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Italy in Europe
Where it ranks in Europe —
median rank 18th
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
84 years
’24
7th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
0.6 per 100k
’23
3rd
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1 per 100k
’19
16th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
103 per 100k
’23
21st
▸
Healthcare coverage
†
100%
’25
1st
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
22 weeks
’25
12th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
20 days
’26
14th
▸
Years in education
16.7 years
’23
17th
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
5.3 per 100k
’19
21st
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
1 per 100k
’23
2nd
▸
Pupil performance
‡
471 score
’22
21st
▸
Environmental performance
‡
61.6 score
’26
21st
▸
Human development index
0.915 score
’23
19th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
17.9 % of adults
’24
5th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$62,803
’25
19th
▸
Lowest unemployment
6.4%
’25
26th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
2.3 per 1k births
’24
14th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
7 per 100k
’21
6th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
5.1 t per person
’24
19th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
17.5%
’21
29th
▸
Happiness
†
6.57 / 10
’25
22nd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.34 per million
’25
25th
▸
Population
58.9M people
’25
5th
▸
Land area
301,336 km²
’24
10th
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