Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Italy instead of Israel, you would:
Health
be 23.8% less likely to be obese
In Israel, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Italy, that number is 19.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 8.1% as of 2022.
Life
be 11.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 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.
be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Italy, 5.0 women do as of 2020.
have 62.8% fewer children
In Israel, there are approximately 19.1 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 16.7% less likely to have internet access
In Israel, approximately 90.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Italy, about 75.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 39.4% less on education
Israel spends 7.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 15.7% more on healthcare
Israel spends 8.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 27.8 times more coastline
Israel has a total of 273 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
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