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

Health

live 1.3 years longer

In Jersey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 40.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Jersey, approximately 3.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Italy, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2024.

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have 48.4% fewer children

In Jersey, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Italy, there are 6.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 108.6 times more coastline

Jersey has a total of 70 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2024), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

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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