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Italy

Europe · 2024

Italy Overview & Key Indicators

Italy is in the Europe region. Population is 58,952,704. Total GDP is $2,383.4B. GDP per capita is $40,430. Life expectancy is 84.0 years.

Population

58,952,704

World Bank World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2024

Total GDP

$2,383.4B

World Bank World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2024

GDP per Capita

$40,430

World Bank World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2024

Life Expectancy

84.0

World Bank World Development Indicators · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024

Historical Trends
World Bank and UNDP series from 2000 through 2024. Missing years are omitted.
Italy Demographics

Median Age (years)

47.8

UN World Population Prospects · MedianAgePop · 2024

Population Growth

-0.05%

World Bank World Development Indicators · SP.POP.GROW · 2024

Urbanization

69.6%

World Bank World Development Indicators · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2024

Net Migration

1.6

World Bank World Development Indicators · derived · 2024

Italy Economy

Unemployment Rate

6.5%

World Bank World Development Indicators · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2024

Inflation Rate

1.0%

World Bank World Development Indicators · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2024

Gini Index

34.3

Data year 2023

World Bank World Development Indicators · SI.POV.GINI · 2023

Poverty Rate

0.9%

Data year 2023

World Bank World Development Indicators · SI.POV.DDAY · 2023

Military Expenditure (% of GDP)

1.6%

World Bank World Development Indicators · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024

Italy Social & Health

Life Expectancy

84.0

World Bank World Development Indicators · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024

Literacy Rate

99.4%

Data year 2019

World Bank World Development Indicators · SE.ADT.LITR.ZS · 2019

Human Development Index

0.915

Data year 2023

UNDP Human Development Report · hdi · 2023

Education Index

0.825

Data year 2023

UNDP Human Development Report · education_index · 2023

Italy Environment

CO₂ Emissions

5.08

World Bank World Development Indicators · EN.ATM.CO2E.PC · 2024

Renewable Energy Share

17.5%

Data year 2021

World Bank World Development Indicators · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021

Forest Area

32.9%

Data year 2023

World Bank World Development Indicators · AG.LND.FRST.ZS · 2023

PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)

14.3

Data year 2023

World Bank World Development Indicators · EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · 2023

Italy Technology

Internet Users

89.2%

World Bank World Development Indicators · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024

Mobile Subscriptions

132.6

World Bank World Development Indicators · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024

Data Sources & Accuracy

World Development Indicators, The World Bank, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Human Development Index and Education Index inputs, UNDP Human Development Report Office, licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Median age, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects, licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Headline figures use 2024 where available. Older values show their year on the card. Missing values are shown as “No data”; they are never filled in with zeros.

Last checked: September 30, 2026