Italy vs Saudi Arabia
Italy vs Saudi Arabia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 89.2% in Italy and 100% in Saudi Arabia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 10.8 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Italy.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Italy.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Italy | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 89.2 | 100 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 87 | 100 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 85.1 | 100 | 67 |
| 2021 | 74.9 | 100 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 70.5 | 97.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 67.9 | 95.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 74.4 | 93.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 63.1 | 94.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 61.3 | 74.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 58.1 | 69.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 55.6 | 64.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 58.5 | 60.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 55.8 | 54 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 54.4 | 47.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 53.7 | 41 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 48.8 | 38 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 44.5 | 36 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 40.8 | 30 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 38 | 19.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 35 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 33.2 | 10.2 | – |
| 2003 | 29 | 8 | – |
| 2002 | 28 | 6.4 | – |
| 2001 | 27.2 | 4.7 | – |
| 2000 | 23.1 | 2.2 | – |
| 1999 | 14.4 | 0.5 | – |
| 1998 | 4.6 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 2.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1992 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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 Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023