📊 Italy Countries Intelligence
Italy's economy is estimated to have grown +0.5% in 2026, with inflation at 2.6% and unemployment at 6.0%. Government debt stands at 138.4% of GDP, and the budget balance is -2.8% of GDP.
Economic Indicators
GDP (nominal)
$2.74tn
2026 est.
GDP Growth
+0.5%
2026 est.
Inflation Rate
2.6%
2026 est.
Interest Rate
2.0%
2026 est.
Jobless Rate
6.0%
2026 est.
Gov. Budget Balance
-2.8%
2026 est.
Debt / GDP
138.4%
2026 est.
Current Account
+0.6%
2026 est.
Population
58.9M
2026 est.
Main Economic Activity
Manufacturing 15.0%
2025, % of GDP
Agriculture
2.1%
Manufacturing
15.0%
Services
64.5%
Natural resource rents
0.1%
Source: World Bank Open Data (value added / resource rents, % of GDP). Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services are named sub-categories; Natural resource rents (gold bar) is a separate accounting concept that overlaps with the others rather than adding to 100% of GDP.
Sovereign Credit Ratings
S&P
BBB+
Fitch
BBB+
Moody's
Baa2
Source: Wikipedia — List of countries by credit rating. NR = not rated by that agency.
⚡ 6 Effects Interpreter — Synthesis
🌍World Economy
- ▶Italy's growth trend feeds modestly into regional trade flows.
- ▶Italy's external balance stays close to equilibrium.
🏙️Local Economy
- ▶The local jobs market sits close to its long-run average.
- ▶Inflation is running at a moderate, manageable pace.
🏦Rates & Banks
- ▶The benchmark lending rate sits near 2.0%, shaping the cost of mortgages and business loans.
- ▶High public debt limits room for future tax cuts or rate relief.
❤️Health
- ▶No unusual macro-driven health strain is implied by the current data.
- ▶Public-health funding is shaped by the government budget balance shown above.
💷Wealth
- ▶Savings are keeping pace reasonably well with the cost of living.
- ▶The budget position implies no unusual near-term tax pressure.
🏠Housing
- ▶Low interest rates keep mortgage borrowing relatively cheap.
- ▶Housing demand broadly tracks the pace of overall economic growth.
Synthesis generated by the News Effects 6 Effects Interpreter's rule-based engine from the real indicators above. Indicators: IMF DataMapper & World Bank Open Data.