Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Italy instead of France, you would:

Economy

be 28.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In France, 15.6% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Italy, however, that number is 20.1% as of 2021.

Life

be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In France, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Italy, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

have 34.9% fewer children

In France, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Italy, there are 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 12.8% less likely to have internet access

In France, approximately 86.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Italy, about 75.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 21.8% less on education

France spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 21.3% less on healthcare

France spends 12.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 56.6% more coastline

France has a total of 4,853 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Italy: At a glance

Italy is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 294,140 sq km. Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy is a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.
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