ITALY

Capital Rome
Area (km2) 301 337
Total population (thousands, 2023) 58 984
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, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 15%
   hourly wage, 2023 2%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 31%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   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, 2023
   females, years 85.4
   males, years 81.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 22.6
   males, years 19.7
Total fertility rate, 2023
   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
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.6
-2.0
1.0
1.9
1.9
1.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
9.9
9.3
9.5
8.1
7.7
6.5
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
29.1
29.7
29.7
23.7
22.7
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 3 528 686
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 59 824
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 32.7
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 30.4
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 45 254
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.604
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, 2023 16 832
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 7 558
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 3 462
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 49
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 54 791
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 22 693
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2022 725 746
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 145 173