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Italy and Slovenia

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Italy

Slovenia

The widest gap is With a degree: Slovenia 35.1% against Italy 22.3%, 12.8 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Italy
Slovenia

People

Median age3.6 years
49.1 years
45.5 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
83.7 years
82.1 years
People27.66×
58.9m
2.1m
People per square kilometre87.1%
198 per km²
106 per km²
Women in the population1.3 points
51.0%
49.7%
Born abroad3.7 points
11.8%
15.5%
Born outside the EU3.5 points
9.1%
12.6%

Money and work

Disposable income per person8.1%
€22,062
€20,416
Average net income13.5%
€25,011
€22,036
Take-home pay, average-wage worker14.5%
€27,788
€24,276
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.8%
€40,056
€38,964
In work, age 20 to 6410.7 points
67.6%
78.3%
Out of work2.2 points
6.1%
3.9%
Hours worked a week2.2 hours
37.3 hours
39.5 hours
At risk of poverty4.3 points
18.6%
14.3%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.5 points
5.0%
3.5%
GDP per person14.8%
€38,310
€33,380

Family and home

People at home9.1%
2.2
2.4
Households with children3.5 points
28.1%
31.6%
Children per woman28.8%
1.18
1.52
Own their home2.9 points
77.1%
74.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds28.0%
312 per 100,000 people
399 per 100,000 people
Doctors60.9%
575 per 100,000 people
358 per 100,000 people
Nurses62.0%
655 per 100,000 people
1,061 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.8 points
22.3%
35.1%
Students per 1,000 people3.2%
39.2 per 1,000 people
38.0 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them27.5%
€18,808
€14,753
Tax raised per person34.5%
€16,554
€12,305
Government debt71.4 points
137.1%
65.7%

Country and infrastructure

Land area14.90×
302,073 km²
20,273 km²
Railway density5.8%
56.7 per 1,000 km²
60.0 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density20.4%
25.4 per 1,000 km²
30.6 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people17.6%
709 per 1,000 people
603 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.6 points
94.1%
93.5%
Tourist nights per resident8.5%
9.08
8.37

Environment

Renewable energy4.9 points
20.5%
25.4%
Land under forest30.1 points
31.6%
61.7%

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.

Italy

Slovenia

Function
Italy
Slovenia
15.4%
9.9%
2.6%
3.0%
3.5%
3.3%
10.1%
12.3%
1.8%
1.5%
1.5%
0.9%
13.2%
17.2%
1.7%
3.2%
8.0%
11.8%
42.2%
36.7%

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

Frequently asked: Italy and Slovenia

  1. Where do more people live: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 27.66×: Italy 58.9m, Slovenia 2.1m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 14.90×: Italy 302,073, Slovenia 20,273. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which has more forest: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 30.1 points: Slovenia 61.7%, Italy 31.6%. Share of the land area under forest. Eurostat · Land under forest · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which government owes more: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 71.4 points: Italy 137.1%, Slovenia 65.7%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. Eurostat · Government debt · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 1.5 points: Slovenia 3.2%, Italy 1.7%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  6. Which is more crowded: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 87.1%: Italy 198, Slovenia 106. People per square kilometre of that total area. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  7. Where do more adults hold a degree: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 12.8 points: Slovenia 35.1%, 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

  8. Where is unemployment higher: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 2.2 points: Italy 6.1%, Slovenia 3.9%. 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

  9. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 60.9%: Italy 575, Slovenia 358. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where are more children born per woman: Italy or Slovenia?

    The gap is 28.8%: Slovenia 1.52, 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

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