Italy’s coastline is 6% longer than Türkiye’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 389 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Türkiye has 46% more people than Italy

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Italy is 79% more densely populated than Türkiye

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 15 years older than in Türkiye

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Women in Türkiye have 0.3 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 11% in Türkiye

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 8.5 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Türkiye 0.5

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Italy and Türkiye are practically level

Italy: 1 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 60% larger than Türkiye’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 39% more per person than Türkiye

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Italy (Gini 9.4 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Türkiye

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 6.4% in Italy

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Türkiye and Italy are practically level

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

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

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Türkiye’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Italy spends 6.2 times as much on health per person as Türkiye

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Türkiye is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 87% more doctors per person than Türkiye

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy and Türkiye are nearly identical here

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

The suicide rate in Italy is 54% higher than in Türkiye

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 22% in Italy

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 1.27 points higher than in Türkiye

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Türkiye

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Italy has 44% more meat per person than Türkiye

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 140 kcal more food per person per day than Italy

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Türkiye put in 46 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

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

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

Italy welcomed 65% more tourists per resident than Türkiye (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

Italy has 40 more World Heritage sites than Türkiye (62 against 22)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Home internet in Italy is 33% faster than in Türkiye

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Türkiye are practically level

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

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

Italy: 70% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Italy: 133 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 64% longer than Türkiye’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Airlines from Türkiye fly 4.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 29% of Türkiye

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in Türkiye emits 15% more CO₂ than someone in Italy

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Türkiye

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Türkiye carries 68% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.7 times as likely to be murdered in Türkiye as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Türkiye are 35% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Türkiye

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 51% more rain than Türkiye

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)