The following are international rankings of Italy.

Culture

  • Number of Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film 2023: ranked 1st
  • World Heritage Sites 2024: ranked 1st

Demographics

  • Population 2023: ranked 25th
  • Population density 2023: ranked 76th
  • Total fertility rate 2023: ranked 190th
  • Birth rate 2023: ranked 83rd
  • Mortality rate 2023: ranked 20th

Economy

  • Nominal Gross Domestic Product 2024: ranked 9th
  • Public debt 2024: ranked 18th
  • PPP Gross Domestic Product 2024: ranked 13rd
  • Economic growth rate 2024: ranked 176th
  • Net goods exports 2022: ranked 7th
  • Exports per capita 2022: ranked 43rd
  • Labour force 2017: ranked 24th
  • Unemployment 2024: ranked 79th
  • Index of Economic Freedom 2019: ranked 80th
  • Economic complexity 2018: ranked 14th
  • Electricity production 2022: ranked 20th
  • Renewable electricity production 2021: ranked 78th

Education

  • Spending on education as percentage of GDP 2016: ranked 121st
  • Literacy rate 2020: ranked 31st

Environment

  • Forest area 2020: ranked 55th
  • Air pollution 2020: ranked 84th
  • Natural disaster risk 2022: ranked 126th
  • Ecological footprint 2021: ranked 48th
  • Freshwater withdrawal 2024: ranked 60th
  • Carbon dioxide emissions 2024: ranked 19th
  • Carbon dioxide emissions per capita 2022: ranked 55th

Geography

  • Total area: ranked 71st
  • World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28th

Health

  • Life expectancy 2023: ranked 10th
  • Hospital beds 2017: ranked 30th
  • Cancer rate 2022: ranked 22th
  • HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate 2024: ranked 85th
  • Total HIV/AIDS adult infections 2024: ranked 34th

Infrastructure

  • Rail transport network size 2023: ranked 16th
  • Waterways length 2017: ranked 38th

Military

  • Military expenditures 2023: ranked 12th
  • Military expenditures per capita 2019: ranked 27th
  • Number of military and paramilitary personnel 2021: 29th
  • Numeber of aircraft carriers 2024: 8th

Politics

  • Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 Democracy Index: ranked 35th out of 167 countries
  • Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 51st out of 177 countries
  • Freedom House 2017 Freedom of the Press (report): ranked 62nd out of 197 countries and territories

Religion

  • 5th most Christian country in the world by percent of population (47,690,000; 90%)
  • 5th most Roman Catholic country in the world by percent of population (55,599,000; 97.20% of all Italian Christians)

Society

  • Quality-of-Life Index: ranked 21st
  • Average IQ: ranked 1st in Europe and 4th the world.
  • Alcohol consumption 2019: ranked 59th
  • Cigarette consumption per capita 2020: ranked 65th
  • University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2017, ranked 50th
  • United Nations Development Programme 2019 Human Development Index ranked 29th out of 187
  • Homeless population 2021: ranked 48th
  • Intentional homicide rate 2022: ranked 182th
  • Incarceration rate 2024: ranked 158th

Sports

  • Association football: Italian men's team are 10th in the world in FIFA World Rankings, and 6th in the world in World Football Elo Ratings
  • Italian women's team are 14th in the world in FIFA Women's World Rankings
  • Basketball: Italy national basketball team are 12th in the world in FIBA World Rankings
  • Cricket: Italian cricket team are 30th in the world.
  • 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (combined summer and winter)
  • 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (summer games).
  • 12th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (winter games).
  • Rugby league: Italy national rugby league team are 13th in the world on the RLIF World Rankings
  • Rugby Union: Italy national rugby union team are 14th in the world on the IRB World Rankings
  • Water Polo: Italy men's national water polo team are 4th in the world on the FINA Water Polo World Rankings
  • Water Polo: Italy women's national water polo team are 5th in the world on the FINA Water Polo World Rankings
  • Volleyball: Italy men's national volleyball team are 7th in the world on the FIVB World Rankings
  • Italy women's national volleyball team are 4th in the world in the FIVB World Rankings

Technology

  • Internet connection speeds 2023: ranked 71st
  • 4G LTE penetration 2021: ranked 23rd
  • Smartphone penetration 2020: ranked 1st
  • World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 26 out of 133 countries

Tourism

  • World Tourism rankings 2023: ranked 4th

See also

  • Lists of countries
  • Lists by country
  • List of international rankings

References


Best of Italy You Deserve Italy

Italy's Best

Italy House Hunting Quality of life in Italy in 2020

What is Italy’s world rank? Fabalabse

Italy Voted the Best in the World have you been yet? This is Italy