San Marino — Country Profile

San Marino is in Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy. It covers 61 sq km. Terrain: rugged mountains. Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers.

San Marino’s GDP is $2.393 billion (2022 est.) in purchasing-power-parity terms. At official exchange rates it stands at $1.832 billion (2022 est.). Real GDP grew 7.9% (2022 est.). See where San Marino ranks among all 195 countries by GDP.

POWER --/100 — The Magna Power score is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — nine components, 135 indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.

Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

No single event defined Jul–Sep 2026. The country's position is the product of long-cycle forces — geography, trade, neighbours — all of which held steady.

Momentum at zero is not stagnation; it is the accurate record of a quarter without a catalyst.

• What our model rewards: inflation tamed at 1.2%; life expectancy of 84 years — among the longest-lived peoples on Earth
• What drags it down: few natural resources to fall back on; public debt above 103% of GDP — the budget's ball and chain

Energy is the physical base of economic power — what a country can generate, move and burn decides what it can build, sell and defend.

Our World in Data does not publish a primary-energy series for San Marino.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Energy section.

Trade shows what the world buys from a country and what the country must buy from the world — the balance between the two is a direct measure of economic leverage.

Source: CIA World Factbook, Economy section.

Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva — Captains Regent. co-chiefs of state Captains Regent Matteo ROSSI and Lorenzo BUGLI (for the period 1 October 2025 - 31 March 2026)

San Marino maintains 11 embassies and 1 consulates abroad, hosts 2 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN New York, UN Geneva, EU Brussels, UNESCO Paris, OSCE Vienna, CoE Strasbourg. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.

Source: Abroad/hosted: Consular Affairs Center, Jan 2026 of-country (11/1) and in-country (2) rankings, Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/18109976/ . UNESCO Paris: San Marino permanent delegation, 5 avenue Gourgaud, Paris, via UNESCO member-state contacts https://ich.unesco.org/en-state/san-marino-SM?info=contacts . EU Brussels mission accredited at ambassador level: https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/EU/98602/imfname_10383858.pdf . Other multilateral rosters as for AUT.

Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.

Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28); theodora.com CIA mirror (CIA World Factbook Transportation section), scraped 2026-10-02

POWER --/100 Ranked #-- of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for San Marino.

Historical timeline of San Marino

This profile covers the population, economy, natural resources, leaders, and history of San Marino — with the Bureau’s live national-power score of --/100, ranking #-- of 195 countries.