It is coeducational and, as of 2024, has 182,000 members, including 33,454 leaders (of whom 1,947 priests), 1,885 local groups and 6,126 units,[1] making it the country's largest scouting/guiding, as well as youth, association.

[5] The Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft (SP), a Catholic association in German-speaking South Tyrol,[6] the Slovenska Zamejska Skavtska Organizacija (SZSO), serving Slovenes in Friuli-Venezia Giulia,[7] and the Associazione Guide Esploratori Cattolici Sammarinesi (AGECS) of San Marino have pacts of cooperation with AGESCI.

Mono-sex E/G units are quite frequent (as of 2024, 47% of the total in Liguria, 43% in Marche, 39% in Emilia-Romagna, 36% in Veneto, 29% in Sardinia, 29% in Campania, 21% in Tuscany, 18% Sicily, 17% in Lazio, etc.).

L/C mono-sex units are rare and are more likely in regions where the Coccinelle have a strong tradition and presence (mainly: 23% in Marche, 20% in Sardinia and 17% in Emilia-Romagna).

Rover scouts and ranger guides may join a group's leaders' community upon completing their education and leaving the crew; more specifically, this moment is marked by a ceremony called partenza (departure).