Italy vs Philippines
Italy vs Philippines: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 31.8% in Italy and 24.8% in Philippines, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Italy, by 7 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Philippines.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Philippines.
- In 2024, Italy ranked 109 and Philippines ranked 118 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Italy | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31.8 | 24.8 | – |
| 2023 | 31.8 | 24.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 31.7 | 24.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 31.7 | 24.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 31.7 | 24.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 31.3 | 24.1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 31 | 24 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 30.7 | 23.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 30.4 | 23.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 30.1 | 23.5 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 30.2 | 23.4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 30.3 | 23.3 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 30.4 | 23.2 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 30.5 | 23.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 30.5 | 22.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 30.3 | 23.1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 30.1 | 23.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 29.9 | 23.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 29.6 | 23.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 29.4 | 23.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 29.2 | 23.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 29 | 24 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 28.8 | 24.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 28.5 | 24.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 28.3 | 24.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 28.2 | 24.7 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 27.9 | 24.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 27.7 | 25 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 27.4 | 25.1 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 27.1 | 25.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 26.9 | 25.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 26.6 | 25.6 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 26.1 | 25.9 | – |
| 1990 | 25.8 | 26.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Philippines
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007