This presentation compares Italy to OECD Economies

1. www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-italy.htm
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2015 OECD ECONOMIC
SURVEY OF ITALY
CHARTBOOK: BASIC STATISTICS
This chartbook compares Italy to other OECD countries

2. INCOME: Italy’s GDP per capita is lower than
the OECD average
Italy
• GDP per capita: USD 34 732
OECD average
• GDP per capita: USD 38 052
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3. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: Italy has
more elderly people and less youth than the
OECD average
Italy
• 21% are over 65 years old
• 14% are under 15 years old
OECD average
• 16% are over 65 years old
• 18% are under 15 years old
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4. LENGTH OF LIFE: life expectancy in Italy is
close to the OECD average
Italy
• Life expectancy: 82.3 years-
old
OECD average
• Life expectancy: 80.2 years-
old
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5. HEALTH CARE: Italy spends slightly more on
health care than the OECD average
Italy
• 9.2% of GDP
OECD average
• 9.2% of GDP
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6. WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT: In Italy, women
represent a slightly higher share of parliament
than in most OECD countries
Italy
• 31% of women in Parliament
OECD average
• 27% of women in Parliament
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7. EDUCATION: Italy spends close to the OECD
average on education (as % of GDP)
Italy
• 3.1% of GDP
OECD average
• 3.9% of GDP
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8. EDUCATION: the Italian PISA scores are
below the OECD average
Italy
• Reading: 490
• Math: 485
• Science: 494
OECD average
• Reading: 496
• Math: 494
• Science: 501 8

9. R&D: Italy spends below the OECD average
on research and development (as % of GDP)
Italy
• 1.3% of GDP
OECD average
• 2.4% of GDP
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10. PENSIONS: Italy spends more than the
OECD average on pensions (as % of GDP)
Italy
• 17.1% of GDP
OECD average
• 8.7% of GDP
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11. DEBT: Italy’s general government net
financial debt is higher than the OECD
average (as % of GDP)
Italy
• 117.5% of GDP
OECD average
• 69.9% of GDP
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12. HOURS WORKED: those holding a job in
Italy work less hours per year than the OECD
average
Italy
• 1 752 hours per year
OECD average
• 1 771 hours per year
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13. EMPLOYMENT: Italy’s employment rate for women is
close to the OECD average. The same rate for men
is lower than the OECD average.
Italy
• Women: 64.8%
• Men: 46.5%
OECD average
• Women: 73.1%
• Men: 57.4%
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14. UNEMPLOYMENT: Italy has a higher
unemployment rate than the OECD average
Italy
• 40.0%
OECD average
• 16.1%
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15. UNEMPLOYMENT: Italy has a higher youth
unemployment rate than the OECD average
Italy
• 12.2%
OECD average
• 7.9%
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16. ENVIRONMENT: Italy’s CO2 emissions per
capita from fossil fuel combustion are lower
than the OECD average
Italy
• 6 tonnes of CO2
OECD average
• 10 tonnes of CO2
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17. INEQUALITY: Italy has a higher inequality (as
measured by the Gini index) than the OECD
average
Italy
• 0.321 (2010)
OECD average
• 0.308 (2010)
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18. AUS Australia
AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CAN Canada
CHL Chile
CZE Czech Republic
DNK Denmark
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
FRA France
DEU Germany
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JPN Japan
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JPN Japan
KOR Korea
LUX Luxembourg
MEX Mexico
NLD Netherlands
NZL New Zealand
NOR Norway
POL Poland
PRT Portugal
SVK Slovak Republic
SVN Slovenia
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland
TUR Turkey
GBR United Kingdom
USA United States
OECD OECD average
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19. More Information…
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