Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 2.5 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 86 years (85 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2024. In Italy, that number is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 49.0% less spent on your healthcare

Monaco spends $9,797 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Italy spends $4,993 as of 2024.

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have 51.3% fewer doctors per person

Monaco has 86.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Italy has 41.9 as of 2022.

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Economy

make 85.0% less money

Monaco has a GDP per capita of $288,002 as of 2024, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $43,309 as of 2025.

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Life

be 20.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Monaco, approximately 5.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Italy, 6.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 34.1% fewer children

In Monaco, there are approximately 9.6 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 2.4 times more on education

Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Italy spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 2.7 times more on healthcare

Monaco spends 3.1% 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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Geography

see 1853.7 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.

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Infrastructure

find 42.9% less home broadband

Monaco has 55.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Italy has 31.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Italy is 65.7% cheaper than Monaco overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Monaco is about 150,670 times smaller than Italy.
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Moving from Monaco to Italy · OECD 2023
1 people moved from Monaco 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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