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Italy

Europe & Central Asia · High income · IMF WEO April 2026 · World Bank WDI

GDP▲ 7.0%
Current prices2025
2,550USD bn
GDP per capita▲ 7.1%
Current prices2025
43,270USD
Real GDP growth▼ 0.2 pp
Annual change2025
0.5%
Inflation▲ 0.6 pp
Average consumer prices2025
1.6%
Unemployment▼ 0.5 pp
Rate2025
6.1%
Government debt▲ 2.4 pp
General government, gross2025
137.1% of GDP
Current account▲ 0.1 pp
Balance2025
1.2% of GDP
Population▼ 0.1%
Total2025
58.93million

Real GDP growth, %

Since 1995 · lighter bars = IMF projection
-8.90.08.91995: 2.9%1996: 1.5%1997: 1.9%1998: 1.8%1999: 1.7%2000: 3.9%2001: 2.0%2002: 0.3%2003: 0.1%2004: 1.5%2005: 0.8%2006: 1.8%2007: 1.5%2008: -1.0%2009: -5.3%2010: 1.5%2011: 0.7%2012: -3.1%2013: -1.8%2014: -0.0%2015: 0.9%2016: 1.2%2017: 1.6%2018: 0.8%2019: 0.4%2020: -8.9%2021: 8.9%2022: 4.8%2023: 0.9%2024: 0.8%2025: 0.5%2026: 0.5% (IMF projection)2027: 0.5% (IMF projection)2028: 0.8% (IMF projection)2029: 0.7% (IMF projection)2030: 0.7% (IMF projection)2031: 0.7% (IMF projection)IMF projection19952000200520102015202020252030

Inflation, %

Average consumer prices · lighter bars = IMF projection
-0.20.08.71995: 5.4%1996: 3.9%1997: 1.9%1998: 2.0%1999: 1.6%2000: 2.6%2001: 2.3%2002: 2.6%2003: 2.8%2004: 2.3%2005: 2.2%2006: 2.2%2007: 2.0%2008: 3.5%2009: 0.8%2010: 1.6%2011: 2.9%2012: 3.3%2013: 1.3%2014: 0.2%2015: 0.2%2016: -0.1%2017: 1.3%2018: 1.2%2019: 0.7%2020: -0.2%2021: 2.0%2022: 8.7%2023: 5.9%2024: 1.1%2025: 1.6%2026: 2.6% (IMF projection)2027: 2.4% (IMF projection)2028: 2.3% (IMF projection)2029: 2.0% (IMF projection)2030: 2.0% (IMF projection)2031: 2.0% (IMF projection)IMF projection19952000200520102015202020252030

IMF outlook

IMF World Economic Outlook April 2026 · italics = IMF projection
Indicator2021202220232024202520262027202820292030
Real GDP growth %8.94.80.90.80.50.50.50.80.70.7
Inflation, average consumer prices %2.08.75.91.11.62.62.42.32.02.0
Unemployment rate %9.68.17.76.66.16.06.16.06.06.0
GDP, current prices USD bn2,1812,1062,3182,3832,5502,7382,8062,8872,9653,046
GDP per capita, current prices USD36,81335,67239,28240,40543,27046,50547,71549,17550,59352,068
GDP per capita, PPP Int. USD50,37756,75959,43661,41563,53865,76167,62569,41571,29873,276
General government gross debt % of GDP145.8138.4133.9134.7137.1138.4138.8137.6137.1136.5
General government net lending/borrowing % of GDP-8.9-8.1-7.1-3.4-3.1-2.8-2.6-2.4-2.5-2.5
Current account balance % of GDP2.0-1.80.21.11.20.61.11.51.82.0
Population million59.2459.0359.0058.9758.9358.8858.8158.7258.6158.49

Government debt, % of GDP

General government gross debt
0.01542000: 109%2001: 109%2002: 106%2003: 105%2004: 105%2005: 106%2006: 106%2007: 103%2008: 106%2009: 116%2010: 119%2011: 119%2012: 126%2013: 132%2014: 135%2015: 135%2016: 134%2017: 134%2018: 134%2019: 134%2020: 154%2021: 146%2022: 138%2023: 134%2024: 135%2025: 137%2026: 138% (IMF projection)2027: 139% (IMF projection)2028: 138% (IMF projection)2029: 137% (IMF projection)2030: 136% (IMF projection)2031: 136% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Current account, % of GDP

Balance of payments
-3.20.03.82000: -0.3%2001: 0.2%2002: -0.5%2003: -0.8%2004: -0.5%2005: -0.9%2006: -1.5%2007: -1.4%2008: -2.7%2009: -1.8%2010: -3.2%2011: -2.7%2012: -0.2%2013: 1.0%2014: 1.8%2015: 1.2%2016: 2.5%2017: 2.4%2018: 2.5%2019: 3.2%2020: 3.8%2021: 2.0%2022: -1.8%2023: 0.2%2024: 1.1%2025: 1.2%2026: 0.6% (IMF projection)2027: 1.1% (IMF projection)2028: 1.5% (IMF projection)2029: 1.8% (IMF projection)2030: 2.0% (IMF projection)2031: 2.2% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Economic structure

Value added by sector, % of GDP · World Bank
AgricultureManufacturingOther industryServices
YearStructureAgricultureIndustryManufacturingServices
19953.026.219.261.2
20052.022.915.565.0
20152.020.314.366.7
20252.122.615.064.5

Income, trade and society

World Bank WDI · change over 10 years
IndicatorLatestUnitYear10Y change
GNI per capita, Atlas method42,080USD2025+25.8%
GNI, Atlas method2,479USD bn2025+23.0%
Exports of goods and services32.2% of GDP2025+3.1 pp
Imports of goods and services30.3% of GDP2025+4.0 pp
Life expectancy at birth84.0years2024+1.0%
Urban population69.7% of total2025+0.1 pp

Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026; 2026 onwards are IMF projections) · World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)