Israel vs Italy
Israel vs Italy: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 137.1% of GDP in Italy, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 69.2 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Israel.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 40 and Italy ranked 3 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and Italy at 135.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Israel | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.9 | 137.1 |
| 2024 | 67.7 | 134.7 |
| 2023 | 61.9 | 133.9 |
| 2022 | 60.9 | 138.4 |
| 2021 | 68.2 | 145.8 |
| 2020 | 71.4 | 154.4 |
| 2019 | 59.5 | 133.9 |
| 2018 | 60.3 | 134.2 |
| 2017 | 60.1 | 133.7 |
| 2016 | 62 | 134.2 |
| 2015 | 63.2 | 134.8 |
| 2014 | 66.1 | 134.8 |
| 2013 | 66.4 | 131.9 |
| 2012 | 67.2 | 125.9 |
| 2011 | 67.5 | 119.1 |
| 2010 | 69.4 | 118.8 |
| 2009 | 73 | 116.1 |
| 2008 | 70.6 | 105.8 |
| 2007 | 71.2 | 103.5 |
| 2006 | 78.1 | 106.3 |
| 2005 | 85.7 | 106.2 |
| 2004 | 88.7 | 104.7 |
| 2003 | 90.1 | 105.1 |
| 2002 | 87.6 | 105.9 |
| 2001 | 81.4 | 108.5 |
| 2000 | 77.5 | 108.7 |
| 1999 | – | 113.1 |
| 1998 | – | 113.9 |
| 1997 | – | 116.5 |
| 1996 | – | 118.9 |
| 1995 | – | 119.1 |
| 1994 | – | 130.8 |
| 1993 | – | 124.1 |
| 1992 | – | 113 |
| 1991 | – | 105.3 |
| 1990 | – | 101.7 |
| 1989 | – | 98.4 |
| 1988 | – | 95.7 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Israel | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.8 | 137.9 |
| 2027 | 69.5 | 137.6 |
| 2028 | 70.5 | 137 |
| 2029 | 71.2 | 136.2 |
| 2030 | 71.9 | 135.8 |
| 2031 | 72.7 | 135.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025