Persons per household fell 0.840% to 2.36 persons in Italy in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, persons per household in Italy reached an all time high of 3.71 persons in 1960 and an all time low of 2.36 persons in 2017. When compared to Italy's main peers, persons per household in Austria amounted to 2.25 persons, 2.21 persons in France, 2.38 persons in Slovenia and 2.19 persons in Switzerland in 2017.
Italy has been ranked 93rd within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of persons per household, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Persons Per Household | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | persons | 2.28 | 2.27 | 2.26 | 2.25 | 2.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 2.35 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 2.33 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | persons | 2.59 | 2.58 | 2.56 | 2.55 | 2.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 2.22 | 2.22 | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 2.02 | 2.01 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 1.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 2.39 | 2.36 | 2.34 | 2.32 | 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 2.43 | 2.40 | 2.38 | 2.36 | 2.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | persons | 2.45 | 2.43 | 2.40 | 2.38 | 2.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 2.63 | 2.61 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 2.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.20 | 2.19 | 2.17 |
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