64 years	26	14 %	3581
Birth rate	196	8.37 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	44	65.1 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	25	8.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	24	10.7 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	2	36.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	118	2.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	71	57 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	162	20.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	39	4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	30	140000	2020
Hospital bed density	37	3.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	189	2.87 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	199	3.4 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	196	3.14 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	13	85.49 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	18	80.01 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	15	82.67 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	113	2	2017
Median age - female	7	47.5 years	2020
Median age - male	6	45.4 years	0
Median age - total	5	46.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	4	31.3	2019
Net migration rate	32	3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	80	19.9 %	2016
Physicians density	23	3.98 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	22	62.390 million	2021
Population growth rate	138	0.09 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	13	98.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	1.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	104	1.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	1.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	132	1.47 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	39	31.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	24	27.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	29	29.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	151	0.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	71.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	43	129	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	18	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	12	31	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	20	29	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	18	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	23	98	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	24	11	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	66	31	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	48	20	2013
Heliports	21	5	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	25	1.418 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	31	27.630 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	33	180	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	14	20182 km	2014
Roadways - paved	8	487700 km	6700
Roadways - total	14	487700 km	2007
Waterways	35	2400 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.