Development Ledger · Europe
Italy
HDI rank 29 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.915
+0.128 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.817
10.7% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
83.7 yrs
Expected schooling 16.7 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$52,389
Mean schooling 10.8 yrs
HDI over Time
Italy against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.980
Education0.824
Income0.946
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.73. A child born today will be 73% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Italy against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.