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China vs Italy

125 shared metrics.

ChinaLeads in 61

vs125 shared

ItalyLeads in 64

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What matters for both sides

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China

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of China.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

China's population began shrinking in 2022, its first annual decline in about six decades.

World Bank

Italy

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Identity

Formal name: Italian Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Perdasdefogu in Sardinia set a record for the largest concentration of centenarians.

Guinness

Analysis

Italy leads in 64 of 125 shared metrics, while China leads in 61.

China's Foreign Patents is 198.5x that of Italy (159.0K vs 797).

China's Domestic Patents is 137.8x that of Italy (1.43M vs 10.3K).

China's Total CO2 Emissions is 42.9x that of Italy (13.1K Mt CO2e vs 299.23 Mt CO2e).

China's Coal Electricity Share is 37.5x that of Italy (54.35% vs 1.4%).

China's Electricity Generation is 37.1x that of Italy (10.1K TWh vs 264.63 TWh).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsChina leads

China

159.0K

Italy

797

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Italy

10.3K

Total CO2 EmissionsChina leads

China

13.1K Mt CO2e

Italy

299.23 Mt CO2e

Coal Electricity ShareChina leads

China

54.35%

Italy

1.4%

Electricity GenerationChina leads

China

10.1K TWh

Italy

264.63 TWh

Land AreaChina leads

China

8.3K

Italy

1.3K

552% higher

Comparison of China and Italy across 125 metrics
				Winner
Foreign Patents	159.0K	797	19852% higher	China
Domestic Patents	1.43M	10.3K	13777% higher	China
Total CO2 Emissions	13.1K Mt CO2e	299.23 Mt CO2e	4286% higher	China
Coal Electricity Share	54.35%	1.4%	3755% higher	China
Electricity Generation	10.1K TWh	264.63 TWh	3706% higher	China
Land Area	9.39M km²	295.7K km²	3075% higher	China
Air Passengers	619.22M	20.26M	2956% higher	China
Irrigated Land	690.1K km²	24.5K km²	2721% higher	China
Shipping Traffic	268.99M	11.58M	2223% higher	China
Forest Area	2.26M km²	97.3K km²	2219% higher	China
Population	1.41B	60.92M	2210% higher	China
Electric Generating Capacity	2.95B kW	128.69M kW	2192% higher	China
Water Withdrawal	568.48 B m³	33.78 B m³	1583% higher	China
Land Border Length	22.5K km	1.8K km	1123% higher	China
Scientific Publications	898.9K	90.6K	892% higher	China
Railway Length	150.0K km	18.5K km	712% higher	China
GDP (Nominal)	$18,743,803,170,827.2	$2,380,825,077,243.59	687% higher	China
Armed Forces Personnel	2.54M	338.0K	650% higher	China
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	0.69%	619% higher	China
Merchant Fleet Size	8.3K	1.3K	552% higher	China
Railway Network	109.8K km	17.3K km	534% higher	China
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	0.46 L/person/yr	441% higher	China
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	300% higher	China
Political Corruption Index	0.55	0.16	253% higher	China
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.4 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	248% higher	China
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	3.7% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	208% higher	China
Border Neighbors	16	6.0	167% higher	China
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	34.81 µg/m³	14.66 µg/m³	137% higher	China
High-Tech Exports (%)	26.28%	11.63%	126% higher	China
Child Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	2.8 per 1k births	121% higher	China
Capital Elevation	43 m	21 m	105% higher	China
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.31 per 1M people	98% lower	Italy
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 100k people	14.38 per 100k people	98% lower	Italy
Infant Mortality	4.5 per 1k births	2.3 per 1k births	96% higher	China
Liberal Democracy Index	0.04	0.64	94% lower	Italy
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.14% of firms	2.6% of firms	94% lower	Italy
Freedom of Expression Index	0.04	0.76	94% lower	Italy
Coastline Length	14.5K km	7.6K km	91% higher	China
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	91% lower	Italy
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.74	90% lower	Italy
Milk Consumption per Person	32.66 kg/person/yr	246.88 kg/person/yr	87% lower	Italy
Highest Elevation	8.8K m	4.7K m	86% higher	China
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 1M people	11.95 per 1M people	86% lower	Italy
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	84% higher	China
Electricity Carbon Intensity	525.34 gCO2/kWh	284.78 gCO2/kWh	84% higher	China
Teen Birth Rate	5.2 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	83% higher	China
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.29% of firms	1.6% of firms	82% lower	Italy
Inflation Rate	0.20%	1.0%	80% lower	Italy
Health Spending Per Capita	$672.45	$3,228.44	79% lower	Italy
Vehicles per 1,000 People	212.35 per 1k people	874.68 per 1k people	76% lower	Italy
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	5.0 days/yr	20 days/yr	75% lower	Italy
CO2 Per Capita	8.7 t/person/yr	5.1 t/person/yr	70% higher	China
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	24.71% of GDP	69% lower	Italy
GNI Per Capita	$13,660	$38,590	65% lower	Italy
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	131.8% of GDP	64% lower	Italy
Obesity Rate	8.2%	21.55%	62% lower	Italy
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.7% of firms	9.6% of firms	62% lower	Italy
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	5.0 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	56% higher	China
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$27,104.87	$60,881.37	55% lower	Italy
Nurses & Midwives	3.5 per 1k	7.7 per 1k	54% lower	Italy
Imports (% GDP)	17.18% of GDP	30.32% of GDP	43% lower	Italy
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.84% of adults	40.8% of adults	42% lower	Italy
Elderly Population (%)	14.67%	24.62%	40% lower	Italy
Exports (% GDP)	20.02% of GDP	32.51% of GDP	38% lower	Italy
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	37% lower	Italy
Women's Political Empowerment	0.59	0.93	37% lower	Italy
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.4% of GDP	8.5% of GDP	37% lower	Italy
Seafood Consumption per Person	40.33 kg/person/yr	29.64 kg/person/yr	36% higher	China
Youth Population (%)	16.01%	11.89%	35% higher	China
Solar Electricity Share	11.1%	16.86%	34% lower	Italy
Alcohol Consumption	4.6 L/adult/yr	7.0 L/adult/yr	34% lower	Italy
Researchers	1.8K per 1M	2.8K per 1M	34% lower	Italy
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	6.8%	33% lower	Italy
Wind Electricity Share	10.73%	8.1%	32% higher	China
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	34 per 100 people	32% higher	China
Death Rate	8.0 per 1k	11.2 per 1k	29% lower	Italy
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.5K kWh/person	5.0K kWh/person	29% higher	China
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.1 hrs/week	36 hrs/week	28% higher	China
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	21.6%	28% lower	Italy
Suicide Rate	8.9 per 100k	7.0 per 100k	28% higher	China
Forest Coverage (%)	24.03%	32.89%	27% lower	Italy
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	26% lower	Italy
Meat Consumption per Person	60.6 kg/person/yr	80.96 kg/person/yr	25% lower	Italy
Population Density	150.26 /km²	199.46 /km²	25% lower	Italy
Agricultural Land (%)	55.43%	44.26%	25% higher	China
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	2.3K kg oil eq/person	24% higher	China
Dependency Ratio	44.24% of working-age pop.	57.52% of working-age pop.	23% lower	Italy
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.79% of youth labor force	20.55% of youth labor force	23% lower	Italy
Tourist Arrivals	30.40M	38.42M	21% lower	Italy
Hypertension Prevalence	27.3% of adults	34.2% of adults	20% lower	Italy
Credit Card Ownership	46.03% of adults	57.88% of adults	20% lower	Italy
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	53 pts	19% lower	Italy
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	72.03 per 100k	88.81 per 100k	19% lower	Italy
Median Age	39.1 years	47.5 years	18% lower	Italy
Women in Parliament (%)	26.54%	32.25%	18% lower	Italy
Renewable Energy (%)	17.47%	20.93%	17% lower	Italy
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	330 gold medals	281 gold medals	17% higher	China
Human Development Index	0.80	0.92	13% lower	Italy
Renewable Energy (%)	15.2%	17.5%	13% lower	Italy
Homicide Rate	0.50 per 100k	0.57 per 100k	12% lower	Italy
Airports	571	652	12% lower	Italy
Water Stress (%)	20.21%	18.51%	9% higher	China
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	6.6 pts	8% lower	Italy
Life Expectancy	78.0 years	83.7 years	7% lower	Italy
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.1% of adults	88.63% of adults	7% higher	China
Digital Payments Used	88.72% of adults	95.78% of adults	7% lower	Italy
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.6% of firms	21.04% of firms	7% lower	Italy
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	6% lower	Italy
Military Spending	1.7% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	6% higher	China
Inequality (Gini)	36	34.3	5% higher	China
Urban Population (%)	65.89%	69.6%	5% lower	Italy
Smoking Rate	23.4%	22.4%	4% higher	China
Internet Users (%)	92%	89.22%	3% higher	China
Sanitation Access (%)	97.27%	99.88%	3% lower	Italy
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.7% of adults	22.3% of adults	2% higher	China
Birth Rate	7.3 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	2% higher	China
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	2% lower	Italy
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	60 sites	61 sites	2% lower	Italy
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	139 kg/person/yr	2% higher	China
University Enrollment Rate	76.88%	75.95%	1% higher	China
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	132 per 100 people	133 per 100 people	1% lower	Italy
All-Time Olympic Medals	819 medals	829 medals	1% lower	Italy
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	China
Lowest Elevation	-154 m	0 m	ranked lower	Italy
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	China

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Analysis

Italy leads in 64 of 125 shared metrics, while China leads in 61.

China's Foreign Patents is 198.5x that of Italy (159.0K vs 797).

China's Domestic Patents is 137.8x that of Italy (1.43M vs 10.3K).

China's Total CO2 Emissions is 42.9x that of Italy (13.1K Mt CO2e vs 299.23 Mt CO2e).

China's Coal Electricity Share is 37.5x that of Italy (54.35% vs 1.4%).

China's Electricity Generation is 37.1x that of Italy (10.1K TWh vs 264.63 TWh).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsChina leads

China

159.0K

Italy

797

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Italy

10.3K

Total CO2 EmissionsChina leads

China

13.1K Mt CO2e

Italy

299.23 Mt CO2e

Coal Electricity ShareChina leads

China

54.35%

Italy

1.4%

Electricity GenerationChina leads

China

10.1K TWh

Italy

264.63 TWh

Land AreaChina leads

China

9.39M km²

Italy

295.7K km²

Foreign Patents

159.0K

797

Domestic Patents

1.43M

10.3K

Total CO2 Emissions

13.1K Mt CO2e

299.23 Mt CO2e

Coal Electricity Share

54.35%

1.4%

Electricity Generation

10.1K TWh

264.63 TWh

Land Area

9.39M km²

295.7K km²

Air Passengers

619.22M

20.26M

Irrigated Land

690.1K km²

24.5K km²

Shipping Traffic

268.99M

11.58M

Forest Area

2.26M km²

97.3K km²

Population

1.41B

60.92M

Electric Generating Capacity

2.95B kW

128.69M kW

Water Withdrawal

568.48 B m³

33.78 B m³

Land Border Length

22.5K km

1.8K km

Scientific Publications

898.9K

90.6K

Railway Length

150.0K km

18.5K km

GDP (Nominal)

$18,743,803,170,827.2

$2,380,825,077,243.59

Armed Forces Personnel

2.54M

338.0K

GDP Growth Rate

5.0%

0.69%

Merchant Fleet Size

8.3K

1.3K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Foreign Patents

Domestic Patents

Total CO2 Emissions

Coal Electricity Share

Electricity Generation

Land Area

Air Passengers

Irrigated Land

Shipping Traffic

Forest Area

Population

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

Land Border Length

Scientific Publications

Railway Length

GDP (Nominal)

Armed Forces Personnel

GDP Growth Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Railway Network

Spirits Consumption

Time Zones Count

Political Corruption Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Border Neighbors

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Child Mortality

Capital Elevation

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Infant Mortality

Liberal Democracy Index

Firms Asked for Bribes

Freedom of Expression Index

Coastline Length

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Milk Consumption per Person

Highest Elevation

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Teen Birth Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Inflation Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

CO2 Per Capita

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Government Debt (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Nurses & Midwives

Imports (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Elderly Population (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Women's Political Empowerment

Health Spending (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Youth Population (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Alcohol Consumption

Researchers