Geographically the third-smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world’s oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named MARINUS in A.D. 301. San Marino’s foreign policy is aligned with that of the EU, although it is not a member; social and political trends in the republic track closely with those of its larger neighbor, Italy.
land: 61 sq km
water: 0 sq km
border countries (1): Italy 37 km
lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
arable land: 16.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 0% (2018 est.)
other: 83.3% (2018 est.)
34,892 (2023 est.)
noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sammarinese
Sammarinese, Italian
Italian
major-language sample(s):
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Roman Catholic
0-14 years: 14.34% (male 2,615/female 2,388)
15-64 years: 64.58% (male 10,906/female 11,628)
65 years and over: 21.08% (2023 est.) (male 3,329/female 4,026)
total dependency ratio: 49.6
youth dependency ratio: 19.6
elderly dependency ratio: 30
potential support ratio: 3.3 (2021)
total: 45.9 years (2023 est.)
male: 44.4 years
female: 47.2 years
0.59% (2023 est.)
8.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
5.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
urban population: 97.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)
at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
31.9 years (2019)
total: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 7.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 84.1 years (2023 est.)
male: 81.5 years
female: 86.8 years
1.53 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.73 (2023 est.)
NA
improved: urban: NA
rural: NA
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: NA
rural: NA
total: 0% of population (2020)
8.7% of GDP (2020)
6.11 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
3.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)
improved: urban: NA
rural: NA
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: NA
rural: NA
total: 0% of population (2020)
NA
47.7% (2023 est.)
3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
total population: 99.9%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.9% (2018)
total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (2021)
air pollution; urbanization decreasing rural farmlands; water shortage
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution
Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
agricultural land: 16.7% (2018 est.)
arable land: 16.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 0% (2018 est.)
other: 83.3% (2018 est.)
urban population: 97.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
0% of GDP (2018 est.)
particulate matter emissions: 9.85 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
methane emissions: 0.02 megatons (2020 est.)
municipal solid waste generated annually: 17,175 tons (2016 est.)
municipal solid waste recycled annually: 7,737 tons (2016 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 45.1% (2016 est.)
high-income, non-EU European economy; surrounded by Italy, which is the dominant importer and exporter; open border to EU and a euro user; strong financial sector; high foreign investments; low taxation; increasingly high and risky debt
$1.917 billion (2020 est.)
$2.053 billion (2019 est.)
$2.012 billion (2018 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
-6.65% (2020 est.)
2.07% (2019 est.)
1.49% (2018 est.)
$56,400 (2020 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$60,100 (2019 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
$58,900 (2018 est.)
$1.643 billion (2017 est.)
1.05% (2017 est.)
0.6% (2016 est.)
Fitch rating: BB+ (2020)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 0.1% (2009)
industry: 39.2% (2009)
services: 60.7% (2009)comparison rankings:
household consumption: (2011 est.) NA
government consumption: (2011 est.) NA
investment in fixed capital: (2011 est.) NA
investment in inventories: (2011 est.) NA
exports of goods and services: 176.6% (2011)
imports of goods and services: -153.3% (2011)
wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
-1.1% (2012 est.)
21,960 (September 2013 est.)
8.1% (2017 est.)
8.6% (2016 est.)
total: 27.4% (2016 est.)
male: 21.4%
female: 36%
NA
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
revenues: $371 million (2019 est.)
expenditures: $363 million (2019 est.)
-2.9% (of GDP) (2011 est.)
98.35% of GDP (2020 est.)
55.09% of GDP (2019 est.)
55.94% of GDP (2018 est.)
16.14% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
calendar year
$0 (2017 est.)
$0 (2016 est.)
$3.827 billion (2011 est.)
$2.576 billion (2010 est.)
Romania 10%, France 9%, Germany 8%, United States 8%, Austria 6%, Brazil 6%, Poland 6%, Russia 6%, (2019)
industrial washing/bottling machinery, packaged medicines, woodworking machinery, foodstuffs, aircraft (2019)
$2.551 billion (2011 est.)
$2.132 billion (2010 est.)
Germany 21%, Italy 13%, Poland 10%, France 7%, Spain 7%, Belgium 6%, Romania 6% (2019)
electricity, cars, aluminum, footwear, natural gas, iron piping (2019)
$954.512 million (31 December 2021 est.)
$781.805 million (31 December 2020 est.)
$473.111 million (31 December 2019 est.)
NA
euros (EUR) per US dollar -
Exchange rates:
0.845 (2021 est.)
0.877 (2020 est.)
0.893 (2019 est.)
0.847 (2018 est.)
0.885 (2017 est.)
note: while not an EU member state, San Marino, due to its preexisting monetary and banking agreements with Italy, has a 2000 monetary agreement with the EU to produce limited euro coinage—but not banknotes—that began enforcement in January 2002 and was superseded by a new EU agreement in 2012
electrification - total population: 100% (2021)
T7
total: 292 km (2006)
paved: 292 km (2006)
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