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Slovenia and Italy

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Slovenia

Italy

The widest gap is With a degree: Slovenia 35.1% against Italy 22.3%, 12.8 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Slovenia
Italy

People

Median age3.6 years
45.5 years
49.1 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
82.1 years
83.7 years
People27.66×
2.1m
58.9m
People per square kilometre87.1%
106 per km²
198 per km²
Women in the population1.3 points
49.7%
51.0%
Born abroad3.7 points
15.5%
11.8%
Born outside the EU3.5 points
12.6%
9.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person8.1%
€20,416
€22,062
Average net income13.5%
€22,036
€25,011
Take-home pay, average-wage worker14.5%
€24,276
€27,788
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.8%
€38,964
€40,056
In work, age 20 to 6410.7 points
78.3%
67.6%
Out of work2.2 points
3.9%
6.1%
Hours worked a week2.2 hours
39.5 hours
37.3 hours
At risk of poverty4.3 points
14.3%
18.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.5 points
3.5%
5.0%
GDP per person14.8%
€33,380
€38,310

Family and home

People at home9.1%
2.4
2.2
Households with children3.5 points
31.6%
28.1%
Children per woman28.8%
1.52
1.18
Own their home2.9 points
74.2%
77.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds28.0%
399 per 100,000 people
312 per 100,000 people
Doctors60.9%
358 per 100,000 people
575 per 100,000 people
Nurses62.0%
1,061 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.8 points
35.1%
22.3%
Students per 1,000 people3.2%
38.0 per 1,000 people
39.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them27.5%
€14,753
€18,808
Tax raised per person34.5%
€12,305
€16,554
Government debt71.4 points
65.7%
137.1%

Country and infrastructure

Land area14.90×
20,273 km²
302,073 km²
Railway density5.8%
60.0 per 1,000 km²
56.7 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density20.4%
30.6 per 1,000 km²
25.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people17.6%
603 per 1,000 people
709 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.6 points
93.5%
94.1%
Tourist nights per resident8.5%
8.37
9.08

Environment

Renewable energy4.9 points
25.4%
20.5%
Land under forest30.1 points
61.7%
31.6%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Slovenia

Italy

Function
Slovenia
Italy
9.9%
15.4%
3.0%
2.6%
3.3%
3.5%
12.3%
10.1%
1.5%
1.8%
0.9%
1.5%
17.2%
13.2%
3.2%
1.7%
11.8%
8.0%
36.7%
42.2%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Slovenia and Italy

  1. Where do more people live: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 27.66×: Italy 58.9m, Slovenia 2.1m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 14.90×: Italy 302,073, Slovenia 20,273. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which government owes more: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 71.4 points: Italy 137.1%, Slovenia 65.7%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. gov_10dd_edpt1 · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which spends a larger share on recreation and culture: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 1.5 points: Slovenia 3.2%, Italy 1.7%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Which is more crowded: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 87.1%: Italy 198, Slovenia 106. People per square kilometre of that total area. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  6. Which has more forest: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 30.1 points: Slovenia 61.7%, Italy 31.6%. Share of the land area under forest. for_area · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 60.9%: Italy 575, Slovenia 358. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where is unemployment higher: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 2.2 points: Italy 6.1%, Slovenia 3.9%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. une_rt_a · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where do more adults hold a degree: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 12.8 points: Slovenia 35.1%, Italy 22.3%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are more children born per woman: Slovenia or Italy?

    The gap is 28.8%: Slovenia 1.52, Italy 1.18. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.