International rankings of Italy
The following are international rankings of Italy.
Cities
Main article: List of cities in Italy
- Rome: ranked 9; Time Out's Top Ten cities in the world 2009, Timesonline
- Milan: ranked 1; Top Fashion Capital 2009, The Global Language Monitor
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Italy
Italy's population has grown to over 60 million inhabitants
- Population: ranked 23
- Population density: ranked 58
- Total fertility rate: ranked 205
- Birth rate: ranked 221
- Mortality rate: ranked 57
Economy
Main article: Economy of Italy
- World Economic Forum 2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report: ranked 49 out of 148 countries [1]
- Nominal Gross Domestic Product: ranked 7
- Public debt: ranked 7 at 104% of GDP
- PPP Gross Domestic Product: ranked 10
- Economic growth rate: ranked 195 at 1.40%
- Labour force participation: 23rd in the world (24,740,000 workers).
- Unemployment: 78th lowest at 6.20%
- Index of Economic Freedom: ranked 64
Geography
Main article: Geography of Italy
Italy has 9,226km of coastline
- Total area: ranked 71
- World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28 out of 149 countries[2]
Health
Main article: Healthcare in Italy
- Infant mortality rate: ranked 16
- Life expectancy: ranked 18
- HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: ranked 73 at 0.5%
- Total HIV/AIDS adult infectons: ranked 42 at 140,000
Infrastructure
- International Union of Railways: Rail transport network size: ranked 17
- CIA World Factbook: road network size 2004, ranked 14
- CIA World Factbook: number of airports 2007, ranked 46
- CIA World Factbook: waterways length ranked 40
Military
Main article: Military of Italy
- Military expenditures: ranked 7
Politics
Main article: Politics of Italy
Further information: Corruption in Italy
Silvio Berlusconi served three times as Prime Minister of Italy: from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011
- Economist Intelligence Unit 2012 Democracy Index: ranked 32 out of 167 countries[3]
- Transparency International 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 69 out of 177 countries[4]
- Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press (report): ranked 33 out of 197 countries and territories[5]
Religion
Main article: Religion in Italy
- 5th most Christian country in the world by percent of population (47,690,000; 90%).[6]
- 5th most Roman Catholic country in the world by percent of population (55,599,000; 97.20% of all Italian Christians)[7]
Society
Main article: Culture of Italy
- Quality-of-Life Index: ranked 8
- Alcohol consumption: ranked 48
- University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 50 out of 178 countries[8]
- United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Index ranked 25 out of 187[9]
Sports
Main article: Sport in Italy
The Italian national team, called Azzurri or squadra azzurra for their blue shirts, are the second-most successful national team in the world
- Association football: Italian men's team are 2nd in the world in FIFA World Rankings, and 4th in the world in World Football Elo Ratings
- Italian women's team are 13th in the world in FIFA Women's World Rankings
- Basketball: Italy national basketball team are 8th in the world in FIBA World Rankings
- Cricket: Italian cricket team are 27th in the world.[10]
- 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (combined summer and winter)
- 5th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (summer games).
- 11th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (winter games).
- Rugby League: Italy national rugby league team are 16th in the world on the RLIF World Rankings
- Rugby Union: Italy national rugby union team are 10th in the world on the IRB World Rankings
- Water Polo: Italy men's national water polo team are 6th in the world
- Italy women's national water polo team are 1st in the world
- Volleyball: Italy men's national volleyball team are 6th in the world on the FIVB World Rankings
- Italy women's national volleyball team are 2nd in the world in the FIVB World Rankings
Tourism
Main article: Tourism in Italy
- World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index: ranked 26 out of 140 economies[11]
- United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism receipts: ranked 5[12]
- United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism expenditures: ranked 10[13]
See also
References
- ↑ World Economic Forum. "2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report rankings (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ "Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ↑ Economist Intelligence Unit 2012 Democracy Index (PDF)
- ↑ Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2013
- ↑ Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press report
- ↑ Adherents. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Adherants. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Satisfaction with Life Index
- ↑ United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Report
- ↑ "Shane's associate rankings.". Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index
- ↑ World Tourism Organization 2013 Tourism Highlights (PDF)
- ↑ "2012 Tourism Highlights (PDF)" (PDF). UN World Tourism Organization. July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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