OECD Economic Surveys: Italy 2024
Basic Statistics of Italy 2022
LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
58.9 |
Population density per km² |
199.0 |
(39.0) |
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Under 15 (%) |
12.4 |
(17.2) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2021) |
82.8 |
(78.7) |
Over 65 (%) |
24.1 |
(18.0) |
Men (2021) |
80.6 |
(75.9) |
International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
10.4 |
(13.2) |
Women (2021) |
85.1 |
(81.7) |
Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
-0.6 |
(0.4) |
Latest general election |
September 2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
2 051.7 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
2.2 |
(2.8) |
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In current prices (billion EUR) |
1 947.4 |
Industry including construction |
25.7 |
(28.3) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
0.7 |
(1.7) |
Services |
72.2 |
(68.8) |
Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
55.5 |
(59.0) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure |
56.1 |
(42.5) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
148.5 |
(106.6) |
Revenue |
48.0 |
(39.3) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
120.4 |
(68.2) |
EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (EUR per USD) |
0.95 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2021) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
0.60 |
Machinery and transport equipment |
32.6 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
18.3 |
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Exports of goods and services |
36.7 |
(33.4) |
Manufactured goods |
18.0 |
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Imports of goods and services |
38.2 |
(34.8) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2021) |
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Current account balance |
-1.5 |
(-1.0) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
26.6 |
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Net international investment position |
4.7 |
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
16.9 |
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Manufactured goods |
16.2 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
45.1 |
(57.5) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
8.1 |
(5.0) |
Men |
54.0 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
23.8 |
(10.9) |
Women |
36.9 |
(50.1) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
4.6 |
(1.2) |
Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
49.1 |
(60.9) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %) |
20.3 |
(40.7) |
Average hours worked per year |
1,694 |
(1,752) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
1.5 |
(2.9) |
ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
2.4 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes) |
5.0 |
( 7.8) |
Renewables (%) |
17.6 |
(12.0) |
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, 2019) |
91.4 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2020) |
0.5 |
(0.5) |
SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2021, OECD: latest available) |
0.330 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2021, OECD: 2020) |
12.8 |
(11.8) |
Reading |
482 |
(476) |
Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2021, OECD: 2020) |
27.9 |
(26.6) |
Mathematics |
471 |
(472) |
Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
477 |
(485) |
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Health care |
9.0 |
(9.2) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
32.3 |
(32.5) |
Pensions (2021) |
16.6 |
(9.4) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2017) |
0.3 |
(0.4) |
Education (% of GNI, 2021) |
3.9 |
(4.4) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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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.
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.