International rankings of Italy

The following are international rankings of Italy.

Cities

 * 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



 * Population: ranked 23
 * Population density: ranked 58
 * Total fertility rate: ranked 205
 * Birth rate: ranked 221
 * Mortality rate: ranked 57

Economy

 * World Economic Forum 2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report: ranked 49 out of 148 countries
 * 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

 * Total area: ranked 71
 * World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28 out of 149 countries

Health

 * Infant mortality rate: ranked 16
 * Life expectancy: ranked 18
 * HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: ranked 73 at 0.5%
 * Total HIV/AIDS adult infections: 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

 * Military expenditures: ranked 12th

Politics

 * Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 Democracy Index: ranked 35th out of 167 countries
 * Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 51st out of 177 countries
 * Freedom House 2017 Freedom of the Press (report): ranked 62nd out of 197 countries and territories

Religion

 * 5th most Christian country in the world by percent of population (47,690,000; 90%)
 * 5th most Roman Catholic country in the world by percent of population (55,599,000; 97.20% of all Italian Christians)

Society

 * Quality-of-Life Index: ranked 21st
 * Average IQ: ranked 1st in Europe and 4th the world.
 * Alcohol consumption: ranked 87th
 * University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 50th out of 178 countries
 * United Nations Development Programme 2019 Human Development Index ranked 29th out of 187

Sports



 * Association football: Italian men's team are 10th in the world in FIFA World Rankings, and 6th in the world in World Football Elo Ratings
 * Italian women's team are 14th in the world in FIFA Women's World Rankings
 * Basketball: Italy national basketball team are 12th in the world in FIBA World Rankings
 * Cricket: Italian cricket team are 30th in the world.
 * 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (combined summer and winter)
 * 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (summer games).
 * 12th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (winter games).
 * Rugby league: Italy national rugby league team are 13th in the world on the RLIF World Rankings
 * Rugby Union: Italy national rugby union team are 14th in the world on the IRB World Rankings
 * Water Polo: Italy men's national water polo team are 4th in the world on the FINA Water Polo World Rankings
 * Water Polo: Italy women's national water polo team are 5th in the world on the FINA Water Polo World Rankings
 * Volleyball: Italy men's national volleyball team are 7th in the world on the FIVB World Rankings
 * Italy women's national volleyball team are 4th in the world in the FIVB World Rankings

Tourism

 * World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index: ranked 26 out of 140 economies
 * United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism receipts: ranked 5
 * United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism expenditures: ranked 10