All 195 countries · Southern Europe
Italy
Italy uses SPID, the electronic ID card (CIE) and the IT-Wallet app, which reached about 12 million activations by July 2026. It rejected the 2024 IHR amendments in July 2025 and abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May 2025. As a euro-area member it falls under the digital euro project.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Italy
- Program
- SPID; CIE; IT-Wallet
- Status
- Used by most adults
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- EU Regulation 2024/1183
A vendor review reports 12 million IT-Wallet activations on 23 July 2026 (10.1 million on 17 February 2026) and about 67 million CIE cards issued by 5 October 2026 (cards, not unique holders). IT-Wallet is not on the EU list of notified eID systems; SPID and CIE are notified.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital euro
Euro-area member. The ECB says it is preparing a possible first issuance during 2029, with a pilot planned for 2027, and assumes EU law is adopted in 2026. The European Parliament voted on 9 July 2026 to open talks with the Council; no final law is confirmed.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-07-23Rolling it out
IT-Wallet reached about 12 million activations. Didit — Italy ↗
- 2026-07-09Rolling it out
The European Parliament voted 416 to 169 to open talks with the Council on the digital euro law. Sofia Globe — European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro ↗
- 2025-07-18Courts & law
Health Minister Orazio Schillaci notified WHO that Italy rejects all 2024 IHR amendments. Il Sole 24 Ore — Italy rejects changes to WHO emergency regulations ↗
- 2025-05-20Pushback
Italy abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, citing state sovereignty over public health. Il Sole 24 Ore — why Italy abstained ↗
UN and WHO
How Italy has voted
- WHO
- Rejected the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- Abstained
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Abstained
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 79.9 · rank 26 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Abstained on GCM and Pandemic Agreement; rejected 2024 IHR amendments.
Sovereignty score
How the -2 adds up
- +1Rejected the WHO's 2024 health-rule changes source ↗
- +1Abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement (May 2025) source ↗
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
- -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
Points come only from public, sourced actions we track, scored the same way for every country. It isn't a grade of a whole government. How scoring works →
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