ITALY

Capital Rome
Area (km2) 301 337
Total population (thousands, 2024) 58 957
Population density (per km2) 196
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.istat.it
National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 15%
   hourly wage, 2024 5%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 30%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 36%
Life expectancy at birth, 2024
   females, years 85.7
   males, years 81.6
Life expectancy at 65, 2024
   females, years 22.7
   males, years 19.9
Total fertility rate, 2024
   average number of children per woman 1.2
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 2.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 31.8
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-2.0
1.0
1.9
2.1
1.8
1.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
9.3
9.5
8.1
7.7
6.5
6.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
29.7
29.7
23.7
22.7
20.3
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 3 605 248
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 61 150
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 32.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 30.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 46 262
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2024 0.611
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 32
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 23

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 16 879
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 7 561
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 3 808
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 52
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 55 872
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 22 933
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 789 078
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 152 678