Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 2,262 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

Italy has 2.8 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Italy is 26 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 18 years older than in Kazakhstan

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.8 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Italy hosts 16 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 8.3 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

Italy produces 42% more per person than Kazakhstan

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Kazakhstan (Gini 5.1 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Kazakhstan’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Italy spends 6.9 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 12% more doctors per person than Kazakhstan

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Kazakhstan has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Italy

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 3.2 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 21% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.06 points higher than in Italy

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 42% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Italy has 10% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Italy has 617 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 273 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 1.7 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 94% more tourists per resident than Kazakhstan (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

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

Italy: 62 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 66% faster than in Kazakhstan

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Kazakhstan are practically level

Italy: 100% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 100% (2024)

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 70% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127

Italy: 133 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 8% longer than Kazakhstan’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 66% more passengers per resident than those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 2.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Italy

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

The air in Kazakhstan carries 5% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.5 times as likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 2.4 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 6.1 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 3.1 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)