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

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

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

Italy has 9,226 km of coastline

Total area: ranked 71
World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28 out of 149 countries[2]

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

Italian Lagunari reconnaissance member in a security patrol

Silvio Berlusconi served three times as Prime Minister of Italy: from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011

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 7

Politics

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

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

Quality-of-Life Index: ranked 8
Average IQ: ranked 1 in Europe and 4 the world.[8]
Alcohol consumption: ranked 48
University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 50 out of 178 countries[9]
United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Index ranked 25 out of 187[10]

Sports

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.[11]
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

World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index: ranked 26 out of 140 economies[12]
United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism receipts: ranked 5[13]
United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism expenditures: ranked 10[14]

References

World Economic Forum. "2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report rankings (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
"Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
Economist Intelligence Unit 2012 Democracy Index
Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2013
Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press report
Adherents. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 31 October 2008.
Adherants. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 31 October 2008.
"National IQ Scores - Country Rankings". photius.com.
Satisfaction with Life Index Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Report
"Shane's associate rankings". Retrieved 31 October 2008.
World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index Archived 6 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
World Tourism Organization 2013 Tourism Highlights (PDF) Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
"2012 Tourism Highlights (PDF)" (PDF). UN World Tourism Organization. July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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[1] World Economic Forum. "2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report rankings (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2014.

[2] "Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Marine Jurisdictions: Coastline length". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

[3] Economist Intelligence Unit 2012 Democracy Index

[4] Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

[5] Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press report

[6] Adherents. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 31 October 2008.

[7] Adherants. "Christian Statistics: The Largest Christian Populations". Retrieved 31 October 2008.

[8] "National IQ Scores - Country Rankings". photius.com.

[9] Satisfaction with Life Index Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[10] United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Report

[11] "Shane's associate rankings". Retrieved 31 October 2008.

[12] World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index Archived 6 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[13] World Tourism Organization 2013 Tourism Highlights (PDF) Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[14] "2012 Tourism Highlights (PDF)" (PDF). UN World Tourism Organization. July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.