Italy - Taxes and Bureaucracy 3.5
GEM NES · updated 2026-10-03 · 118 economies tracked
Global rank
##45 of 118 economies
Share of global total
1.3%
Ranking Race — Taxes and Bureaucracy
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 2000 - 2024. Italy climbed from #15 to #45 (overtook Türkiye). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Italy ↓Key Events — Italy
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
2009Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2011Sovereign debt crisis curatedBond yields spike; Berlusconi resigns amid crisis management.
2017Climbed 18 places in global rank auto
2020COVID-19 shock curatedOne of Europe's largest GDP contractions on record.
2022Overtook Türkiye in global rank auto
2023Overtook Tunisia in global rank auto
Taxes and Bureaucracy, 2000-2024
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