Italy vs United States: Prosperity gap

Italy

1.37

in 2023

United States

1.32

in 2024

Italy rank

85th

United States rank

88th

Prosperity gap over time

Italy currently reports 1.37 against 1.32 in United States, a difference of 0.0482.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 85th and United States ranks 88th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.