Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 15.6% less money

Guernsey has a GDP per capita of $52,500 as of 2014, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $44,300 as of 2022.

be 33.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Guernsey, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 8.1% as of 2022.

Life

have 26.8% fewer children

In Guernsey, there are approximately 9.7 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 13.4% less likely to have internet access

In Guernsey, approximately 86.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Italy, about 75.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 152.0 times more coastline

Guernsey has a total of 50 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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