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Agriculture
Agriculture
1.86%
Industry
Industry
22.94%
Service
Service
64.96%
Non-agrarian Industries
Non-agrarian Industries
Italy's major non-agrarian industries include manufacturing, particularly machinery, vehicles, pharmaceuticals, food products, and clothing.
https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/italy-agricultural-sector
Exports & Rank
Exports & Rank
Italy exports a total of $638 billion USD per year.
This country's rank is 6th in exports.
Industrial Exports
Industrial Exports
The top three export commodities are: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products and Vehicles other than railway, tramway.
https://worldostats.com/industry/top-industrial-exports-by-country/
Trading Partners
Trading Partners
Italy's major trading partners for exports are primarily Germany, the United States, France, Spain, and Switzerland. For imports, the top trading partners are Germany, China, France, the Netherlands, and Spain.
GDP and PPP
GDP and PPP
Italy's nominal GDP is estimated at $2.460 trillion, with a PPP GDP of $3.690 trillion. Italy's nominal GDP ranks 8th globally, and its PPP GDP ranks 11th.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?locations=IT
GDP per Capita
GDP per Capita
Italy's GDP per capita was $39,012, and its GDP per capita PPP was $59,164, ranking it 22nd out of 145 countries by GDP per capita.
Unemployment
Unemployment
The unemployment rate was 6% in 2025.
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/italy/unemployment-rate
Poverty
Poverty
In Italy about 9.8% of the population lives below poverty line.
Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy
The average life expectancy of someone in Italy is 83 with Italy's country ranking being 30th.
Infant Mortality
Infant Mortality
Italy's infant mortality rate was 2.3 deaths per 1,000 live births. Italy ranks 12th.
Physicians Density
Physicians Density
Italy had a physician density of 4.248 physicians per 1,000 people.
https://healthsystemsfacts.org/italy/italy-health-system-personnel/
School Life Expectancy
School Life Expectancy
In Italy, both women and men, on average, stay in school for 13 years, from ages 6 to 19, encompassing compulsory education. Compulsory education begins at age 6 and continues until age 16, with students typically graduating from upper secondary programs between 18 and 19.
Literacy Rate
Literacy Rate
Ita;ys literacy rate is 99.35%
Education Spending
Education Spending
Italy spent 4.02% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on education. This figure includes government spending on education, including current, capital, and transfer payments. Italy is ranked 121.
HDI
HDI
Italy is ranked as very high. This is due to their HDI being ranked 30th versus other nations. In addition to this Italy is ranked very high in literacy rate, life expectancy, and has a high GNI which all constitutes a high HDI. All this culminates to bein having a very high HDI.
https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/hfa-explorer/hdi/italy/
Rostow
Rostow
Italy is classified as being in the 5th stage (mass consumption) of Rostows Stages of Development. This classifies Italy as a MDC. Evidence supporting this is Italy's position as having a very high HDI, and having high rates of consumption. This consumption is seen from Italys imports.
https://www.thoughtco.com/rostows-stages-of-growth-development-model-1434564
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