Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 8.6 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 16.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Italy, that number is 7.6% as of 2023.

make 22.6% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $52,700 as of 2023.

be 24.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Italy, however, that number is 20.1% as of 2021.

Life

be 63.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Italy, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

have 47.4% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Italy, there are 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 57.8% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 82.8% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 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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