T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 185,825 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Italy in 2025. Each year about 5,685 people are newly diagnosed and 2,997 people with T1D die. A further 73,716 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
185,825
New diagnoses this year
5,685
Deaths this year
2,997
Missing people
73,716
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
66.0years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Italy?
185,825 people in Italy are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 314.3 per 100,000 people. That is close to the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Italy has the 14th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 6th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Italy, another 40 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Italy?
The number of people living with T1D in Italy went from 129,259 in 2000 to 185,825 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 210,478 by 2040 (+13%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Italy, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Italy over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
129,259
4,199
1,955
57,941
2010
152,450
4,988
2,586
65,231
2020
175,217
5,500
3,073
70,520
2025
185,825
5,685
2,997
73,716
2030 (projected)
195,651
6,419
3,895
78,214
2040 (projected)
210,478
5,897
3,907
89,297
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Italy?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Italy today is expected to live to 66.0, compared with 84.3 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 18.2 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 35.2 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 13.8 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Italy, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
49.1
35.2
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
49.1
35.2
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+14.1
63.2
21.1
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+7.3
70.5
13.8
How does Italy compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Italy compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Italy
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
314.3
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
9.6
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
39.7
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
66.0
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
