Italy vs United States
Italy vs United States: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.5 years in Italy and 10.6 years in United States, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 years, or 1.01 times that in Italy.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Italy.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Italy | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 10.8 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
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 United States
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025