Italy vs Spain
Italy vs Spain: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.5 years in Italy and 10.5 years in Spain, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.1 years, or 1.01 times that in Italy.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Italy.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Italy | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 10.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025