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Italy vs United States

179 shared metrics.

ItalyLeads in 62

vs179 shared

United StatesLeads in 117

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What matters for both sides

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Italy

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Italian Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

Guinness

United States

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 117 of 179 shared metrics, while Italy leads in 62.

Italy's Gender Gap in Work is 12.7x that of United States (88.99 min/day vs 6.5 min/day).

Italy's Long-Term Unemployment is 5.7x that of United States (3.3% of workforce vs 0.50% of workforce).

Italy's Population Density is 4.4x that of United States (199.46 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

Italy's Low Adult Literacy is 3.2x that of United States (6.3% of adults vs 1.5% of adults).

Italy's Overcrowded Housing is 2.8x that of United States (16.92% of households vs 4.4% of households).

Key Comparisons

Gender Gap in WorkItaly leads

Italy

88.99 min/day

United States

6.5 min/day

Long-Term UnemploymentItaly leads

Italy

3.3% of workforce

United States

0.50% of workforce

Population DensityItaly leads

Italy

199.46 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Low Adult LiteracyItaly leads

Italy

6.3% of adults

United States

1.5% of adults

Overcrowded HousingItaly leads

Italy

16.92% of households

United States

4.4% of households

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Italy leads

Italy

United States

Italy

10.3K

United States

262.2K

96% lower

Comparison of Italy and United States across 179 metrics
				Winner
Gender Gap in Work	88.99 min/day	6.5 min/day	1274% higher	Italy
Long-Term Unemployment	3.3% of workforce	0.50% of workforce	570% higher	Italy
Population Density	199.46 /km²	36.82 /km²	442% higher	Italy
Low Adult Literacy	6.3% of adults	1.5% of adults	323% higher	Italy
Overcrowded Housing	16.92% of households	4.4% of households	281% higher	Italy
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	14.38 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	277% higher	Italy
Border Neighbors	6.0	2.0	200% higher	Italy
Exports (% GDP)	32.51% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	193% higher	Italy
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.6% of firms	0.56% of firms	185% higher	Italy
Political Corruption Index	0.16	0.06	162% higher	Italy
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	24.71% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	127% higher	Italy
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	61 sites	27 sites	126% higher	Italy
Youth Unemployment Rate	20.55% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	120% higher	Italy
Imports (% GDP)	30.32% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	112% higher	Italy
Job Insecurity	8.6% of earnings at risk	4.2% of earnings at risk	103% higher	Italy
Foreign Patents	797	329.2K	100% lower	United States
Air Passengers	20.26M	941.56M	98% lower	United States
Forest Area	97.3K km²	3.10M km²	97% lower	United States
Land Area	295.7K km²	9.15M km²	97% lower	United States
Domestic Patents	10.3K	262.2K	96% lower	United States
Solar Electricity Share	16.86%	8.6%	96% higher	Italy
Airports	652	16.2K	96% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	0.40 per 100k	7.2 per 100k	94% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	16 time zones	94% lower	United States
Railway Length	18.5K km	293.6K km	94% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	299.23 Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	94% lower	United States
Electricity Generation	264.63 TWh	4.4K TWh	94% lower	United States
Water Withdrawal	33.78 B m³	444.29 B m³	92% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$2,380,825,077,243.59	$28,750,956,130,731.2	92% lower	United States
Coal Electricity Share	1.4%	16.31%	91% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	0.57 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	90% lower	United States
Irrigated Land	24.5K km²	234.8K km²	90% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	128.69M kW	1.24B kW	90% lower	United States
Railway Network	17.3K km	148.6K km	88% lower	United States
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.66 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	88% higher	Italy
Spirits Consumption	0.46 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	87% lower	United States
Low-Wage Workers	3.3% of workers	22.7% of workers	85% lower	United States
Land Border Length	1.8K km	12.0K km	85% lower	United States
Extreme Temperature Exposure	4.1% of population	25.03% of population	84% lower	United States
Population	60.92M	338.02M	82% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	11.58M	62.21M	81% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	90.6K	457.3K	80% lower	United States
Teen Birth Rate	2.9 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	78% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	281 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	77% lower	United States
Gender Pay Gap (%)	4.1% of male wages	17.29% of male wages	76% lower	United States
Armed Forces Personnel	338.0K	1.40M	76% lower	United States
Tourism Revenue	$20,459,000,000	$84,205,000,000	76% lower	United States
GDP Growth Rate	0.69%	2.8%	75% lower	United States
Poor Health	5.9% reporting poor health	3.4% reporting poor health	74% higher	Italy
Health Spending Per Capita	$3,228.44	$12,434.43	74% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	20.93%	12.05%	74% higher	Italy
All-Time Olympic Medals	829 medals	3.1K medals	73% lower	United States
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	11.11 per 100k	39.45 per 100k	72% lower	United States
Capital Elevation	21 m	72 m	71% lower	United States
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.95 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	71% lower	United States
Long Work Hours	3.0% of employees	9.2% of employees	68% lower	United States
Protected Land (%)	21.6%	12.9%	67% higher	Italy
Inflation Rate	1.0%	2.9%	66% lower	United States
Unemployment Rate	6.8%	4.1%	65% higher	Italy
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.0 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	65% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	1.3K	3.5K	64% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	5.1 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	64% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.3K kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	64% lower	United States
Coastline Length	7.6K km	19.9K km	62% lower	United States
Firms Hit by Power Outages	9.6% of firms	25.17% of firms	62% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	17.5%	10.9%	61% higher	Italy
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.4% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	61% lower	United States
Loneliness	5.3% of adults 16+	13.36% of adults 16+	60% lower	United States
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.0K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	60% lower	United States
Road Deaths	5.2 per 100k	12.24 per 100k	58% lower	United States
Infant Mortality	2.3 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	58% lower	United States
Median Wealth	$260,467	$165,700	57% higher	Italy
Child Mortality	2.8 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	57% lower	United States
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.31 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	57% lower	United States
Suicide Rate	7.0 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	55% lower	United States
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	54% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$38,590	$83,490	54% lower	United States
Military Spending	1.6% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	53% lower	United States
High-Tech Exports (%)	11.63%	24.32%	52% lower	United States
Housing Cost Burden	14.26% of households	28.98% of households	51% lower	United States
Earnings Inequality	2.3 vs bottom 10%	4.8 vs bottom 10%	51% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	21.55%	42.87%	50% lower	United States
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	United States
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.5% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	48% lower	United States
Social Time	7.5 hrs/week	5.1 hrs/week	47% higher	Italy
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.3% of adults	15.2% of adults	47% higher	Italy
Women in Senior Management	25.25% of managers	44.06% of managers	43% lower	United States
Researchers	2.8K per 1M	4.8K per 1M	42% lower	United States
Average Earnings	$51,018.98	$82,932.94	38% lower	United States
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$38,696	$61,353	37% lower	United States
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	5.4 vs bottom 20%	8.5 vs bottom 20%	37% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	24.62%	17.93%	37% higher	Italy
Meat Consumption per Person	80.96 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	35% lower	United States
Nurses & Midwives	7.7 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	35% lower	United States
Birth Rate	7.1 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	34% lower	United States
Lack of Support	13.3% of adults 15+	10.02% of adults 15+	33% higher	Italy
Poverty Rate	12.23% of population	18.09% of population	32% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	29.64 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	32% higher	Italy
Youth Population (%)	11.89%	17.32%	31% lower	United States
Alcohol Consumption	7.0 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	30% lower	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$60,881.37	$85,809.9	29% lower	United States
Death Rate	11.2 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	28% higher	Italy
Wealth Concentration	54.58% of wealth	75.15% of wealth	27% lower	United States
Electricity Carbon Intensity	284.78 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	26% lower	United States
Median Age	47.5 years	38.0 years	25% higher	Italy
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	25% lower	United States
Highest Elevation	4.7K m	6.2K m	23% lower	United States
Fertility Rate	1.3 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	22% lower	United States
Wind Electricity Share	8.1%	10.27%	21% lower	United States
Insufficient Physical Activity	40.8% of adults	33.74% of adults	21% higher	Italy
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.2 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	19% higher	Italy
Inequality (Gini)	34.3	41.8	18% lower	United States
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	133 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	18% higher	Italy
Corruption Perceptions Index	53 pts	64 pts	17% lower	United States
Water Stress (%)	18.51%	15.77%	17% higher	Italy
Job Strain	29.59% of employees	25.82% of employees	15% higher	Italy
Tourist Arrivals	38.42M	45.04M	15% lower	United States
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.2 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	14% higher	Italy
Safety at Night	62% feeling safe at night	71.5% feeling safe at night	13% lower	United States
Urban Population (%)	69.6%	80.12%	13% lower	United States
Credit Card Ownership	57.88% of adults	66.7% of adults	13% lower	United States
Leisure Time	16.47 hrs/day	14.74 hrs/day	12% higher	Italy
Low Reading Skills	12.94% of students	14.76% of students	12% lower	United States
Low Math Skills	12.94% of students	14.76% of students	12% lower	United States
Low Science Skills	12.94% of students	14.76% of students	12% lower	United States
Low Adult Numeracy	28.12% of adults	25.02% of adults	12% higher	Italy
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.83	12% higher	Italy
Liberal Democracy Index	0.64	0.57	12% higher	Italy
Women in Parliament (%)	32.25%	28.74%	12% higher	Italy
Government Debt (% GDP)	131.8% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	12% higher	Italy
Food Waste per Person	139 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	12% lower	United States
Self-Rated Health	75.4% reporting good health	84.9% reporting good health	11% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	34 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	11% lower	United States
Employment Rate (%)	70.05% of adults 25-64	76.67% of adults 25-64	9% lower	United States
Youth NEET Rate	12.92% of youth 15-24	11.82% of youth 15-24	9% higher	Italy
Unpaid Work Hours	14.39% of adults 15-64	13.25% of adults 15-64	9% higher	Italy
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	9% higher	Italy
Reading Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	8% lower	United States
Smoking Rate	22.4%	24.3%	8% lower	United States
Hypertension Prevalence	34.2% of adults	31.8% of adults	8% higher	Italy
Numeracy Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	7% lower	United States
Life Expectancy	83.7 years	78.4 years	7% higher	Italy
Can Raise Emergency Money	88.63% of adults	94.99% of adults	7% lower	United States
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	6% lower	United States
Dependency Ratio	57.52% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	6% higher	Italy
Housing Affordability	77.43% of income	81.75% of income	5% lower	United States
Home Internet Access	88.49% of households	84.39% of households	5% higher	Italy
Adult Literacy	245.73 pts	259.29 pts	5% lower	United States
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.04% of firms	22.23% of firms	5% lower	United States
Reading Skills	481.6 pts	503.94 pts	4% lower	United States
Science Skills	477.46 pts	499.41 pts	4% lower	United States
Social Support	85.95% of adults 15+	89.91% of adults 15+	4% lower	United States
Chronic Pain	32% of adults 15+	33.5% of adults 15+	4% lower	United States
Math Score Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	4% lower	United States
University Enrollment Rate	75.95%	79.36%	4% lower	United States
Average Weekly Work Hours	36 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	4% lower	United States
Agricultural Land (%)	44.26%	46.08%	4% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	89.22%	93%	4% lower	United States
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.8 pts	4% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.76	0.73	4% higher	Italy
Air Pollution Exposure	99.09% of population	95.76% of population	3% higher	Italy
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	3% lower	United States
Milk Consumption per Person	246.88 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	3% lower	United States
Forest Coverage (%)	32.89%	33.87%	3% lower	United States
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.6% of firms	2.5% of firms	3% higher	Italy
Digital Payments Used	95.78% of adults	92.97% of adults	3% higher	Italy
Adult Numeracy	244.56 pts	249.94 pts	2% lower	United States
Human Development Index	0.92	0.94	2% lower	United States
Math Skills	471.26 pts	464.89 pts	1% higher	Italy
Safe Drinking Water (%)	96.76%	97.57%	1% lower	United States
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	99.8%	99.1%	1% higher	Italy
Electoral Democracy Index	0.74	0.73	1% higher	Italy
Voter Turnout	63.79% of votes	64.07% of votes	equal	United States
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	Italy
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Italy
Sanitation Access (%)	99.88%	99.62%	equal	Italy
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-86 m	ranked higher	Italy
Vehicles per 1,000 People	874.68 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	equal	Italy
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.2% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	Italy

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Analysis

United States leads in 117 of 179 shared metrics, while Italy leads in 62.

Italy's Gender Gap in Work is 12.7x that of United States (88.99 min/day vs 6.5 min/day).

Italy's Long-Term Unemployment is 5.7x that of United States (3.3% of workforce vs 0.50% of workforce).

Italy's Population Density is 4.4x that of United States (199.46 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

Italy's Low Adult Literacy is 3.2x that of United States (6.3% of adults vs 1.5% of adults).

Italy's Overcrowded Housing is 2.8x that of United States (16.92% of households vs 4.4% of households).

Key Comparisons

Gender Gap in WorkItaly leads

Italy

88.99 min/day

United States

6.5 min/day

Long-Term UnemploymentItaly leads

Italy

3.3% of workforce

United States

0.50% of workforce

Population DensityItaly leads

Italy

199.46 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Low Adult LiteracyItaly leads

Italy

6.3% of adults

United States

1.5% of adults

Overcrowded HousingItaly leads

Italy

16.92% of households

United States

4.4% of households

Italy

14.38 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

Gender Gap in Work

88.99 min/day

6.5 min/day

Long-Term Unemployment

3.3% of workforce

0.50% of workforce

Population Density

199.46 /km²

36.82 /km²

Low Adult Literacy

6.3% of adults

1.5% of adults

Overcrowded Housing

16.92% of households

4.4% of households

14.38 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

Border Neighbors

6.0

2.0

Exports (% GDP)

32.51% of GDP

11.11% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

1.6% of firms

0.56% of firms

Political Corruption Index

0.16

0.06

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

24.71% of GDP

10.89% of GDP

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

61 sites

27 sites

Youth Unemployment Rate

20.55% of youth labor force

9.3% of youth labor force

Imports (% GDP)

30.32% of GDP

14.27% of GDP

Job Insecurity

8.6% of earnings at risk

4.2% of earnings at risk

Foreign Patents

797

329.2K

Air Passengers

20.26M

941.56M

Forest Area

97.3K km²

3.10M km²

Land Area

295.7K km²

9.15M km²

Domestic Patents

10.3K

262.2K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Gender Gap in Work

Long-Term Unemployment

Population Density

Low Adult Literacy

Overcrowded Housing

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Border Neighbors

Exports (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Political Corruption Index

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Youth Unemployment Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Job Insecurity

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Forest Area

Land Area

Domestic Patents

Solar Electricity Share

Airports

Homicide Rate

Time Zones Count

Railway Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Coal Electricity Share

Homicide Rate

Irrigated Land

Electric Generating Capacity

Railway Network

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Spirits Consumption

Low-Wage Workers

Land Border Length

Extreme Temperature Exposure

Population

Shipping Traffic

Scientific Publications

Teen Birth Rate

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Tourism Revenue

GDP Growth Rate

Poor Health

Health Spending Per Capita

Renewable Energy (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Capital Elevation

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Long Work Hours

Protected Land (%)

Inflation Rate

Unemployment Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Coastline Length

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Renewable Energy (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Loneliness

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Road Deaths

Infant Mortality

Median Wealth