Comparison report — Italy
A detailed read across 1 countries, with every index and a per-item analysis. Model outputs & scenario estimates — not predictions.
Economic & scale context
| Measure | Italy |
|---|---|
| GDP | $2,552bn |
| GDP / capita | $63k |
| Population | 58.9M |
| AI investment | $2.5bn |
All indices, side by side
Best value in each row highlighted. Hover an index name for its definition.
| Index | Italy |
|---|---|
| CPI | 45.9 |
| CC | 53.5 |
| ADI | 57.1 |
| CDI | 0.532 |
| AIR | 57.6 |
| AIX | 33.8 |
| CRI | 44.7 |
| CM | 37.6 |
| CV | 3.1% |
Per-item analysis
Italy
Italy is the world's #9 economy by GDP ($2,552bn) and ranks #11/50 on absolute Cognitive Power and #26/50 on per-capita intensity. Its standout strength is Cognitive Power Index (45.9, Strong); its trajectory is Falling behind — growing more slowly than the frontier. It carries no single binding weakness across the headline indices.
Strengths
- Cognitive Power Index (45.9, Strong) — great-power scale: the country can shape the frontier, attract capital and talent, and set standards others follow.
Risk factors
- Relative trajectory — Falling behind: Risk: the relative gap is widening — a compounding disadvantage that can pull capital and talent toward leaders and deepen dependency. The clearest call to act.
- Utilization lags even modest readiness — AIR 57.6 but AIX 33.8: take-up trails what the country's (still limited) readiness would support, so even the available capacity is not converting to value.
- Scale without depth — strong absolute power (CPI #11) but thinner per-capita intensity (CC #26): capacity is large in total but spread thin per person, often a large-population effect.
- Affluent but under-utilizing — a high-income economy (GDP/cap $62,803 PPP) whose AI utilization (AIX 33.8) lags its means.
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