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France and Italy

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France

Italy

The widest gap is With a degree: France 44.8% against Italy 22.3%, 22.5 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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France
Italy

People

Median age6.3 years
42.8 years
49.1 years
Life expectancy at birth0.7 years
83.0 years
83.7 years
People16.9%
68.9m
58.9m
People per square kilometre82.1%
109 per km²
198 per km²
Women in the population0.4 points
51.5%
51.0%
Born abroad2.2 points
14.0%
11.8%
Born outside the EU2.0 points
11.1%
9.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person19.9%
€26,459
€22,062
Average net income21.7%
€30,438
€25,011
Take-home pay, average-wage worker16.4%
€32,346
€27,788
Gross pay, average-wage worker10.8%
€44,400
€40,056
In work, age 20 to 647.8 points
75.4%
67.6%
Out of work1.6 points
7.7%
6.1%
Hours worked a week0.1 hours
37.2 hours
37.3 hours
At risk of poverty2.3 points
16.3%
18.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.4 points
6.4%
5.0%
GDP per person13.2%
€43,350
€38,310

Family and home

People at home4.8%
2.1
2.2
Households with children1.1 points
29.2%
28.1%
Children per woman36.4%
1.61
1.18
Own their home15.7 points
61.4%
77.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds71.3%
534 per 100,000 people
312 per 100,000 people
Doctors45.8%
395 per 100,000 people
575 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree22.5 points
44.8%
22.3%
Students per 1,000 people6.9%
41.9 per 1,000 people
39.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them29.4%
€24,346
€18,808
Tax raised per person16.2%
€19,244
€16,554
Government debt21.5 points
115.6%
137.1%

Country and infrastructure

Land area2.11×
638,475 km²
302,073 km²
Railway density30.3%
43.5 per 1,000 km²
56.7 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density36.9%
18.5 per 1,000 km²
25.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people22.7%
578 per 1,000 people
709 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.3 points
94.4%
94.1%
Tourist nights per resident32.6%
6.85
9.08

Environment

Renewable energy3.4 points
23.9%
20.5%
Land under forest3.5 points
28.1%
31.6%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

France

Italy

Function
France
Italy
10.8%
15.4%
3.2%
2.6%
3.1%
3.5%
9.9%
10.1%
1.8%
1.8%
2.5%
1.5%
15.6%
13.2%
2.6%
1.7%
8.9%
8.0%
41.5%
42.2%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: France and Italy

  1. Where do more adults hold a degree: France or Italy?

    The gap is 22.5 points: France 44.8%, Italy 22.3%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: France or Italy?

    The gap is 2.11×: France 638,475, Italy 302,073. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which is more crowded: France or Italy?

    The gap is 82.1%: Italy 198, France 109. People per square kilometre of that total area. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  4. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: France or Italy?

    The gap is 71.3%: France 534, Italy 312. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 2024. See the figure

  5. Which spends a larger share on recreation and culture: France or Italy?

    The gap is 0.9 points: France 2.6%, Italy 1.7%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  6. Which spends more on health per resident: France or Italy?

    The gap is 53.5%: France €3,803, Italy €2,477. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: France or Italy?

    The gap is 45.8%: Italy 575, France 395. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where are more children born per woman: France or Italy?

    The gap is 36.4%: France 1.61, Italy 1.18. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. Eurostat · Children per woman & Age at first child · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where is unemployment higher: France or Italy?

    The gap is 1.6 points: France 7.7%, Italy 6.1%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where does more energy come from renewables: France or Italy?

    The gap is 3.4 points: France 23.9%, Italy 20.5%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.