Italy’s coastline is 18% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 2,145 m above Italy’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 3 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Italy is 7.4 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 11 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Italy and Chile are practically level

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Italy hosts 25 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Chile and Italy are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 7.1 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 66% more per person than Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Italy (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 6.4% in Italy

Chile: 9% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Italy and Chile are practically level

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Italy spends 93% more on health per person than Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 26% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 58% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Chile is 60% higher than in Italy

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 22% in Italy

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.27 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 28% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Chile has 38% more meat per person than Italy

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 695 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 248 more hours a year than in Italy

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 0.46 years longer than in Italy

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 3.7 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 55 more World Heritage sites than Chile (62 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 89% in Italy

Chile: 96% (2024) · Italy: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 54% faster than in Italy

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Italy have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Italy: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Chile: 89% (2025) · Italy: 70% (2025)

Chile and Italy are practically level

Chile: 133 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 7.2 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 3.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Italy: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 28% more CO₂ than someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Italy: 5.1 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 53% more fine dust than in Italy

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in Italy

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Chile are 92% deadlier than in Italy

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 4.5 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 38% more rain than Italy

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)