FranceandItaly

10 August 843 · 17 March 1861

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

France

10 August 843 — The Treaty of Verdun gives Charles the Bald West Francia

Dossier →Chronicle →

Italy

17 March 1861 — The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
3
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

FRAITA
  • GDP
    $3.37 T2025$2.55 T2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $48,9862025$43,3092025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    0.8%20250.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    0.9%20251.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    67.2%202562.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

FRAITA
  • Population
    69 m202559 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    83.0 yrs202484.0 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    78.8%202569.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.620241.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

FRAITA

Health

FRAITA
  • Health spending
    11.5%20248.4%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    3.2820224.192022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    4.320242.72024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    95.0%202495.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    99.7%202496.8%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

FRAITA
  • Education spending
    5.3%20224.1%2022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    103.4%2024103.6%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    103.8%2024100.7%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    71.5%202475.9%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Adult literacy
    —99.3%2019
    Observed — / 2019 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

FRAITA
  • R&D spending
    2.2%20231.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    5,36920232,8552023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    88.7%202489.2%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    11720231332024
    Observed 2023 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    23.1%202412.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

FRAITA
  • Land area
    538,950 km²2023295,720 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    32.5%202332.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    52.5%202344.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    4.020245.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    16.2%202117.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

FRAITA
  • Resource rents
    0.0%20210.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

FRAITA
  • Military burden
    2.1%20241.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $65 B2024$38 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    304,0002020338,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1494

    French invasion and the Italian Wars

    The French invasion of 1494 opened decades of warfare in which France and Spain fought for control of Italy, exposing the weakness of its divided states.

    War & Rupture · from the Italy chronicle · The Renaissance and the City-States · REFS 1 — Italy (country overview and history)

  2. 1796–1814

    Napoleonic reorganization of Italy

    Napoleon's campaigns swept aside the old states and spread revolutionary, legal and national ideas across Italy, before the powers restored the former rulers in 1815.

    Politics & Power · from the Italy chronicle · Foreign Domination and the Risorgimento · REFS 1 — Italy (country overview and history)

  3. 10 June 1940

    Italy enters the Second World War

    Italy declared war on Britain and France, entering the Second World War as Germany's Axis ally, a decision that brought defeat, occupation and devastation.

    War & Rupture · from the Italy chronicle · Liberal Italy, Fascism, War and the Republic · REFS 2 — Italy (Fascism, racial laws and the Second World War), Italy (country overview and history)