Italy’s coastline is 15 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 2,996 m above Ivory Coast’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

Italy has 80% more people than Ivory Coast

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Italy is 94% more densely populated than Ivory Coast

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 29 years older than in Ivory Coast

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 3.1 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Italy hosts 44% more refugees per resident than Ivory Coast

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Italy and Ivory Coast are practically level

Italy: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 26 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

Italy produces 7.7 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Italy (Gini 1 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Ivory Coast’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Italy spends 39 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 19 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 25 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: no data

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 2.9 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 1.43 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Italy has 5.9 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Italy has 815 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 402 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 6 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

Italy has 57 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (62 against 5)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 89% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 3.2 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Italy have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 70% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Italy 133

Italy: 133 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 27 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Airlines from Italy fly 16 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

The air in Ivory Coast carries 33% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Roads in Ivory Coast are 3.6 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Ivory Coast is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ivory Coast gets 19% more rain than Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)