Italian citizens living abroad 2022, by country

Argentina has the largest Italian population outside of Italy, with around 1.1 million Italians residing in the South American country as of 2022. This community represented almost one fifth of all citizens residing outside the Republic, 6.7 million. Germany hosted the second-largest community, with about 880,000 Italians, while in Brazil lived around 730,000 people with Italian citizenship. In total, 2.9 million Italians resided in the Americas, whereas 3.4 million in other European countries. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Argentina was one of the main destinations for Italian emigrants, in particular in the early 1900s. Increasing tendency to emigrate  Between 2006 and 2020, the number of Italians living abroad constantly increased. As of 2020, over five million Italians lived outside their homeland. Data related to the educational level of the emigrated population show that one third of the academics decided to leave the country. In 2017, 32.5 percent of Italians holding a university degree did not reside in Italy. Better jobs and lower taxes  When asked about the reasons why leaving their country, the opportunity to pay lower taxes and have better jobs played an important role. Indeed, about 43 percent of Italians declared to be ready to leave Italy for a place where taxes were lower. In addition, roughly 37 percent could leave Italy for better working chances.

阿根廷是除意大利本土外意大利人口最为集中的国家，截至2022年，约有110万意大利人居住于此。该社群构成了居住在意大利共和国境外公民的五分之一左右，共计670万人。德国位居第二，拥有约88万意大利人，而在巴西居住的意大利公民约有73万人。总计，290万意大利人居住在美洲，而340万居住在其他欧洲国家。在19世纪和20世纪，阿根廷成为意大利移民的主要目的地之一，特别是在20世纪初。2006年至2020年间，海外意大利人的数量持续增长。截至2020年，超过500万的意大利人生活在国外。关于移民人口教育水平的资料表明，三分之一的学者选择离开祖国。2017年，32.5%持有大学学位的意大利人并未居住在意大利。更优的就业机会和较低的税收是促使他们离开的重要因素。事实上，大约43%的意大利人表示，他们愿意为了更低税收的地方而离开意大利。此外，大约37%的人愿意离开意大利以寻求更好的工作机会。