Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Italy instead of Botswana, you would:

Health

be 99.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Botswana, 19.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 17.0 years longer

In Botswana, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Botswana has a GDP per capita of $16,000 as of 2020, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $39,000 as of 2020.

be 50.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Botswana, 20.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Italy, that number is 9.9% as of 2019.

pay a 95.2% higher top tax rate

Botswana has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Italy, the top tax rate is 48.8% as of 2016.

Life

be 98.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Botswana, approximately 144.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Italy, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 12.1% more likely to be literate

In Botswana, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2015. In Italy, it is 99.2% as of 2018.

be 87.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Botswana, approximately 25.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Italy, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

have 65.7% fewer children

In Botswana, there are approximately 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Italy, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 69.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In Botswana, approximately 59% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Italy, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 37.7% less on education

Botswana spends 6.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 42.6% more on healthcare

Botswana spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Botswana Unified Revenue Service, Italian Revenue Agency.

Italy: At a glance

Italy is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 294,140 sq km. Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy is a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.
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