EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Italy
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Italy on the world stage
Total imports
$621.6bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$673.9bn
222 partners
#1 import source
Germany
14.5%
#1 export dest.
Germany
11.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Italy
EU imports from
€311.2bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€328.9bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#7
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.06
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
166
EUR/MWh
Consumer
329
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
287
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
48%
of generation
Wholesale 110 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (IPEX/GME)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ARERA (Autorita di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente)
Italy has the highest gas dependence in Western Europe (42% of generation). No nuclear since 1990, heavy reliance on North African pipeline gas (Algeria, Libya) and LNG imports. Industrial electricity prices are among…
Tracked infrastructure
145 gas plants
43.7 GW · 5 building
10 coal plants
5.2 GW
332 wind farms
9.7 GW · 3 building
39 solar farms
1.5 GW · 10 building
50 hydro plants
13.2 GW
1 steel plants
7,800 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
136
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
30
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Silver, Iron, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase ambient + ISPRA; E-PRTR facility…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (35)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
47.8
→ 52.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.21
below replacement
Working-age
63.5%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
38.8
→ 70.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 59.3M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -12% (51.9M)