Italy
National power in Italy
National power in Italy: 3.4% of world capability in 1862 and 0.96% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.96% of world capability
- Since 1862
- −2.44 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 22 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.12% of world capability in 1935, the lowest 0.96% of world capability in 2022.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Italy |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.96 |
| 2021 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 1.01 |
| 2018 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.06 |
| 2016 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 1.13 |
| 2014 | 1.14 |
| 2013 | 1.19 |
| 2012 | 1.28 |
| 2011 | 1.36 |
| 2010 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 1.46 |
| 2008 | 1.53 |
| 2007 | 1.69 |
| 2006 | 1.72 |
| 2005 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 1.8 |
| 2003 | 1.82 |
| 2002 | 1.81 |
| 2001 | 1.69 |
| 2000 | 1.71 |
| 1999 | 1.88 |
| 1998 | 1.96 |
| 1997 | 1.91 |
| 1996 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | 1.93 |
| 1994 | 1.86 |
| 1993 | 2.01 |
| 1992 | 1.99 |
| 1991 | 1.93 |
| 1990 | 1.87 |
| 1989 | 1.86 |
| 1988 | 1.75 |
| 1987 | 1.74 |
| 1986 | 1.74 |
| 1985 | 1.74 |
| 1984 | 1.79 |
| 1983 | 1.79 |
| 1982 | 1.91 |
| 1981 | 1.89 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1979 | 1.96 |
| 1978 | 1.98 |
| 1977 | 1.98 |
| 1976 | 1.97 |
| 1975 | 1.99 |
| 1974 | 2.11 |
| 1973 | 2.13 |
| 1972 | 2.14 |
| 1971 | 2.06 |
| 1970 | 2.04 |
| 1969 | 2.05 |
| 1968 | 2.12 |
| 1967 | 2.13 |
| 1966 | 2.09 |
| 1965 | 2.11 |
| 1964 | 2.06 |
| 1963 | 2.05 |
| 1962 | 2 |
| 1961 | 2 |
| 1960 | 1.82 |
| 1959 | 1.78 |
| 1958 | 1.82 |
| 1957 | 1.82 |
| 1956 | 1.78 |
| 1955 | 1.76 |
| 1954 | 1.82 |
| 1953 | 1.73 |
| 1952 | 1.77 |
| 1951 | 1.81 |
| 1950 | 1.75 |
| 1949 | 1.86 |
| 1948 | 1.93 |
| 1947 | 1.82 |
| 1946 | 1.83 |
| 1945 | 1.28 |
| 1944 | 1.4 |
| 1943 | 2.19 |
| 1942 | 3.52 |
| 1941 | 2.01 |
| 1940 | 2.95 |
| 1939 | 2.7 |
| 1938 | 3.19 |
| 1937 | 3.87 |
| 1936 | 3.93 |
| 1935 | 5.12 |
| 1934 | 3.51 |
| 1933 | 3.72 |
| 1932 | 3.67 |
| 1931 | 3.29 |
| 1930 | 3.21 |
| 1929 | 3.21 |
| 1928 | 3.25 |
| 1927 | 3.47 |
| 1926 | 3.22 |
| 1925 | 3.11 |
| 1924 | 3.49 |
| 1923 | 2.91 |
| 1922 | 3.35 |
| 1921 | 3.52 |
| 1920 | 3.53 |
| 1919 | 4.5 |
| 1918 | 3.33 |
| 1917 | 3.23 |
| 1916 | 3.45 |
| 1915 | 3.4 |
| 1914 | 2.57 |
| 1913 | 3.35 |
| 1912 | 3.92 |
| 1911 | 3.33 |
| 1910 | 3.06 |
| 1909 | 2.98 |
| 1908 | 2.94 |
| 1907 | 2.79 |
| 1906 | 2.83 |
| 1905 | 2.52 |
| 1904 | 2.81 |
| 1903 | 2.9 |
| 1902 | 2.85 |
| 1901 | 2.79 |
| 1900 | 2.82 |
| 1899 | 2.89 |
| 1898 | 3.1 |
| 1897 | 3.09 |
| 1896 | 3.17 |
| 1895 | 3.45 |
| 1894 | 3.19 |
| 1893 | 3.41 |
| 1892 | 3.41 |
| 1891 | 3.56 |
| 1890 | 3.65 |
| 1889 | 3.81 |
| 1888 | 4.11 |
| 1887 | 3.92 |
| 1886 | 3.66 |
| 1885 | 3.66 |
| 1884 | 3.66 |
| 1883 | 3.49 |
| 1882 | 3.24 |
| 1881 | 3.22 |
| 1880 | 3.22 |
| 1879 | 3.14 |
| 1878 | 3.15 |
| 1877 | 3.02 |
| 1876 | 3.07 |
| 1875 | 3.31 |
| 1874 | 3.29 |
| 1873 | 3.32 |
| 1872 | 3.36 |
| 1871 | 3.53 |
| 1870 | 3.13 |
| 1869 | 3.37 |
| 1868 | 3.67 |
| 1867 | 4.07 |
| 1866 | 5 |
| 1865 | 3.44 |
| 1864 | 3.58 |
| 1863 | 3.51 |
| 1862 | 3.4 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$813 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel338,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workers1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1.92 billion TIV in 2025
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