Italien - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 41 54 N, 12 29 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: by tradition, named after Romulus, one of the legendary founders of the city and its first king
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Italy
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 4 years for EU nationals, 5 years for refugees and specified exceptions, 10 years for all others
land: 294,140 sq km
water: 7,200 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
arable land: 22.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 8.6% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 15.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 31.4% (2018 est.)
other: 21.5% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 64.61% (male 19,430,217/female 19,997,042)
65 years and over: 23.31% (2023 est.) (male 6,248,663/female 7,972,946)
major-language sample(s):
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
male: 80.5 years
female: 85.3 years
male: 47 years
female: 49.1 years
rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2020)
9.16% (2020 est.)
9.95% (2019 est.)
132% of GDP (2016 est.)
note: Italy reports its data on public debt according to guidelines set out in the Maastricht Treaty; general government gross debt is defined in the Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year, in the following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA95): currency and deposits (AF.2), securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives (AF.3, excluding AF.34), and loans (AF.4); the general government sector comprises central, state, and local government and social security funds
-0.14% (2020 est.)
0.61% (2019 est.)
$559.952 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$636.153 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$490.684 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$568.796 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 75% (2021 est.)
1289.3 0.950-mm gauge (151.3 km electrified)
paved: 487,700 km (2007) (includes 6,700 km of expressways)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (2021 est.)
Italy-Austria-Switzerland: borders are shifting because glacier peaks that had served as a natural boundary are melting