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

• 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
• 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.
• Unemployment: 78th lowest at 6.20%
• Index of Economic Freedom: ranked 64

  Geography

• Total area: ranked 71
• World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28 out of 149 countries

  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

• 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
• Transparency International 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 69 out of 177 countries
• Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press : ranked 33 out of 197 countries and territories

  Religion

• 5th most Christian country in the world by percent of population.
• 5th most Roman Catholic country in the world by percent of population

  Society

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

  Sports

• 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.
• 6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table
• 5th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table.
• 11th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table.
• 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
• United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism receipts: ranked 5
• United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism expenditures: ranked 10