Italy
Retiring to Italy from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Italy has a retirement residence route: Visto per residenza elettiva (elective residence visa). It requires USD $34,633 a year in income (Visto per residenza elettiva).
EUR €31,000.00 a year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30Sources: Embassy of Italy in Minsk: Visto per residenza elettiva (document dated 31 Jul 2026), 2026-10-16 · Embassy of Italy in Minsk: Visto per residenza elettiva (document dated 31 Jul 2026), 2026-07-31
The country figures on this page were checked at their official sources on Oct 16, 2026; each one shows its own source and date.
Research in progress. The official data sources for Italy have not yet been through our quality assessment, so this page is incomplete. What is published here is sourced and dated; what is missing is missing rather than estimated.
Residency and healthcare · measured for Italy
Visto per residenza elettiva
- Income
- USD $34,633 / year EUR €31,000.00 / year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 1 × benchmark (EUR €31,000 per year, in force Jul 31, 2026) · Per person. Passive income only (pensions, rents, investments); income from work is not counted. A consular benchmark, not a statutory amount: a consulate may ask more.
- Food 128.8
- Housing, water, electricity and gas 142.7
- Health 126.4
- Transport 141.8
- Restaurants and hotels 146.5
- Communication 106.6
- Clothing and footwear 135.4
- Overall average 122.6
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Prices against the world average in Italy", https://expatalmanac.com/italy, figures as of 2021; original data: World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Italy", https://expatalmanac.com/italy, figures as of 2026; original data: Embassy of Italy in Minsk: Visto per residenza elettiva (document dated 31 Jul 2026).
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