G7 country profile
Italy
Italy ranks 26th of 169 countries on the 2026 SDG Index. Compare it with Canada or the other G7 members.
- SDG Index score, 2026
- 79.9/ 100
- 26th of 169 countries
- Change since 2015
- +1.6points
- 2nd of 7 in the G7; ranked 26th in 2015
- Goals improving
- 6 of 17
- No goal decreasing
- International spillovers score
- 69.1/ 100
- 135th of 169; higher means fewer harmful spillovers
Italy on all 17 goals
Italy’s goal scores against the G7 average, 2025
Score out of 100 on the globally comparable indicators.
- Italy
- G7 average
| Goal | Rating and trend |
|---|---|
| 1No poverty | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 2Zero hunger | Significant, stagnating |
| 3Good health and well-being | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 4Quality education | Significant, stagnating |
| 5Gender equality | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 6Clean water and sanitation | Significant, stagnating |
| 7Affordable and clean energy | Significant, moderately improving |
| 8Decent work and economic growth | Significant, stagnating |
| 9Industry, innovation and infrastructure | Significant, moderately improving |
| 10Reduced inequalities | Significant, stagnating |
| 11Sustainable cities and communities | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 12Responsible consumption and production | Major, stagnating |
| 13Climate action | Major, stagnating |
| 14Life below water | Major, stagnating |
| 15Life on land | Significant, stagnating |
| 16Peace, justice and strong institutions | Significant, stagnating |
| 17Partnerships for the goals | Significant, stagnating |
Rank over time
SDG Index rank, 2015–2025
Position among all ranked countries (1 = best). Italy is the thick line. Rankings use the backdated index, so they can differ from earlier reports.
Every indicator
All indicators for Italy
Filter by rating or trend to find where Italy is doing well and where it is going backwards.
| Goal | Indicator | Value | Year | Green threshold | Rating and trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00/day (%) | 0.533 | 2026 | 2 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 1 | Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20/day (%) | 0.783 | 2026 | 2 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 1 | Poverty rate after taxes and transfers (%) | 12.6 | 2023 | 10 | Significant, moderately improving |
| 2 | Prevalence of undernourishment (%) | 2.5 | 2023 | 7.5 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 2 | Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age (%) | 2.58 | 2023 | 7.5 | Achieved |
| 2 | Prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years of age (%) | 0.7 | 2023 | 5 | Achieved |
| 2 | Minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months (%) | 90 | 2025 | 70 | Achieved |
| 2 | Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30 (% of adult population) | 17.3 | 2022 | 10 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 2 | Human Trophic Level (best 2-3 worst) | 2.42 | 2023 | 2.2 | Major, decreasing |
| 2 | Cereal yield (tonnes per hectare of harvested land) | 5.06 | 2023 | 2.5 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 2 | Progress towards productive and sustainable agriculture (worst 1-5 best) | 4.57 | 2024 | 4.5 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 2 | Yield gap closure (% of potential yield) | 67.2 | 2024 | 75 | Challenges remain |
| 2 | Exports of hazardous pesticides (tonnes per million population) | 2.83 | 2023 | 1 | Challenges remain |
| 3 | Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) | 6.48 | 2023 | 70 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Neonatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | 1.8 | 2024 | 12 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) | 2.7 | 2024 | 25 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 population) | 5 | 2024 | 10 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | New HIV infections (per 1,000 uninfected population, all ages) | 0 | 2024 | 0.2 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Age-standardized death rate due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease in adults aged 30 to 70 years (%) | 9.1 | 2021 | 15 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Age-standardized death rate due to air pollution (per 100,000 population) | 80.7 | 2023 | 30 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 3 | Traffic deaths (per 100,000 population) | 5 | 2021 | 8.5 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Life expectancy at birth (years) | 84 | 2025 | 80 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19) | 2.79 | 2022 | 25 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) | 99.9 | 2023 | 98 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Surviving infants who received 2 WHO-recommended vaccines (%) | 94 | 2024 | 90 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Universal health coverage (UHC) index of service coverage (worst 0-100 best) | 82 | 2023 | 80 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Subjective well-being (average ladder score, worst 0-10 best) | 6.57 | 2025 | 6 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 3 | Gap in life expectancy at birth among regions (years) | 3.5 | 2024 | 3 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 3 | Gap in self-reported health status by income (percentage points) | 11.7 | 2024 | 20 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 3 | Daily smokers (% of population aged 15 and over) | 19.5 | 2023 | 18 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 4 | Participation rate in pre-primary organized learning (% of children aged 4 to 6) | 95.2 | 2023 | 90 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 4 | Net primary enrollment rate (%) | 97.9 | 2023 | 97 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 4 | Lower secondary completion rate (%) | 99.2 | 2023 | 90 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 4 | Literacy rate (% of population aged 15 to 24) | 99.9 | 2019 | 95 | Achieved |
| 4 | Tertiary educational attainment (% of population aged 25 to 34) | 30.6 | 2023 | 40 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 4 | PISA score (worst 0-600 best) | 477 | 2022 | 490 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 4 | Variation in mathematics performance explained by socio-economic status (%) | 13.5 | 2022 | 10.5 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 4 | Underachievers in mathematics (% of 15-year-olds) | 29.6 | 2022 | 15 | Significant, decreasing |
| 5 | Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods (% of females aged 15 to 49) | 76.6 | 2025 | 80 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 5 | Ratio of female-to-male mean years of education received (%) | 97.7 | 2023 | 98 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 5 | Ratio of female-to-male labor force participation rate (%) | 70 | 2025 | 70 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 5 | Seats held by women in national parliament (%) | 32.8 | 2026 | 40 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 5 | Gender wage gap (% of male median wage) | 5.11 | 2024 | 8 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 6 | Population using at least basic drinking water services (%) | 99.9 | 2024 | 98 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 6 | Population using at least basic sanitation services (%) | 99.9 | 2024 | 95 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 6 | Freshwater withdrawal (% of available freshwater resources) | 29.8 | 2023 | 25 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 6 | Anthropogenic wastewater that receives treatment (%) | 70 | 2018 | 50 | Achieved |
| 6 | Scarce water consumption embodied in imports (m³ H₂Oeq/capita) | 2,610 | 2024 | 800 | Significant, stagnating |
| 6 | Population using safely managed water services (%) | 96.8 | 2024 | 95 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 6 | Population using safely managed sanitation services (%) | 78.2 | 2024 | 90 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 7 | Population with access to electricity (%) | 100 | 2023 | 98 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 7 | Population with access to clean fuels and technology for cooking (%) | 100 | 2023 | 85 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 7 | CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per total electricity output (MtCO₂/TWh) | 1.17 | 2024 | 1 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 7 | Renewable energy share in total final energy consumption (%) | 16.3 | 2022 | 32 | Significant, decreasing |
| 8 | Adjusted GDP growth index (worst 0-100 best) | 74.4 | 2024 | 75 | Challenges remain |
| 8 | Victims of modern slavery (per 1,000 population) | 3.26 | 2022 | 4 | Achieved |
| 8 | Adults with an account at a bank or other financial institution (% of population aged 15 or over) | 86 | 2024 | 80 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 8 | Unemployment rate (% of total labor force, ages 15+) | 6.22 | 2026 | 5 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 8 | Fundamental labor rights are effectively guaranteed (worst 0-1 best) | 0.595 | 2024 | 0.75 | Significant, stagnating |
| 8 | Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) (% of population aged 15 to 24) | 20.2 | 2022 | 10 | Major, stagnating |
| 9 | Rural population with access to all-season roads (%) | 99.8 | 2026 | 90 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Population using the internet (%) | 89.2 | 2024 | 80 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 population) | 99.6 | 2024 | 75 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Logistics Performance Index: Infrastructure Score (worst 1-5 best) | 3.8 | 2023 | 3 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Score of top 3 universities in Times Higher Education (worst 0-100 best) | 62.2 | 2026 | 30 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Articles published in academic journals (per 1,000 population) | 2.44 | 2024 | 0.7 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Expenditure on research and development (% of GDP) | 1.38 | 2023 | 1.5 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 9 | Total patent applications by applicant's origin (per million population) | 539 | 2024 | 300 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 9 | Researchers (per 1,000 employed population) | 6.81 | 2024 | 8 | Major, moderately improving |
| 9 | Female share of graduates from STEM fields at the tertiary level (%) | 39.3 | 2023 | 30 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 9 | E-government: Online Services Index (worst 0-1 best) | 0.762 | 2024 | 0.8 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 10 | Gini coefficient | 34.3 | 2023 | 30 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 10 | Palma ratio | 1.24 | 2023 | 1 | Significant, stagnating |
| 10 | Elderly poverty rate (% of population aged 66 or over) | 12.3 | 2023 | 5 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 11 | Proportion of urban population living in slums (%) | 0 | 2003 | 5 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 11 | Annual mean concentration of PM2.5 (μg/m³) | 13.3 | 2023 | 10 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 11 | Access to improved water source, piped (% of urban population) | – | – | 98 | No data |
| 11 | Population with rent overburden (%) | 14.3 | 2022 | 10 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 11 | Urban population with access to points of interest within a 15min walk (%) | 96.3 | 2025 | 90 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 11 | Population with convenient access to public transport in cities (%) | 93.2 | 2020 | 80 | Achieved |
| 12 | Electronic waste that is not recollected (kg/capita) | 11.2 | 2022 | 5 | Major |
| 12 | Production-based air pollution (DALYs per 1,000 population) | 8.31 | 2024 | 2 | Significant, stagnating |
| 12 | Air pollution associated with imports (DALYs per 1,000 population) | 7.29 | 2024 | 2 | Significant, decreasing |
| 12 | Production-based nitrogen emissions (kg/capita) | 32.5 | 2024 | 20 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 12 | Nitrogen emissions associated with imports (kg/capita) | 32.8 | 2024 | 10 | Major, stagnating |
| 12 | Exports of plastic waste (kg/capita) | 3.65 | 2024 | 1 | Significant |
| 12 | Non-recycled municipal solid waste (kg/capita/day) | 0.549 | 2024 | 0.8 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 13 | CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production (tCO₂/capita) | 5.08 | 2024 | 2 | Major, stagnating |
| 13 | GHG emissions embodied in imports (tCO₂equiv/capita) | 4.42 | 2024 | 1 | Major, decreasing |
| 13 | CO₂ emissions embodied in fossil fuel exports (tonnes/capita) | 0.076 | 2025 | 0.5 | Achieved |
| 13 | The Net Effective Carbon Rate (EUR/tCO₂equiv) | 111 | 2023 | 60 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 14 | Mean area that is protected in marine sites important to biodiversity (%) | 78.6 | 2025 | 85 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 14 | Ocean Health Index: Clean Waters score (worst 0-100 best) | 63.7 | 2025 | 80 | Major, stagnating |
| 14 | Fish caught from overexploited or collapsed stocks (% of total catch) | 52.3 | 2018 | 25 | Major, decreasing |
| 14 | Fish caught by trawling or dredging (%) | 41.2 | 2019 | 7 | Significant, decreasing |
| 14 | Fish caught that are then discarded (%) | 7.77 | 2019 | 5 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 14 | Marine biodiversity threats embodied in imports (per million population) | 0.301 | 2018 | 0.2 | Challenges remain |
| 15 | Mean area that is protected in terrestrial sites important to biodiversity (%) | 76.6 | 2025 | 85 | Challenges remain, stagnating |
| 15 | Mean area that is protected in freshwater sites important to biodiversity (%) | 84.7 | 2025 | 85 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 15 | Red List Index of species survival (worst 0-1 best) | 0.765 | 2025 | 0.9 | Major, decreasing |
| 15 | Permanent deforestation (% of forest area, 3-year average) | 0.02 | 2024 | 0.05 | Achieved |
| 15 | Imported deforestation (m²/capita) | 12.2 | 2022 | 10 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 16 | Homicides (per 100,000 population) | 0.55 | 2024 | 1.5 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 16 | Crime is effectively controlled (worst 0-1 best) | 0.796 | 2024 | 0.8 | Challenges remain, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 16 | Unsentenced detainees (% of prison population) | 16.8 | 2023 | 30 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 16 | Birth registrations with civil authority (% of children under age 5) | 100 | 2023 | 98 | Achieved |
| 16 | Corruption Perceptions Index (worst 0-100 best) | 53 | 2025 | 60 | Challenges remain, moderately improving |
| 16 | Children involved in child labor (%) | 0 | 2025 | 2 | Achieved |
| 16 | Exports of major conventional weapons (TIV per 100,000 population) | 2.68 | 2025 | 0.04 | Major, decreasing |
| 16 | Press Freedom Index (worst 0-100 best) | 65.2 | 2026 | 70 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 16 | Access to and affordability of justice (worst 0-1 best) | 0.595 | 2024 | 0.65 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 16 | Timeliness of administrative proceedings (worst 0-1 best) | 0.429 | 2024 | 0.7 | Significant, stagnating |
| 16 | Expropriations are lawful and adequately compensated (worst 0-1 best) | 0.615 | 2024 | 0.7 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 16 | Persons held in prison (per 100,000 population) | 103 | 2023 | 100 | Challenges remain, decreasing |
| 17 | Government spending on health and education (% of GDP) | 10.2 | 2023 | 10 | Achieved, stagnating |
| 17 | For high-income and all OECD DAC countries: International concessional public finance, including official development assistance (% of GNI) | 0.3 | 2025 | 0.7 | Major, stagnating |
| 17 | Other countries: Government revenue excluding grants (% of GDP) | – | – | 30 | No data |
| 17 | Corporate Tax Haven Score (best 0-100 worst) | 48 | 2025 | 60 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 17 | Financial Secrecy Score (best 0-100 worst) | 54 | 2025 | 45 | Significant, decreasing |
| 17 | Shifted profits of multinationals (US$ billion) | 0 | 2022 | 1 | Achieved |
| 17 | Statistical Performance Index (worst 0-100 best) | 90.9 | 2024 | 80 | Achieved, on track or maintaining achievement |
| 17 | Index of countries' support to UN-based multilateralism (worst 0-100 best) | 63.7 | 2026 | 75 | Challenges remain |