Italy’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 982 m above Italy’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 10% more people than Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Italy is 4.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 16 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.5 more children on average than in Italy

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Italy hosts 119 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Colombia and Italy are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 5.6 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 2.8 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Italy (Gini 20.1 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 6.4% in Italy

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Italy 1.9%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Italy spends 5.3 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 4.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 65% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 80% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Colombia is 19% higher than in Italy

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.53 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 73% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Italy has 14% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 626 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 769 more hours a year than in Italy

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 1.8 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 53 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (62 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Italy: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 11% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

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

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Italy: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Italy: 70% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Italy 133

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 8.1 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Colombia fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Italy: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 32% of Italy

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Italy: 5.1 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

Italy and Colombia are nearly identical here

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 44 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Italy

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 3.1 times as deadly as in Italy

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 10.5 °C warmer than Italy

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 3.1 times as much rain as Italy

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)