Scouting and Guiding in Italy

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Scouting and Guiding in Italy consists of several associations and federations, including more than 225,000 male Scouts and female Guides.

Next to Germany, France and Russia, Italy is the country with the most fragmented Scout movement, but it is also one of the few countries where the single largest association, in this case the Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani, is denominational and comprises more of 80% of the country's Scouts and Guides. Also, counting the other Catholic associations, more than 90% of the Italian Scout movement is Catholic (roughly reflecting distribution of religion in Italy).^[1][2]