If you lived in Italy instead of Cabo Verde, you would:

Health

live 8.8 years longer

In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

be 68.6% more likely to be obese

In Cabo Verde, 11.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Italy, that number is 19.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 6.5 times more money

Cabo Verde has a GDP per capita of $6,000 as of 2020, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $39,000 as of 2020.

be 42.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Cabo Verde, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Italy, however, that number is 20.1% as of 2018.

Life

be 96.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cabo Verde, approximately 58.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Italy, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 14.3% more likely to be literate

In Cabo Verde, the literacy rate is 86.8% as of 2015. In Italy, it is 99.2% as of 2018.

be 86.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Cabo Verde, approximately 23.5 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 62.4% fewer children

In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 18.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Italy, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 77.6% more on healthcare

Cabo Verde spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 7.9 times more coastline

Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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