Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Population
61,261,254
2,889,187
Life Expectancy
81.860 years
73.430 years
Capital City
Rome
Kingston
Largest city
Rome (population: 2,563,240)
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Human Development Index
0.945
0.771
GDP per capita
$30,900 US
$9,100 US
Literacy Rate
98.4%
87.9%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8
3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.2%
13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Michele Ferrero & family ($9.5bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
8.400%
12.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
republic
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Independence date
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1870)
6 August 1962 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Languages
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
English, English patois
Exports
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
