Quality of life comparison

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

Health

see 49.0% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Italy spends $4,993 as of 2024.

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Economy

make 80.3% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $43,309 as of 2025.

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Life

be 43.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 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 25.0% fewer children

In Liechtenstein, there are approximately 8.4 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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Expenditures

spend 47.8% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Italy, that number is 8.4% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 88.9% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Italy, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 36.5% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Italy has 31.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Liechtenstein vs. Italy

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Italy is 37.8% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Liechtenstein is about 1,883 times smaller than Italy.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Italy · OECD 2023
1 people moved from Liechtenstein to Italy.
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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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