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IndicatorITAItalyEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #24
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile59.1rank #58
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #39
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.65rank #30
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #62
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile66.7rank #46
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #24
Military spending% GDP1.6%rank #73
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #20
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile71.2rank #86
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile65rank #51
Rule of Law0-100 percentile67.6rank #57
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.87rank #35
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.75rank #31
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.64rank #34
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile75.5rank #31
Women in parliament% seats32.8%rank #55
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.93rank #11
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment3.3%rank #141
Agriculture value added% GDP2.1%rank #126
Annual working hours per workerhours1,701.4rank #91
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker670,739.9rank #5
Current account balance% GDP1.1%rank #31
Employment-to-population ratio%45.7%rank #155
FDI net inflows% GDP0.03%rank #83
GDPcurrent US$2.55Trank #9
GDP growth%0.54%rank #170
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$43,308.6rank #26
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $53,606.1rank #30
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $52,388.9rank #28
Government expenditure% GDP47.3%rank #4
Gross capital formation% GDP22.2%rank #70
Gross savings% GDP23.4%rank #36
High-technology exports% manuf. exports12.3%rank #50
Human capital indexindex3.2rank #42
Industry value added% GDP22.6%rank #95
Inflation%1.5%rank #47
Labour force participation rate%48.6%rank #158
Personal remittances received% GDP0.5%rank #71
R&D expenditure% GDP1.4%rank #31
Researchers in R&Dper million2,855.1rank #30
Tax revenue% GDP25.6%rank #12
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.73rank #47
Trade openness% GDP62.5%rank #88
Unemployment% labor force6.4%rank #116
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.1%rank #113
Vulnerable employment% employment14.3%rank #56
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2420.5%rank #137
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2420.1%rank #136
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.9%rank #23
Basic sanitation access% pop99.9%rank #11
Child mortalityper 1000.27rank #8
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,752.7rank #8
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #6
Health spending% GDP8.4%rank #16
Infant mortalityper 1k births2.3rank #8
Life expectancyyears84rank #11
Maternal mortalityper 100k6rank #6
Measles immunization% children95%rank #5
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%95%rank #5
Physiciansper 1k4.2rank #21
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m314.3rank #78
Road traffic deathsper 100k5.3rank #20
Smoking prevalence% adults22.4%rank #80
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7rank #83
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k5rank #27
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births2.7rank #16
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%99.3%rank #6
Education spending% GDP4.1%rank #81
Expected years of schoolingyears16.7rank #30
Mean years of schoolingyears10.8rank #74
Primary completion rate% relevant age97.4%rank #57
Primary enrollment% gross103.6%rank #48
Secondary enrollment% gross100.7%rank #51
Tertiary enrollment% gross75.9%rank #37
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0006.3rank #193
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.2rank #184
Median age of populationyears47.5rank #3
Net migration rateper 1,0002.5rank #56
Populationpeople58.92Mrank #25
Population growth%-0.06%rank #174
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years87.2rank #10
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands51,891.1rank #40
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age57.1rank #91
Urban population%69.7%rank #81
Climate
CO₂ emissionst301.93Mrank #19
CO₂ per capitat5.1rank #62
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation1.4%rank #15
Electricity from hydro% generation15.7%rank #41
Electricity from solar% generation16.9%rank #18
Electricity from wind% generation8.1%rank #34
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita5,136.7rank #26
Forest area% land32.9%rank #100
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita7.2rank #134
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh284.6rank #40
Renewable electricity%48.8%rank #34
Renewable energy share%17.5%rank #105
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e423.5rank #171
Society
Asylum seekerspeople575rank #60
Extreme poverty% pop0.9%rank #10
Female labor participation%40.8%rank #147
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10031.8rank #43
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #47
Gender Inequality Index0-10.04rank #14
Gini indexindex34.3rank #24
Homicide rateper 100k0.57rank #9
Human Development Index0-10.92rank #23
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.82rank #29
Internet users% pop89.2%rank #60
Life satisfaction0-106.6rank #36
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.8rank #6
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #119
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #64
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #58
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #50
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people192,914rank #35
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people266rank #47
Youth NEET rate%12.3%rank #51
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year0rank #1
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.9rank #24
Human hazard & exposure0-100.2rank #3
INFORM risk score0-103rank #19
Lack of coping capacity0-103.4rank #26
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.5rank #2
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.5rank #34
Natural hazard & exposure0-105rank #37
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year0rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.4rank #5
Vulnerability0-102.8rank #17
Vulnerable groups0-104.7rank #42
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