Italy’s coastline is 34 times as long as Romania’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 2,204 m above Romania’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Italy has 3.1 times as many people as Romania

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Italy is 2.4 times as densely populated as Romania

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 4.8 years older than in Romania

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Romania have 0.2 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 3.3 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Italy and Romania are practically level

Italy: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 6 times the size of Romania’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Italy produces 23% more per person than Romania

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Romania (Gini 4.5 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Italy and Romania are practically level

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Italy and Romania are practically level

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania and Italy are practically level

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Romania’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Italy spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Romania

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 16% more doctors per person than Romania

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Italy

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 44% higher than in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 22% in Italy

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.05 points higher than in Italy

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

Adults in Romania drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Italy

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 2% more meat per person than Italy

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Italy has 104 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 125 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 0.72 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 40% more tourists per resident than Romania (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Italy has 51 more World Heritage sites than Romania (62 against 11)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 16% faster than in Italy

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Romania are practically level

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

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Italy: 70% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Italy: 133 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 61% longer than Romania’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

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

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 30% of Romania

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 41% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Italy carries 6% more fine dust than in Romania

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Romania as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 60% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Romania

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 36% more rain than Romania

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)