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TERRITORY

ENVIRONMENT 

POPULATION

HEALTH 

LIVING CONDITIONS 

JUSTICE

CULTURE

EDUCATION

LABOUR MARKET 

WELFARE

ECONOMY

PRICES

EXTERNAL TRADE 

AGRICULTURE

INDUSTRY AND SERVICES 

TOURISM

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A WEALTH TO THE COMMUNITY

Italy 

in

figures

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Geographical areas:

North:  Piemonte,  Valle  d’Aosta,  Liguria,  Lombardia,  Trentino-
Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna

Centre: Toscana, Lazio, Umbria, Marche

South and the Islands: Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Basilicata,
Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna

ITALY'S NUMBERS

Main territorial and demographic data

TERRITORY

1

key points

Latitude North

47° 06'

Latitude South

35° 30'

Longitude West

-5° 50' 

Longitude East

6° 04'

Maximum span (km)

1,200

Territorial area (km)

301,336

Total area of woods (km

2

)

68,571

Total length of coastline (km)

7,810

High seismic risk area (km

2

)

28,026

Protected areas (km

2

)

63,167

Highest mountain – Monte Bianco (m)

4,810

Longest river - Po (km)

652

Railway network (km)

16,704

Road network (km)

180,549

Regions

20

Provinces

110

Municipalities

8.092

Resident population

60,626,442

Resident foreigners

4,570,317

Number of households

25,175,793

Households' average members

2.4

Population density (inhab./km

2

)

201

 

39

416

197

157

268

 

175

298

332

163

167

107

125

72

211

429

59

133

Up to 100  
From 101 to 200
From 201 to 300
Over 300

70

196

85

69

ITALIAN AVERAGE

201

RESIDENT POPULATION DENSITY

1 January 2011, inhabitants per km

2

Piemonte

1,206

Valle d'Aosta

74

Liguria

235

Lombardia

1,544

Trentino-Alto Adige

333

Veneto

581

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

218

Emilia-Romagna

348

Marche

239

Toscana

287

Umbria

92

Lazio

378

Campania

551

Abruzzo

305

Molise

136

Puglia

258

Basilicata

131

Calabria

409

Sicilia

390

Sardegna

377

MUNICIPALITIES PER REGION
IN 2011

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TERRITORY

2

North

5,543,922

Centre

South and the Islands

2,293,908

4,188,135

1,564,180

3,703,106

537,852

3,502,908

6,544,884

2,254,706

Mountain

Hill

Plain

TERRITORIAL AREA BY LOCALITY

2001 and 2011, percentage of inhabited localities on territorial area and percentage changes

Census 2001

Census 2011*

% change 2001-2011

Inhabited localities**

Inhabited localities**

Inhabited localities**

%

of which:

%

of which:

%

of which:

inhabited settlements 

inhabited settlements

inhabited settlements

%

%

%

North

8.1

7.1

8.7

7.7

8.2

7.5

Centre

6.3

5.5

6.8

5.9

8.2

6.5

South and the Islands

4.3

3.7

4.7

4.0

10.2

6.9

Italy

6.2

5.4

6.7

5.8

8.8

7.1

* provisional data     ** include inhabited settlements, inhabited and production localities 

TERRITORIAL AREA BY ALTITUDE AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010, hectares

Altitude areas:

mountain:  it  reaches  a  height  of  at  least  600  metres  in  the
Northern regions and at least 700 metres in the Central and
Southern regions

hill: it does not exceed a height of 600 metres in the Northern
regions, 700 metres in the Central and Southern regions

plain:  low  and  flat,  it  is  characterised  by  the  absence  of 
masses

Inhabited settlement: characterized by neighbouring or contiguous
buildings – spread over street and squares – and commercial buil-
dings and facilities, as well as a gathering place with a clearly reco-
gnizable form of of social life

55.3%

44.7%

70.8%

29.2%

Bathing

1992

2010

Non-bathing 

BATHING AND NON-BATHING
COAST 

percentage composition

FOREST FIRES AND FOREST AREA AFFECTED BY FIRE

1974-2010, hectares

Number

Area affected by fire 

of fires

wooded

not wooded

total

average

1974

5,055

66,035

36,909

102,944

20.4

1978

11,052

43,331

84,246

127,577

11.5

1982

9,557

48,832

81,624

130,456

13.7

1986

9,398

26,795

59,625

86,420

9.2

1990

14,477

98,410

96,909

195,319

13.5

1994

11,588

47,099

89,235

136,334

11.8

1998

9,540

73,017

82,536

155,553

16.3

2002

4,601

20,218

20,573

40,791

8.9

2006

5,643

16,422

23,524

39,946

7.1

2010

4,884

19,357

27,180

46,537

9.6

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ENVIRONMENT

key points

3

MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010, percentage composition 

Mixed

Separate 

Bulky 

Total

Kg/

collection

collection

waste

(tons)

inhabitant

North

48.4

49.1

2.5

14,808,248

535.3

Centre

71.7

27.1

1.1

7,323,097

614.3

South and the Islands

78.6

21.2

0.2

10,347,766

495.2

Italy

63.3

35.3

1.5

32,479,111

537.0

Paper

Glass

Plastic

Organic waste

Other

1,308.0

3,062.7

2000               2010

758.8

1,778.5

174.7

648.6

1,292.7

4,186.8

646.3

1,776.0

SEPARATE WASTE 
COLLECTION

2000 and 2010,
thousands of tons

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN REGIONAL CAPITALS

2010

Parks and gardens

Cars

Water

Air

% of 

per 1.000

litres consumed 

air-monitoring 

municipal 

m

per

inhabitants

per day

stations

area

inhabitant

per inhabitant

per 100 km

2

Torino

14.4

20.7

599.3

210.3

4.6

Aosta

5.0

30.2

1,938.8*

180.1

18.7

Milano

11.9

16.4

544.5

227.9

4.4

Bolzano - Bozen

3.9

19.9

517.8

164.7

7.6

Trento

15.4

210.4

572.0

162.1

1.3

Venezia

2.5

37.8

408.7

168.5

1.9

Trieste

3.9

16.2

525.0

168.7

10.7

Genova

10.3

41.0

466.0

174.3

8.2

Bologna

10.0

37.0

518.8

161.6

1.4

Firenze

7.5

20.7

555.7

151.8

4.9

Perugia

1.2

33.5

681.8

147.3

0.7

Ancona

28.1

338.0

607.3

156.4

3.2

Roma

27.5

130.7

692.4

234.3

1.0

L'Aquila 

43.4

2,793.8

731.9

147.0

0.2

Campobasso

1.5

16.8

673.4

147.4

5.4

Napoli

24.2

29.5

577.5

162.2

6.8

Bari

4.0

14.5

566.3

150.5

6.9

Potenza

0.9

22.2

706.2

138.0

2.3

Catanzaro

4.5

54.2

631.4

225.5

1.8

Palermo

32.1

77.8

597.4

156.7

3.8

Cagliari

16.0

87.5

646.6

182.2

8.2

* data are influenced by a lesser taxation for new cars registration 

KILOMETRES OF CYCLE
TRACKS IN 2010

Torino

134.4

Aosta

29.0

Milano

41.1

Bolzano-Bozen

95.5

Trento

29.1

Venezia

24.3

Trieste

23.1

Bologna

65.7

Firenze

49.7

Perugia

1.3

Ancona

2.7

Roma

9.6

Campobasso

11.6

Bari

6.5

Catanzaro

8.5

Palermo

13.3

Cagliari

2.3

per 100 km² of municipal area

Municipal waste:

household waste, including bulky ones

non-hazardous waste similar to municipal waste in type and
quantity

waste from street cleaning

vegetable waste from parks and gardens

waste from cemeterial activities

Separate  waste  collection:  consists  in  municipal  waste  (inclu-
ding wet organic waste) being segregated by waste type for reuse,
recycling  and  reclamation  of  materials.  It  regards  paper,  glass,
plastic, organic waste, metals, bulky recyclable waste, textile and
others.  Wet  organic  waste  is  collected  separately  by  means  of
either  reusable  collection  containers  or  certified  biodegradable
sacks 

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POPULATION

Natural increase: difference between the number of live births and
the number of deaths among the resident population occurred both
in Italy and abroad

Net migration: difference between the number of new registrations
and cancellations in population registers due to transfers of residen-
ce from/to another Italian municipality or transfers from/to abroad;
or other reasons

Residence permits: documents issued by the Italian police authori-
ties  which  give  foreigners  the  right  to  legally  stay  in  Italy  (usually
minors are recorded in their parents’ permit). Since 1 January 2008
European citizens no longer need to obtain it, in compliance with the
regulation n° 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union to move
and reside freely within the territory of the Member States

RESIDENCE PERMITS  
ON 1 JANUARY 2011 

North

2,339,174

Centre

786,998

South 
and the Islands

409,890

Italy

3,536,062

RESIDENT POPULATION PYRAMID BY SEX AND CITIZENSHIP

1 January 2011, % values

RESIDENT POPULATION AND POPULATION CHANGE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

Population on 1 January 2011 and changes in year 2010

Resident

Natural

Net 

population

increase 

migration

North

27,763,261

-17,429

194,121

Centre

11,950,322

-12,517

90,509

South and the Islands

20,912,859

4,402

27,028

Italy

60,626,442

-25,544

311,658

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FOREIGN RESIDENTS 
IN ITALY

Census 1961

62,780

Census 1971

121,116

Census 1981

210,937

Census 2001

1,334,889

1 January 2011

4,570,317

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

-1

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100  and over

A

ge

Italian males

Foreign males

Italian females
Foreign females

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BIRTHS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS 

1961

18.3

1981

11.1

2001

9.4

2011 (estimate)

9.1

2030 (projection)

8.1

AVERAGE NUMBER   
OF CHILDREN PER WOMAN

1961

2.41

1981

1.60

2001

1.25

2011 (estimate)

1.42

2030 (projection)

1.49

Life expectancy at birth: average number of years a new-born is
expected to live

Resident  population:  people  having  their  usual  residence  in  a
municipality,  even  if  they  were  absent  on  the  considered  day
because they were abroad or in another municipality

Ageing ratio: ratio of population aged 65 and over to population
aged 0-14, per 100

Dependency ratio: ratio of non-working age population (0-14; 65
and over) to working age population (15-64), per 100

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH BY SEX

1961-2065

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Censuses 1961-2001 and 1 January 2009-2065

Females

Males

2001

1981

1991

1971

2030**

2065**

1961

2010*

2009

2011*

67.2 72.3

74.9

77.9

80.3

82.8

84.1

84.3

84.5

87.7

91.5

69.0

71.1

73.8

77.0

79.0

79.1

79.4

82.8

87.7

55.5

1971

53.1

1981

45.7

1991

82.8

257.9

2065*

51.9

2009

52.2

2010

48.4

2001

52.3

2011

51.6

1961

DEPENDENCY RATIO

63.2

207.1

2030*

46.1

1971

61.7

1981

92.5

1991

2065*

2009

143.4

2010

143.9

2001

127.1

2011

144.5

38.9

1961

AGEING RATIO

2030*

POPULATION

key points

* estimate      ** projection 

5

* projection 

RESIDENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS

2015-2065, thousands

2065

2060

2055

2050

2045

2040

2035

2030

2025

2020

2015

61,637

62,497

63,081

63,483

63,750

63,889

63,846

63,546

61,305

62,964

62,169

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Marriages: data refer to marriages celebrated in Italy during the
year regardless of the couple’s residence. They include marriages
between two non-residents in Italy or between one resident and
one non resident in Italy

Household: a group of people linked by ties of marriage, kinship,
affinity,  adoption,  guardianship  or  affection,  sharing  the  same
house  and  with  usual  residence  in  the  same  municipality.
Households can also consists of one member only

SEPARATIONS AND DIVORCES  

1971-2010

LIVE BIRTHS OF PRESENT POPULATION BY SEX  

1931-2011

Males

Females

Total

1931

525,385

500,812

1,026,197

1941

481,599

455,947

937,546

1951

441,542

419,456

860,998

1961

477,219

452,438

929,657

1971

465,832

440,350

906,182

1981

320,321

302,782

623,103

1991

289,984

272,803

562,787

2001

272,288

256,588

528,876

2011*

277,895

262,574

540,469

* provisional data

1971

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

Divorces

11,796

19,132

10,618

29,462

35,162

15,650

44,018

52,323

27,682

27,038

71,969

37,573

82,291

47,036

88,191

54,160

Separations

17,134

11,844

37%

28%

7%

8%

20%

Couples 
without children 

Singles

Others

Single 
parents

Couples
with children

MAIN HOUSEHOLD TYPES 
IN 2009-2010

percentage composition

POPULATION

6

MARRIAGES AND AVERAGE AGE OF SPOUSES

2000-2010

MARRIAGES

AVERAGE AGE OF SPOUSES

Total

of which 

with at least one

per 1,000

Males

Females

civil

foreign partner inhabitants

2000

284,410

24.7

7.0

4.9

32.1

28.9

2001

264,026

27.1

8.1

4.6

32.5

29.2

2002

270,013

28.9

9.5

4.7

32.9

29.6

2003

264,097

29.4

10.5

4.6

33.2

29.9

2004

248,969

31.9

12.3

4.3

33.6

30.3

2005

247,740

32.8

13.3

4.2

34.0

30.7

2006

245,992

34.0

14.0

4.2

34.0

30.6

2007

250,360

34.6

13.8

4.2

34.2

31.0

2008

246,613

36.7

15.0

4.1

34.5

31.3

2009

230,613

37.2

13.9

3.8

34.8

31.5

2010

217,700

36.5

11.5

3.6

35.1

31.8

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Hospitals  of  National  Health  Service  (NHS): include  public
hospitals and credited private clinics 

Hospitalisation rate: ratio  of  in-patients  to  resident  population
(yearly average), per 1,000

Average  length  of  stay  in  hospital:  ratio  of  days  of  stay  to  in-
patients

General practitioners: the contract of general practitioners sets
a  maximum  limit  of  1,500  patients  each.  In  2009  the  national
average value was 1,129 patients per general practitioner

key points

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE STAFF BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2009, per 10,000 inhabitants 

North

Centre

South and the Islands 

Italy

16.5

47.0

18.4

45.8

19.3

38.6

17.8

43.9

Doctors
and dentists

Nurse staff

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE INDICATORS

2009

North

Centre

South and the Islands

Italy

General practitioners 

19,711

9,863 

16,635

46,209

General practitioner rate*

7.2

8.3

8.0

7.7

Patients per general practitioner

1,214 

1,047 

1,078 

1,129 

National Health Service paediatricians

3,189

1,495 

3,011

7,695

National Health Service paediatrician rate**

8.6

9.5

9.6

9.1

Patients per paediatrician (under 14)

900

832

824

857

Non-emergency medical on-call services 

782 

418 

1,754 

2,954 

On-call physicians

3,128

1,950

7,281

12,359

Local Health Authorities

74

29

45

148

Unified booking centres

64

29

41

134

* per 10,000 inhabitants           ** per 10,000 children aged 0-14 

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE
HOSPITALS IN 2009

Ecotomographies 

5.0 

Computerized axial
tomographies

0.7 

Magnetic resonance 
imaging units

0.8

per 100,000 inhabitants 

HEALTH

7

HEALTH EXPENDITURE 
BY SECTOR

2008-2011, 
billions of euro
at current prices 

Private sector

108.9

27.2

2008

136.1

110.5

26.7

2009

137.2

112.7

2010

27.3

140.0

2011

112.0

140.0

28.0

Public sector

TOTAL 

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HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
FOR HEALTHCARE GOODS 
AND SERVICES IN 2010

Hospitalisations 

282

Check-ups

119

Dentist

383

Auxiliary health services 186
Diagnostic tests

58

X-rays/ultrasound scans

75

Glasses/contact lenses

160

Drugs

79

Thermometers/syringes

35

euro

HEALTH CONDITIONS AND REPORTED CHRONIC DISEASES 

2011, per 100 people

Good health

71.1

Diabetes

4.9

Hypertension

15.9

Osteoporosis

7.2

Osteoarthritis, 

arthritis

17.1

Hearth 

diseases

3.6

Allergic 

diseases

10.3

Neurological 

diseases

4.0

112.9

1931

1941

115.2

1951

66.6

1961

40.7

1971

28.5

1981

14.1

1991

8.1

2001

4.4

2009

3.6

INFANT MORTALITY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS

DRUG CONSUMERS* BY AGE

1993-2011, thousands of people

1993

1998

2005

2007

2009

2011

Up to 14

1,524

1,396

1,482

1,557

1,372

1,234

15-34 

2,753

2,626

2,773

2,834

2,926

2,620

35-64 

7,317

7,687

8,941

9,694

9,997

9,871

65 and over

5,986

6,933

8,460

9,008

9,509

9,607

Total

17,580

18,643

21,656

23,091

23,807

23,331

* in the two days preceding the interview

HEALTH

8

DEATHS BY SOME CAUSES

1931-2009, per 100,000 inhabitants

75.6

1931
1971
2009

Neoplasms

190.4

290.2

188.5

Diseases of the  

circulatory system

446.0

373.5

261.4

Diseases of the 

respiratory systems

76.9

66.4

224.9

Diseases of the 

digestive system

57.6

39.4

218.2

Infectious and 

parasitic diseases

15.9

15.0

Infant mortality: includes deaths in the first year of age before the
first birthday, including those died before the registration of birth

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key points

Induced abortion: there has been a sharp reduction since Law n°
194/78 made induced abortions legal in Italy. 1982 and 1983 were
the  peak  years,  with  a  number  of  interventions  exceeding
230,000 per year and an abortion rate of 16.7 and 16.4 respecti-
vely  per  1,000  resident  women  aged  15-49.  From  that  moment
on, the number of induced abortions and the abortion rate pro-
gressively reduced to 8 per 1,000

Body Mass Index (BMI): determined dividing the body weight in
kilograms by the squared height in meters. A BMI under 18.5 is
considered  underweight,  one  of  18.5-24.99  is  considered  a
healthy  weight,  one  of  25-29.99  is  overweight  and  one  of  30  or
more is obese

PERSONS BY BODY MASS INDEX 

2010, per 100 persons aged 18 and over

SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS BY SEX 

1980-2011, per 100* persons aged 14 and over

1980

1983

1991

1995

2000

2005

2011

MALES

Smokers

54.3

45.6

37.8

33.9

31.5

28.3

28.4

Former-smokers

9.9

13.5

21.0

27.4

26.5

30.4

30.5

Never smoked

35.7

40.9

41.2

37.4

38.4

39.0

39.4

FEMALES

Smokers

16.7

17.7

17.8

17.2

17.2

16.2

16.6

Former-smokers

1.4

2.3

16.4

13.1

13.4

15.0

16.7

Never smoked

81.9

80.0

75.9

68.5

66.2

66.4

65.1

TOTAL

Smokers

34.9

31.1

27.4

25.3

24.1

22.0

22.3

Former-smokers

5.5

7.7

13.4

20.0

19.8

22.4

23.4

Never smoked

59.6

61.2

59.2

53.5

52.8

53.2

52.7

* due to non-response some totals do not add up to 100

0.6

Males 
Females
Total

Underweight 

4.9

2.8

44.0

Healthy weight 

57.9

51.2

44.3

Overweight 

27.6

35.6

11.1

Obese

9.6

10.3

LEGAL INDUCED ABORTIONS

1980-2009, per 1,000 resident women aged 15-49

15.3

1

14.8

11.5

9.3

9.4

8.9

8.0

2005

2009

2000

1995

1990

1985

1980

HEALTH

9

More than 20 

11-20

6-10

Up to 5

21.3%

6.4%

41.3%

31%

SMOKERS BY NUMBER 
OF DAILY CIGARETTES 
SMOKED IN 2010

percentage composition

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CONSUMERS OF SOME FOOD AT LEAST ONCE A DAY

2000 and 2010, per 100 persons aged 3 and over 

Bread, pasta 

and rice

Milk 

Greens

Vegetables

Fruit

84.9

87.3

60.2

58.9

46.7

50.9

38.1

42.1

76.8

76.2

Fish*

55.5

59.2

2000
2010

Sport practice: in 2011 21.9% of population aged 3 and over prac-
tised one or more sports with continuity, while 10.2% did it discon-
tinuously. People who did not do any sport but claimed to perform
some  physical  activity  (such  as  walking,  swimming  or  cycling)
amounted  to  27.7%.  The  sedentary,  namely  those  who  did  not
either do any sport or perform any physical activity, were 39.8%:
44.4% of women and 35.0% of men.
Sport was the most widespread leisure activity among the young:
children aged 6-17, in particular males aged 11-14 (59.3%) practi-
sed sport with continuity, while 18.4% of males aged 20-24 did it
occasionally

DAILY CONSUMERS OF
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN 2010

TECHNOLOGICAL GOODS OWNED BY HOUSEHOLDS

1997-2011, per 100 households

27.3

1997 
2003
2011

Mobile phone

78.2

91.6

16.7

Personal computer

42.7

58.8

2.3

Internet access

30.7

54.5

Satellite dish

21.1

36.4

Wine

Beer

Males
Females

7.5

13.7

35.3

1.3

per 100 persons aged 11 and over
of the same sex

* at least some times during the week

MEANS OF TRANSPORT USED TO TRAVEL TO WORK

1993-2011, per 100 persons employed aged 15 and over that travel to work 

1993

1996

1999

2002

2005

2008

2011

Train 

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.9

2.8

Tram, bus

5.6

5.0

5.5

5.1

5.0

4.9

5.0

Underground

1.7

1.7

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.8

Coach

1.2

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.7

Car

69.0

70.9

72.0

73.2

76.4

75.7

75.5

Motorcycle, motorbike

3.2

4.3

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.6

4.2

Bicycle

3.1

3.0

2.6

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.2

Walking

14.0

12.7

11.8

11.1

11.1

11.1

11.8

LIVING CONDITIONS

10

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Average monthly expenditure: average consumption expenditure
incurred  by  resident  households  each  month.  It  is  calculated  by
dividing the total expenditure by the number of households 

Average actual expenditure for purchase of goods: is calculated
by dividing the households’ total expenditure for a good (or serv-
ice) by the number of households that have purchased the same
good (or service)

Reference  person:  the  family  head  as  recorded  in  the  Register
Office

key points

AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND CHAPTER

2010, percentage composition to total expenditure

Average 

Food

Clo

thing

Hou

sing Transport

Lei

sure Others

monthly

exp. (

2)

Single person under 35

16.8

6.7

37.2

16.9

5.6

16.8

1,898

Single person 35 to 64

16.7

5.5

40.9

16.1

4.7

16.1

2,001

Single person 64 and over 

21.3

2.8

53.4

7.0

3.6

11.9

1,446

Couple without children with r.p. under 35

13.9

6.3

37.0

21.1

4.7

17.0

2,908

Couple without children with r.p. 35-64

16.5

5.2

38.2

18.1

4.8

17.2

2,858

Couple without children with r.p. 65 and over

21.7

3.6

45.8

11.6

3.9

13.4

2,213

Couple with 1 child 

18.2

6.6

36.8

17.2

5.9

15.3

2,922

Couple with 2 children

19.0

7.2

33.1

18.7

6.7

15.3

3,131

Couple with 3 or more children

20.3

7.8

32.2

17.7

7.7

14.3

3,298

Single parent

20.2

5.7

39.2

14.1

6.2

14.6

2,308

Other types

21.2

5.7

38.3

15.8

5.1

13.9

2,644

Total households  

19.0

5.8

39.1

15.8

5.5

14.8

2,453

r.p.= household reference person

AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR DURABLES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010, euro

North

Centre

South and the Islands

Italy

Dishwasher

527

500

561

523

Air conditioner

1,549

1,301

775

1,293

Television

370

497

434

388

Personal computer

502

239

619

505

Mobile phone

130

140

120

130

Camera

549

707

602

595

New car

16,498

14,891

11,899

15,927

LIVING CONDITIONS

11

AVERAGE MONTHLY
EXPENDITURE 
BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010, euro

North

2,796

Centre

2,539

South and the Islands

1,882

Italy

2,453

2010

1980

Food
Non food

19.0

81.0

31.6

68.4

37.4

62.6

1968

AVERAGE MONTHLY
EXPENDITURE 
BY CHAPTER

percentage composition

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Civil  case:  proceeding  aimed  at  settling  a
controversial  juridical  relationship.  It  deals
with  the  settlement  of  disputes  relating  to
labour law, land, social security and welfare 

Criminal case: proceeding aimed at ascertai-
ning and sanctioning the criminal responsibi-
lity for an offence. Data refer to filed and clo-
sed  proceedings  handled  by  all  first  and
second  instance  legal  offices  during  the
various procedural stages. Hence, each pro-
ceeding  could  be  counted  more  than  once
based on the office that handled it

Average duration: ratio of pending cases (ini-
tial+ending)  and  filed  and  closed  cases, 
per 365

Litigation  rate:  ratio  of  first  instance  civil
cases  filed  in  the  year  to  average  resident
population, per 1,000

LITIGATION RATE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2000 and 2010

2000 
2010

North

13.9

10.6

Centre

22.2

19.9

South and the Islands

34.2

39.9

Italy

22.8

22.5

CIVIL CASES BY LEVEL OF COURT

2000 and 2010

2000

2010

first instance

second instance

first instance

second instance

Filed

1,317,544

89,221

1,360,827

168,910

Closed

1,558,089

103,968

1,364,740

139,745

Pending at the end of the year

3,185,181

244,131

2,761,588

500,227

Average duration in days

839

950

740

1,149

CRIMINAL CASES BY LEVEL OF COURT

2000 and 2010

2000

2010

first instance

second instance

first instance

second instance

Filed

6,137,367

71,308

6,705,576

106,347

Closed

6,136,970

94,602

6,612,777

85,515

Pending at the end of the year

5,588,120

108,221

5,013,462

224,413

STAFF OF THE JUDICIARY*

2011

Magistrates

Technical and administrative staff

Justices of the Peace

establishment

occupied

establishment

occupied

establishment

occupied

plan posts

posts

plan posts

posts

plan posts

posts

North

3,185

2,776

13,759

11,455

1,597

308

Centre

1,745

1,553

8,314

7,151

803

170

South and the Islands 4,185

3,598

19,383

17,865

2,290

605

Central offices** 

490

373

2,666

2,095

-

-

Total***

9,605

8,300

44,122

38,566

4,690

1,083

* excluding those without ordinary judicial functions      ** national offices: High Court for public water; Antimafia national department; Supreme Court and General
Attorney of Supreme Court      ***values of the staff refer to the staff distributed in the offices of interest on a total of 10,151 set by law

JUSTICE

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1936

129.1

1956

68.2

1976

53.2

1996

84.5

2009

107.4

2011**

110.0

2010

112.1

* minors not included     ** provisional data

DETAINEES AND INMATES 
AT THE END OF 2011 
BY AGE GROUP

18-20

1,158  

21-24 

5,525  

25-29 

9,945  

30-34 

11,506  

35-39 

10,837  

40-44 

9,516  

45-49 

7,035  

50-59 

8,116  

60-69 

2,668  

70 and over

571 

Not classified 

20 

Total 

66,897 

Judicial authority: the authority in charge of the administration
of criminal, civil and administrative justice

Crime:  the  crime  for  which  the  main  penalty  of  imprisonment,
the  fine  and  some  accessory  penalties  (e.g.:  interdiction  from
Public Offices) are foreseen

Detainee: person indicted or sentenced under measures involving
freedom deprivation, held in prison in pre-trial detention or serving
a sentence 

Inmate:  a  person  sentenced  to  detention  in  special  institutions
(criminal  psychiatric  hospital,  treatment  and  surveillance  centre,
assignment to an agricultural colony or a workhouse) 

MINORS REPORTED BY MAIN TYPE OF CRIME

2009*

Robberies

2,180 

Receiving 

stolen goods

2,486 

Damages to things 

and animals

5,463 

Drug production 

and peddling

3,887

Culpable injuries

5,552

Thefts

10,518

key points

JUSTICE

13

DETAINEES AND INMATES*
AT THE END OF THE YEAR 

1936-2011
per 100,000 inhabitants

* articles 648 bis and 648 ter of the penal code      ** articles 314, 316, 316 bis, 316 ter, 317, 318, 319, 319 ter, 320, 321, 322, 322 bis of the penal code 

* provisional data

CRIMES REPORTED BY POLICE FORCES TO THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

2007-2010

2007

2008

2009

2010

Intentional omicides

627

611

586

526

Attempted omicides 

1,588

1,621

1,346

1,309

Unintentional omicides

2,040

1,881

1,718

1,765

Culpable injuries 

63,602

65,791

65,611

64,866

Blows

14,917

15,288

15,205

14,270

Menaces 

81,073

83,580

83,483

81,164

Kidnapping

1,867

1,816

1,481

1,436

Rapes

4,897

4,893

4,963

4,813

Thefts  

1,636,656

1,392,544

1,318,076

1,325,013

Robberies

51,210

45,857

35,822

33,754

Extortions

6,545

6,646

6,189

5,992

Swindles and cyber frauds

120,710

104,174

99,366

96,442

Laundering* 

1,209

1,253

1,269

1,344

Receiving stolen goods 

31,104

27,786

23,619

23,686

Damaging

384,529

402,163

415,391

414,923

Arson

16,716

12,662

10,921

9,622

Drugs

34,439

34,082

34,101

32,761

Embezzlement, bribery, extortion**

1,236

1,280

1,229

1,266

Abuse of office

1,097

1,168

1,099

1,193

Other crimes

477,084

504,792

508,356

504,874

Total

2,933,146

2,709,888

2,629,831

2,621,019 

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Theatre and music: including theatre (prose and dialect theatre,
literary  recitals),  opera  and  operetta,  variety  shows  and  musi-
cals,  ballets,  puppet  shows,  variety  shows  and  other  perform-
ances, circus performances, pop and jazz concerts  

Institutes of art and antiques: data are referred to public insti-
tutions, like museums, galleries, archaeological sites and mon-
uments opened during the year 

AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS 

2003-2011, euro

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

EXPENDITURE PER INHABITANT

Theatre and music 

8.03 

8.83 

10.36 

10.58 

10.46 

Cinema 

10.56 

10.23 

11.28 

11.03 

11.50 

Sport events 

5.24 

5.31 

5.93 

6.01 

5.87 

Total 

23.83 

24.37 

27.57 

27.62 

27.83 

EXPENDITURE PER TICKET

Theatre and music

16.83

16.75

17.13

18.60

18.64 

Cinema 

5.79

5.73

5.75

6.08

6.22 

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS ATTENDANCE 

2011, per 100 persons aged 6 and over 

21.9

53.7

29.7

22.6

28.4

10.1

20.8

22.9

Theatre 

Cinema

Museum, 

art exhibition 

Discotheque

Sport 

events

Classical music 

concerts

Other 

concerts

Archaeological 

sites, 

monuments

THEATRE, MUSIC, CINEMA AND ART

2003-2011

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

THEATRE AND MUSIC

Performances

184,754

187,556

207,401

181,232

175,721

Tickets sold (thousands)

27,484

30,889

35,900

34,252

34,021

CINEMA

Days of release*

1,074,224

1,193,772

1,266,082

1,785,945

2,975,624

Tickets sold (thousands)

105,030

104,684

116,430

109,229

112,120

INSTITUES OF ARTS AND ANTIQUES

Institutes

401

403

400

423

424

Visitors (thousands)

30,451

33,048

34,443

32,380

40,134

* in 2008, SIAE launched a new method for detecting film releases based on single screenings 

READERS AND AUDIENCE 
IN 2011

*    per 100 persons aged 3 and over
** per 100 persons aged 6 and over

CULTURE

14

94.0

TV watchers*

59.0

Radio listeners*

54.0

Newspapers readers**

45.3

Book readers**

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SCHOOLING RATE 
AT UPPER 
SECONDARY SCHOOL

1985/86

57.7

1990/91

68.3

1995/96

80.8

2000/01

87.6

2005/06

92.4

2006/07 

92.7

2007/08

93.2

2008/09

92.7

2009/10

92.3

2010/11

92.4

School system is divided into six levels:

pre-school education

primary

lower secondary

upper secondary

post-secondary (non-tertiary)

tertiary (university, doctoral and specialisation courses)

As  from  school  year  2006/2007,  data  on  upper  secondary  schools
have included information on first and second classes of vocational
schools of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Schooling rate at upper secondary school: ratio of upper secondary
school enrolled students to population aged 14-18, per 100

ACTUAL AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 

2010, euro

370

North
Centre
South and the Islands
Italy

School taxes

305

329

346

227

Fees and charges

235

261

232

124

Private lessons

128

147

127

74

School transport

66

54

69

key points

SCHOOLS, CLASSES AND STUDENTS BY TYPE OF SCHOOL

School year 2010/2011

Pre-primary 

Primary

Lower 

Upper  

secondary

secondary

Schools

24,260

17,724

7,937

6,909

Classes*

73,315

59,208

82,654

127,096

Students

1,687,840

2,827,564

1,787,467

2,669,189

% of female students

48.1

48.3

47.9

48.9

% students enrolled in public schools

69.9

92.9

95.9

94.7

Foreigners per 100 students enrolled

8.6

9.0

8.8

5.8

Repeaters per 100 students enrolled

-

0.3

4.3

7.0

Teachers**

81,216

209,710

140,098

211,834

Students per teacher**

12.3

12.3

12.0

11.7

* pre-primary values refer to sections     ** data refer to public schools only

EDUCATION

15

Primary 

school 

licence

17.9

26.7

28.6

5.4

27.7

11.6

35.5

6.0

30.0

10.6

Lower 

secondary

 licence

2-3 years 

upper 

secondary 

diploma 

4-5 years 

upper 

secondary 

diploma

University 

degree

Males
Females

POPULATION AGED 15 AND
OVER BY EDUCATIONAL 
QUALIFICATION AND SEX

2011, 
percentage composition

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EDUCATION

The  reform  of  the  university  system:  as  stated  in  the  ministry
decree n° 509/1999 (and Law n° 270/2004), academic courses, star-
ting from 2001/2002 are organised in two consecutive cycles: the first
three-year  cycle  (first  level  degree  to  obtain  the  new  university
degree) and  the second two-year cycle (second level degree, for spe-
cialistic degree).
The  “unique”  formula  courses  (equivalent  degree  to  specialist
degree only upon course completion): five-year courses for architec-
ture, civil engineering, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary science and
law;  the  medicine  course  is  six  years.  Other  courses  of  the  old
system still persist in this new system (degree and university degree)

UNIVERSITY GRADUATES 
BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA* 
IN 2009

North

124,571

Centre

80,661

South and 
the Islands

87,566

Italy

292,798

* the geographical area 

is the one where the university 
is located

UNIVERSITY NEW ENTRANTS 

Academic years 2002/03-2009/10, per 100 upper secondary school graduates in the preceding school-year

2008/09

63.6

2002/03

72.3

2003/04

72.6

2004/05

70.7

2005/06

69.7

2006/07

66.3

2007/08

65.7

2009/10

63.3

16

33.2

46.2

39.6

18.3

14.7

22.0

GRADUATES**

ENROLMENTS AT UNIVERSITY*

Males
Females

Total

ENROLMENTS AT UNIVERSITY
AND GRADUATES

*   academic year 2009/10, per 100

persons aged 19-25

** 2009, per 100 persons aged 25; the

percentages are calculated on old
system degrees, two-year
specialistic programme degrees
and unique formula programmes
degrees  

UNIVERSITY NEW ENTRANTS, ENROLLED AND GRADUATES BY FIELD OF STUDY 

Academic year 2009/2010, absolute values and percentage changes

NEW ENTRANTS 

ENROLLED

GRADUATES

Total

% change

Total

% change

Total

% change

on previous

on previous

on previous

year

year

year

Maths and physical science

9,387

-5.9

53,557

-3.2

8,182 

3.6

Chemistry and Pharmacy

14,567

4.8

72,802

3.5

7,163 

2.4

Life and natural sciences

17,123

8.1

84,986

-0.4

13,927 

-2.0

Medicine

26,447

2.6

156,171

3.7

30,071 

-1.3

Engineering

34,983

4.8

206,968

1.3

34,489 

-1.3

Architecture

13,478

-5.2

101,971

-1.1

15,976 

2.0

Agriculture

7,099

5.8

40,915

-0.9

5,371 

-2.4

Economics and statistics

43,372

-4.5

239,711

0.4

40,455 

-1.6

Political and social sciences

29,814

0.1

188,609

-4.6

38,755 

-2.7

Law

32,085

4.9

212,899

-1.3

22,619 

-6.9

Humanities

21,123

-9.0

152,546

-4.0

25,635 

-0.6

Languages

17,185

-2.6

95,857

-0.2

16,408 

5.1

Education

12,960

-8.6

93,240

-2.9

15,390 

7.1

Psychology

8,886

-1.6

68,702

-0.4

13,304 

0.6

Physical training

5,795

-3.0

27,838

-0.2

4,218 

2.6

Army

416

26.8

1,932

-3.7

835 

-7.1

Total

294,720

-0.4 

1,798,704

-0.8

292,798 

-0.7

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Labour force survey: provides official esti-
mates  of  employed,  job-seekers  and  main
labour  market  aggregates.  Data  are  col-
lected  every  year  on  a  sample  of  300,000
resident  households.  People  permanently
living  abroad,  in  communities,  religious
institutes,  barracks  and  similar  are  there-
fore  not  included  in  the  survey.  Starting
from  2004,  the  survey  is  carried  out  on  a

continuous  basis  as  data  are  collected
every week of the year, although results are
published monthly and every three months

Labour  force:  includes  persons  employed
and job-seekers

LABOUR MARKET

17

key points

LABOUR FORCE BY WORKING STATUS, SEX AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2011, thousands of people

Males 

Females

Total

PERSONS EMPLOYED

North

6,818

5,107

11,925

Centre

2,774

2,052

4,826

South and the Islands

4,026

2,189

6,216

Italy

13,619

9,349

22,967

JOB-SEEKERS

North

360

371

731

Centre

198

201

399

South and the Islands

556

422

978

Italy

1,114

993

2,108

LABOUR FORCE

North

7,178

5,478

12,656

Centre

2,973

2,253

5,226

South and the Islands

4,582

2,611

7,194

Italy

14,733

10,342

25,075

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY ACTUAL WEEKLY HOURS WORKED AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2011, percentage values

Absent 

Up to 

11-30

31 hours and over

Not  

from work

10 hours

hours

(total)

(of which: 40 hours) available

Agriculture

3.9

2.4

16.5

76.2

31.8

1.0

Industry

8.8

0.8

9.3

80.7

57.4

0.4

Services

7.3

2.5

23.8

65.9

27.7

0.5

Total

7.6

2.0

19.4

70.5

36.3

0.5

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2001-2011, percentage composition

2011

2006

2001

Agriculture
4.3%

Agriculture
4.6%

Agriculture
3.7%

Industry
30.1%

Industry
30.8%

Industry
28.5%

Services
65.6%

Services
64.6%

Services
67.8%

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LABOUR MARKET

Persons employed: all individuals aged 15 and over that in the ref-
erence week:  

have carried out at least 1 hour’s paid work

have carried out at least 1 hour’s  unpaid work in a family business

are absent from work (i.e. for holidays or illness) 

Job-seekers: unemployed aged 15-74 that:

have  been  active  on  job  search  in  the  30  days  preceding  the
interview and would be available to start work within 2 weeks
after the interview 

will begin a new work within 3 months from interview and would
be able to start work within 2 weeks after the interview

FIXED-TERM EMPLOYED 
PERSONS ON TOTAL 
EMPLOYEES IN 2011

TOTAL

EU27 

14.1

Italy

13.4

Germany

14.7

Spain

25.3

France

15.3

AGED 15-24

EU27

42.5

Italy

49.9

Germany

56.0

Spain

61.4

France

55.0

percentage values

18

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

2011, thousands of people

SELF-EMPLOYED: 5,727

EMPLOYEES: 17,240

TOTAL: 22,967

19,416

3,551

full time

part time

14,415

2,825

full time

part time

5,001

full time

726

part time

2011

2001

Employees
71.9%

Self-employed
28.1%

Employees
75.1%

Self-employed
24.9%

PERSONS EMPLOYED 
BY OCCUPATION 

2001 and 2011, 
percentage composition

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY OCCUPATION, BRANCH AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2011, thousands of people

North

Centre

South and the Islands

Italy

AGRICULTURE

Employees

93

50

270

413

Self-employed

217

68

153

438

Total

310

117

423

850

INDUSTRY

Employees

3,258

929

1,039

5,226

Self-employed

721

274

317

1,312

Total

3,979

1,203

1,356

6,538

SERVICES

Employees

5,738

2,625

3,238

11,601

Self-employed

1,897

881

1,199

3,978

Total

7,636

3,506

4,437

15,579

TOTAL

Employees

9,090

3,603

4,547

17,240

Self-employed

2,835

1,223

1,668

5,727

Total

11,925

4,826

6,216

22,967

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 
IN 2011

TOTAL

Males

7.6

Females

9.6

Total

8.4

AGED 15-24

Males

27.1

Females

32.0

Total

29.1

LONG TERM

Males

3.8

Females

5.0

Total

4.3

percentage values

ACTIVITY RATES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND SEX 

2011, percentage values 

77.7

Males 

Females

Total

North

60.8

69.3

75.8

Centre

56.8

66.2

65.5

South and the Islands

36.8

51.0

73.1

Italy

51.5

62.2

LABOUR MARKET

19

key points

SEMI-SUBORDINATE WORKERS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, SECTOR OF ACTIVITY AND SEX

2011, percentage composition

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

SEX

TOTAL SEMI-SUBORDINATE WORKERS: 309,000

Centre
25.4%

South and 
the Islands
26.0%

North
48.6%

Services
88.0%

Industry
11.3%

Agriculture
0.7%

Females
55.8%

Males
44.2%

LABOUR INDICATORS BY SEX AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2011, percentage values 

Activity 

Employment 

Employment

rate

rate

rate

(aged 15-64)

(aged 15-64)

SEX

Males

73.1

67.5

7.6

Females

51.5

46.5

9.6

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

North

69.3

65.2

5.8

Centre

66.2

61.1

7.6

South and the Islands

51.0

44.0

13.6

Total

62.2

56.9

8.4

Activity rate: ratio of labour force to the correspondent reference
population 

Employment rate: ratio of persons employed to the correspondent
reference population

Unemployment rate: ratio of job-seekers to labour force 

Long-term unemployment rate: ratio of job-seekers for more than
12 months to labour force

Semi-subordinate  workers:  employer-coordinated  freelance
workers

Project  workers:  their  work  must  be  referable  to  one  or  more
projects or phases thereof

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WELFARE

Disability,  old  age,  length  of  service  and
survivors’ pensions
: paid in case of impaired
work abilities; due to age limits or at the end
of a full insurance career and to survivors in
case of death

Compensatory pensions: indemnities paid by
reason of impairment or death (to survivors in
this case) caused by an event occurred on the
job 

Social assistance pensions: include non-con-
tributory  pensions,  social  allowances,  pen-
sions  for  the  blind  and  partially-sighted,  for
the deaf and the invalid and war pensions

Retirement  rate:  percent  ratio  of  number  of
pensions  to  resident  population  on  31
December of the year

Relative benefit index: percent ratio of avera-
ge amount of pension to GDP per inhabitant

PENSIONS

2010

Disability

Compensatory

Assistance

Total

old age and length 

of service, survivors’

Number (thousands)

18,621

880

4,262

23,763

Total amount (millions of euro)

233,551

4,414

20,512

258,477

Average yearly amount (euro)

12,543

5,015

4,812

10,877

Expenditure/GDP

15.03

0.28

1.33

16.64

Retirement rate

30.72

1.45

7.03

39.20

Relative benefit index

48.93

19.31

18.92

42.46

2010

2005

2000

1995

1990

1985

1980

10.84

12.12

12.73

14.30

14.34

15.03

16.64

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PENSIONERS AND AVERAGE ANNUAL GROSS PENSION INCOMES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2009 and 2010

2009

2010

number

average income

number

average income

(euro)

(euro)

North

7,867,341

16,258 

7,868,019

16,585

Centre 

3,268,474

16,568 

3,260,789

16,896

South and the Islands

5,100,887

13,708 

5,093,784

13,999

Italy*

16,236,702

15,519 

16,222,592

15,836

*the total amount does not include pensioners residing abroad and a few cases for which it was not possible to identify the residence

TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR PENSIONS

1980-2010, percentage of GDP 

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Agriculture, forestry and fishing
3.5%

Industry 
(excl. Construction) 
23.7%

Construction 
6.3%

Services 
66.5%

1992       Value added *      731,357

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 
2.0%

Industry 
(excl. Construction) 
18.6%

Construction 
6.0%

Services 
73.4%

2011       Value added *      1,414,432

REGIONAL SHARES 
OF NATIONAL ECONOMY 
IN 2009

GDP

North-west 

31.8

North-east    

22.6

Centre

21.7

South and the Islands

23.8

AWU

North-west 

29.3

North-east

22.5

Centre

21.3

South and the Islands

26.8

percentage composition

Gross Domestic Product at market prices (GDP): final result of
the production activity of resident units. GDP is the sum of final
uses  of  goods  and  services  (domestic  consumption  and  gross
capital  formation)  plus  exports  and  less  imports  of  goods  and
services 

Value added at basic prices: difference between total production
and intermediate consumption used in production, net of taxes
and gross of subsidies on products 

Annual working units (AWUs): are calculated by converting into
full-time units all work positions held by each person employed
during the reference period

ECONOMY

21

key points

VALUE ADDED AT BASIC PRICES BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

1992 and 2011, percentage composition

RESOURCES AND USES ACCOUNT

2008-2011, millions of euro 

2008

2009

2010

2011

CURRENT PRICES

GDP at market prices

1,575,144

1,519,695

1,553,166

1,580,220

Imports of goods and services (Fob)

461,333

368,947

443,422

477,738

Total resources

2,036,477

1,888,642

1,996,588

2,057,958

Domestic consumption

1,247,413

1,241,278

1,268,885

1,293,311

Gross fixed capital formation

330,649

294,680

304,499

308,561

Changes in inventories 

8,006

-9,902

7,633

-825

Valuables

2,182

1,706

2,337

2,432

Exports of goods and services (Fob)

448,227

360,880

413,235

454,479

Total uses

2,036,477

1,888,642

1,996,589

2,057,958

CHAINED-LINKED VOLUMES (IN MONETARY TERMS) WITH REFERENCE YEAR 2005

GDP at market prices

1,475,412

1,394,347

1,419,508

1,425,627

Imports of goods and services (Fob)

410,433

355,555

400,660

402,330

Total resources

1,886,105

1,748,822

1,817,552

1,825,330

Domestic consumption

1,157,322

1,146,084

1,154,091

1,153,582

Gross fixed capital formation

304,740

268,982

274,651

269,531

Changes in inventories 

-

-

-

-

Valuables

1,385

980

1,088

1,101

Exports of goods and services (Fob)

416,006

343,180

382,956

404,501

Total uses

1,886,105

1,748,822

1,817,552

1,825,330

*millions of euro at current prices

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General  Government:  includes  all  institu-
tional  units  whose  main  function  is  to  pro-
duce non-market services for individual and
collective consumption and to perform ope-
rations  of  redistribution  of  national  income
and  wealth.  Their  activities  are  mainly
financed by compulsory payments made by
units belonging to other sectors 

Government  debt:  the  amount  of  General
Government  liabilities  (EU  definition).
Calculations  are  made  according  to  the
methodological  criteria  set  by  the  Council
Regulation (EC) n° 3605/93

Government deficit (or net lending/net bor-
rowing):  the  difference  between  revenues
and expenditure is the balancing item in the
account.  It  is  the  sum  of  current  balance
and capital balance

Primary  balance:  net  lending  (+)/net  bor-
rowing (-) less consolidated interests expen-
diture

NON FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT

2008-2011, millions of euro 

2008

2009

2010

2011

EXPENDITURES

Final consumption expenditure

315,406

324,684

327,431

324,220

Social benefits in money 

277,183

291,495

298,418

305,122

Other current expenditures

41,486

44,460

44,532

43,285

Interests payable

81,312

70,863

71,112

78,021

Total current expenditures

715,387

731,502

741,493

750,648

Gross fixed capital formation

35,316

38,404

32,346

32,099

Other capital transfers

23,893

28,530

21,472

15,818

Total capital expenditures

59,209 

66,934 

53,818 

47,917  

Total expenditure

774,596 

798,436 

795,311 

798,565  

REVENUES

Current taxes

455,486

429,255

444,095

448,340

Social contributions

215,809

212,555

213,398

216,340

Other current revenues

56,629

58,246

59,237

61,032

Total current revenues

727,924

700,056

716,730

725,712

Capital taxes

488

12,256

3,497

6,963

Other capital revenues

3,484

3,378

3,627

3,527

Total capital revenues

3,972

15,634

7,124

10,490

Total revenues

731,896

715,690

723,854

736,202

CURRENT BALANCE

12,537

-31,446

-24,763

-24,936

GOVERNMENT DEFICIT

-42,700

-82,746

-71,457

-62,363

PRIMARY BALANCE

38,612

-11,883

-345

15,658

 PRIMARY BALANCE

GOVERNMENT DEFICIT

1991

0.0

-11.3

2001

3.1

-3.1

2010

0.0

-4.6

2008

-2.7

2.5

2009

-5.4

-0.8

2011

1.0

-3.9

GOVERNMENT FINANCE 

BALANCES

1991-2011, 
percentage of GDP

2008

105.7

2001

108.2

2010

118.6

2009

116.0

2011

120.1

GOVERNMENT DEBT

2001-2011, percentage of GDP 

22

ECONOMY

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key points

30

34

38

42

46

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

France

Italy

Germany
United Kingdom

Spain

EURO17

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA IN PURCHASING
POWER PARITIES IN 2010  (EU27=100) 

SOME INDICATORS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

2011, percentage values 

Government

Government 

Inflation 

Employment

deficit (GDP)

debt (GDP)

rate

rate

Austria

-2.6

72.2

3.6

72.1

Belgium

-3.7

98.0

3.5

61.9

Cyprus

-6.3

71.6

3.5

68.1

Finland

-0.5

48.6

3.3

69.0

France

-5.2

85.8

2.3

63.8

Germany

-1.0

81.2

2.5

72.5

Greece

-9.1

165.3

3.1

55.6

Ireland

-13.1

108.2

1.2

59.2

Italy

-3.9

120.1

2.9

56.9

Luxembourg

-0.6

18.2

3.7

64.6

Malta

-2.7

72.0

2.4

57.6

Netherlands

-4.7

65.2

2.5

74.9

Portugal

-4.2

107.8

3.6

64.2

Slovakia

-4.8

43.3

4.1

59.5

Slovenia

-6.4

47.6

2.1

64.4

Spain

-8.5

68.5

3.1

57.7

Bulgaria

-2.1

16.3

3.4

58.5

Denmark

-1.8

46.5

2.7

73.1

Estonia

1.0

6.0

5.1

65.1

Latvia

-3.5

42.6

4.2

61.8

Lithuania

-5.5

38.5

4.1

60.7

Poland

-5.1

56.3

3.9

59.7

United Kingdom

-8.3

85.7

4.5

69.5

Czech Republic

-3.1

41.2

2.1

65.7

Romania

-5.2

33.3

5.8

58.5

Sweden

0.3

38.4

1.4

74.1

Hungary

4.3

80.6

3.9

55.8

Euro area 17

-4.1

87.2

2.7

64.2

EU27

-4.5

82.5

3.1

64.3

FISCAL DRAG IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

2007-2011, percentage of GDP

EU27

100.0

Euro countries

108.0

Austria

126.0

Belgium 

119.0

Cyprus

99.0

Finland

115.0

France

108.0

Germany

118.0

Greece

90.0

Ireland

128.0

Italy

101.0

Luxembourg

271.0

Malta

83.0

Netherlands

133.0

Portugal

80.0

Slovakia

74.0

Slovenia

85.0

Spain

100.0

Bulgaria

44.0

Denmark

127.0

Estonia

64.0

Latvia

51.0

Lithuania

57.0

Poland

63.0

United Kingdom

112.0

Czech Republic

80.0

Romania

46.0

Sweden

123.0

Hungary

65.0

23

ECONOMY

Euro area: since 1 January 2001 is constitu-
ted  by  Austria,  Belgium,  Finland,  France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands,  Portugal  and  Spain;  Slovenia
joined on 1 January 2007; Cyprus and Malta
on  1  January  2008,  Slovakia  on  1  January
2009 and Estonia on 1 January 2011

European  Union:  is  constituted  by  27
Countries,  the  17  Euro  Countries  plus
Bulgaria, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
UK,  Czech  Republic,  Romania,  Sweden,  and
Hungary

Purchasing  power  parities:  indicator  that  eli-
minates  differences  in  price  levels  between
countries allowing volume comparisons of GDP

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PRICES

Output  prices  index:  refers  to  changes  in
time of prices applied by industrial enterpri-
ses, excluding construction companies

Consumer  prices  index:  measures  the
variation  in  time  of  price  of  a  “basket”  of
goods  and  services.  Istat  calculates  the
following three consumer price indices:

consumer  price  index  for  the  whole
nation (NIC), based on the entire present
population’s consumptions 

consumer price index for blue and white-
collar  workers  households  (FOI)  based
on  consumptions  of  households  whose
reference person is an employee 

harmonised  index  of  consumer  prices
(HICP),  which  refers  to  households’
consumption  of  goods  and  services  and
gives comparable measures of inflation at
the European level

Goods and services by purchase frequency:

high:  food  and  beverages,  tobaccos,  rent,
fuels

medium:  clothing,  electricity,  water,  and
waste disposal rates, medicines, books

low:  household  appliances,  transport
means,  audiovisual,  photographic  and
computer equipment

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PRICE INDICES

2011, trend percentage changes

GENERAL 

INDEX

Consumer 

goods

OUTPUT PRICE 

CONSUMER PRICE 

Capital 

goods

Intermediate 

goods

Energy

NIC

FOI

4.8

2.9

5.7

9.6

2.8

2.7

HICP

2.9

1.3

*

PURCHASE FREQUENCY

PRODUCT TYPE

20.4

Goods 

28.7

Services

31.8

High 

22.2

Medium

13.3

Low

24.0*

24.0*

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (NIC) BY CHAPTER OF EXPENDITURE AND PRODUCT TYPE 

2007-2011, trend percentage changes 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Food and non-alcoholic beverages

2.9

5.4

1.8

0.2

2.4

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 

3.4

4.2

3.8

2.8

3.5

Clothing and footwear

1.4

1.7

1.3

1.0

1.7

Housing, water, electricity gas and other fuels

2.6

6.4

-0.1

1.2

5.1

Furnishings, household items and services

2.4

3.1

1.8

1.1

1.7

Health services 

-0.3

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.5

Transport

2.2

5.2

-2.2

4.2

6.2

Communications

-8.4

-4.2

-0.3

-0.9

-1.2

Recreation and culture 

1.1

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.3

Education

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.5

2.3

Hotels and restaurants

2.7

2.5

1.2

1.6

2.2

Miscellaneous goods and services

2.3

3.0

2.6

3.2

3.2

General index

1.8

3.3

0.8

1.5

2.8

Goods

1.5

3.6

0.0

1.3

3.1

Services

2.1

3.0

1.9

1.9

2.3

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (NIC) BY PRODUCT TYPE AND PURCHASE FREQUENCY

2001/2011, percentage changes 

* excluding tobaccos

* general index

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Foreign trade statistics: are based on the results of the surveys
on  Italian  trade  with  EU  and  non-EU  countries.  The  former,  in
accordance  with  the  Intrastat  system  (introduced  in  January
1993), is carried out on a monthly basis with quarterly and yearly
integrations.  Data  are  provided  by  competent  Customs  offices.
The  survey  on  Italian  trade  with  non-EU  countries,  based  on
customs  declarations  (single  administrative  document),  is  car-
ried out on a monthly basis

FOREIGN TRADE 
IN 2011*

millions of euro

*provisional data

EXTERNAL TRADE

25

key points

Germany

France

China Netherlands Russia

Germany France

United 

States

Switzerland

Spain

62,406

33,416

29,302

20,863

18,042

49,345

43,707

22,857

20,655

19,885

COUNTRIES TO WHICH ITALY EXPORTS

COUNTRIES FROM WHICH ITALY IMPORTS

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2010 and 2011*, absolute values in millions of euro

2010

2011*

Imports

Exports

Imports

Exports

Products of agriculture, forestry and fishing

11,123

5,614

12,980

5,770

Mining and quarrying products

59,005

1,165

69,235

1,249

Food, beverages and tobacco

25,320

22,179

27,483

24,390

Textiles, clothing, leather and accessories

25,960

37,339

28,792

41,913

Wood and wood products; paper and printing

9,991

7,151

10,142

7,614

Coke and refined petroleum products

8,550

14,794

10,056

16,770

Chemicals and chemical products

32,122

22,575

36,337

24,911

Pharmaceutical, medical, chemical and botanical products

17,344

13,973

19,160

15,311

Rubber and plastics products
and other non-metallic mineral products

11,312

20,854

12,373

22,505

Basic metals and fabricated metal products
excluding machinery and equipments

36,107

39,350

42,433

48,343

Computer, electronic and optical equipment

33,871

11,604

29,848

12,881

Electrical equipment

13,292

19,380

13,715

20,298

Machinery and equipment n.e.c.

22,416

60,061

24,040

68,418

Transport equipment 

37,901

34,507

38,114

36,408

Other manufactured products  

10,647

18,918

10,891

19,993

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

2,659

277

2,980

276

Other products n.e.c.

9,770

7,605

11,901

8,800

Total

367,390

337,346

400,480

375,850

* provisional data

* provisional data

EU countries

Non-EU countries

Imports

Exports 

186,953

165,367

213,526

210,482

ITALY’S MAIN TRADING PARTNERS

2011*, absolute values in millions of euro 

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Common

wheat 

Durum

wheat

Maize

Barley

Rice

Oil seeds

Fruit trees

Grapevine

Olive trees

Citrus trees

Rotation

forage

Vegetables

Permanent meadows

 and pastures

543

1,419

246

304

424

1,123

890

262

129

1,918

300

3,434

664

USED AREA BY MAIN 
CROPS GROWN*

Crop year 2009-2010,
thousands of hectares

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS AND FARM WORKERS* 

Crop year 2009-2010

North

Centre

South

Italy

and the Island

Agricultural holdings**

397

252

972

1,621

Utilised agricultural area (UAA)**

4,569

2,192

6,095

12,856

Average UAA per holding

11.5

8.7

6.3

7.9

Working days per person

98.6

68.6

49.3

64.8

Persons working per holding

2.5

2.2

2.4

2.4

Days of work per holding

248.2

150.3

117.7

154.7

* 6

th

Agriculture census      ** thousands

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS 
ON 1 DECEMBER 2011

Cattle and buffaloes

6,252

Pigs

9,351

Sheep and goats

8,903

thousands 

SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS 
IN 2011

Cattle and buffaloes

3,616

Pigs

13,097

Sheep and goats

5,513

thousands 

Agricultural holding: economic-technical unit with land, equip-
ment  and  machinery  for  farming,  forestry  and  livestock.  The
undertaking is run by a tenant, i.e. a physical person, a company
or a body assuming the corporate risk. The category also inclu-
des  undertakings  exclusively  engaged  in  livestock  raising
without  farmland.  It  does  not  include  undertakings  exclusively
engaged in forestry 

26

AGRICULTURE

LICENSED RURAL ACCOMODATIONS BY ACTIVITY* AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010

Accommodation

Food service

Tasting 

Other activities**

Total

North

6,555

4,506

1,234

4,453

8,576

Centre

6,471

2,247

1,940

4,603

6,541

South and the Islands

3,478

3,161

662

2,365

3,902

Italy

16,504

9,914

3,836

11,421

19,019

*   a farm may be authorized to perform one or more types of rural tourism activities
** riding, hiking, nature explorations, trekking, mountain bike, courses, sport, etc. are included

* 6

th

Agriculture census

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HARVEST OF MAIN CROPS  

2007, thousands of quintals 

Wheat

Maize

Tomato

Sugar  

Olive 

Citrus and

beet

trees

fruit trees

North

27,673

77,464

24,005

29,465

420

38,270

Centre

15,096

5,250

5,302

1,681

4,045

3,700

South and the Islands

25,730

2,245

26,978

4,353

26,712

53,931

Italy

68,499

84,959

56,285

35,499

31,177

95,901

Campania

Abruzzo

Friuli-V.G.

Basilicata

Sardegna

4,157 

31 

1,879 

1,641

11,148

1,774 

100

8,744 

4,236 

1,281 

1,242

2,013

4,088

391

2,643

10,226

206

599

7,464

925

Piemonte

Valle d'Aosta

Lombardia

Trentino-A.A.

Veneto

Liguria

Emilia-R.

Toscana

Umbria

Marche

Lazio

Molise

Puglia

Calabria

Sicilia

HARVEST OF WINE GRAPES

2010, 
thousands of quintals 

75,891

67,707

27,036

28,160

26,541

28,128

19,182

19,911

Fungicides

Insecticides 

and acaricides

Herbicides

Other plant protection 

products

2006
2010

PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS PLACED ON THE MARKET FOR AGRICULTURAL USE

2006 and 2010, tons

key points

Harvest  and  use  of  grapes:  64.7  millions  of  quintals  of  wine
grapes  (+3.5%  over  2009)  and  13.6  millions  of  quintals  of  table
grapes (+1.5%) were harvested in 2010. The production of wine
and must was 42.7 millions of hectolitres. The 2010 production
of  wines  with  D.O.C.  (Certification  of  Controlled  Origin)  or
D.O.C.G.(Certification of Controlled  and Guaranteed Origin) rep-
resented 35.2% of the total, while those with I.G.T. label (Typical
Geographical Indication) 31.2% and the table wines 33.6%. White
wine was 49.6% and red and rose wine was 50.4%

Plant  protection  products (pesticides):  are  the  products  used
against  all  harmful  organisms  or  to  prevent  the  action  of  such
organisms  (infectious  diseases,  plant  pathogens,  insects,  mol-
luscs weeds) 

HARVEST OF TABLE GRAPES
IN 2010

North

26

Centre

205

South and the Islands 13,379
Italy

13,610

thousands of quintals

27

AGRICULTURE

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INDUSTRY AND SERVICES

Enterprises: organisations carrying out eco-
nomic activities at a professional level for the
production of market goods or services 

Workers: employees (full time, part-time or
under  training  and  employment  contracts)
and self-employed in enterprises

Cost  of  labour:  includes  all  items  of
employees’  gross  remuneration  (managers,
executive  officers,  white  -  and  blue-collar
workers,  sales  persons,  trainees  and  home
workers): basic wage, cost-of-living allowan-
ce, overtime, holyday pays, and severance pay
shares

Manufacturing activities: include food, texti-
le  and  clothing,  leather,  wood,  print  and
publishing,  rubber  and  plastics,  mechanic,
oil,  chemical  and  transportation  industries,
manufacturers  of  electric  machinery,  elec-
tric  and  optical  equipment,  metallic  and
nonmetallic products

Value added: is the increase in the economic
value  of  goods  and  services  bought  in  from
other  enterprises  by  means  of  production
inputs (labour, capital and business activity).
It is defined as total sales revenue less inter-
mediate costs

MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF ENTERPRISES BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY AND SIZE 

2009, thousands of euro 

1-19 workers

20 workers and over

Total

Industry (excluding construction)

Construction
Services

1-19 workers

20 workers and over

Total

27.2

29.8

25.6

40.8

39.9

34.3

36.8

33.0

30.7

29.6

25.8

25.8

59.7

51.5

47.6

48.3

31.0

33.7

COST OF LABOUR 
PER EMPLOYEE

VALUE ADDED 

PER PERSON EMPLOYED

28

INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2009

1-19 workers

20 and over workers

Total

Industry (excluding Construction)

418,401

34,678

453,079

Mining and quarrying

2,347

225

2,572

Manufacturing activities

406,186

32,926

439,112

Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air

2,650

280

2,930

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation

7,218

1,247

8,465

Construction

614,897

8,458

623,355

Services

3,268,572

38,536

3,307,108

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

1,171,747

12,176

1,183,923

Transportation and storage

131,708

5,673

137,381

Accomodation and restaurant services

286,782

4,191

290,973

Information and communication services

98,126

2,530

100,656

Real estate activities 

214,141

207

214,348

Professional, scientific and technical activities

704,617

2,466

707,083

Renting services, travel agencies, business support services

144,162

5,356

149,518

Education

23,655

652

24,307

Human health and social work activities

234,949

3,396

238,345

Arts, sports, entertainment  and recreation 

60,033

878

60,911

Other service activities

198,652

1,011

199,663

Total

4,301,870

81,672

4,383,542

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Information  and  Communication  Technologies  (ICT):  used  in
treating and elaborating information or in communicating. They
are also utilized to make products that use electronic processes

Computer: includes supercomputer, mainframe, minicomputer,
workstation,  personal  computer,  nettop,  portable  computer,
palmtop (PDA), smartphone

Broadband:  is  referred  to  the  used  technology:  xDSL,  optical
fibres and other fixed connections to Internet

INDUSTRY AND SERVICES

29

key points

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2009

1-19 workers 20 workers and over

Total

Industry (excluding Construction)

1,691,749

2,776,383

4,468,132

Mining and quarrying

12,149

23,585

35,734

Manufacturing activities

1,636,851

2,531,881

4,168,732

Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air

7,686

77,757

85,443

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation

35,063

143,160

178,223

Construction

1,524,709

386,648

1,911,357

Services

6,743,893

3,836,752

10,580,645

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

2,542,462

980,409

3,522,871

Accomodation and food service activities 

351,579

773,575

1,125,154

Transportation and storage

958,637

301,140

1,259,777

Information and communication 

238,161

345,823

583,984

Real estate activities 

328,389

10,426

338,815

Professional, scientific and technical activities

1,032,190

190,764

1,222,954

Renting services, travel agencies, business support services

339,972

777,310

1,117,282

Education

58,227

28,736

86,963

Human health and social work activities

381,280

331,312

712,592

Arts, sports, entertainment  and recreation 

119,331

49,350

168,681

Other service activities

393,665

47,907

441,572

Total

9,960,351

6,999,783

16,960,134

VALUE ADDED OF THE INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY

2009, millions of euro

1-19 workers 20 workers and over

Total

Industry (excluding Construction)

50,145

165,881

216,026

Mining and quarrying

503

4,672

5,174

Manufacturing activities

45,834

134,422

180,257

Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air

2,287

18,467

20,754

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation

1,521

8,320

9,841

Construction

39,365

19,916

59,281

Services

173,968

182,610

356,578

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

57,902

46,981

104,883

Accomodation and food service activities

10,147

38,494

48,641

Transportation and storage

14,900

7,973

22,873

Information and communication 

7,388

41,506

48,894

Real estate activities 

15,324

2,084

17,407

Professional, scientific and technical activities

34,016

11,776

45,793

Renting services, travel agencies, business support services

8,099

19,559

27,658

Education

1,193

657

1,849

Human health and social work activities

16,168

9,381

25,549

Arts, sports, entertainment  and recreation 

3,370

2,490

5,860

Other service activities

5,461

1,708

7,169

Total

263,477

368,407

631,884

96.0

94.3

62.6

84.1

Personal computer

Internet 

Web site

Broadband

ENTERPRISES WITH AT LEAST
10 PERSONS EMPLOYED 
THAT USE ICT IN 2011*

* % of total enterprises

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TOURISM

Collective  accomodation establishments: include hotels, cam-
pings, resorts, rural tourism facilities, youth hostels, rooms and
flats for rent, holiday homes, alpine huts, bed and breakfast and
other  establishments  (rural  residences  and  centres  for  study
stays)

Arrivals: number of guests spending at least one night in collec-
tive accommodation establishments

Nights spent: number of nights spent by guests in accommoda-
tion establishments

Average length of stay: ratio of number of nights spent to num-
ber of guests arrived

HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE 
ACTUAL EXPENDITURE 
FOR TRAVELS IN 2010

ITALY

All included

463

Full board

797

Overnight stay

526 

ESTERO

All included

994

Full board

994

Overnight stay

448

euro 

30

NIGHTS SPENT BY DESTINATION

2010, percentage composition 

FOREIGNERS

ITALIANS

Other
3.5%

Spas
5.0%

Seaside resorts
46.7%

Lakeside  resorts
3.8%

Mountain resorts
18.0%

Art towns
23.0%

Other
5.6%

Spas
3.5%

Seaside resorts
26.3%

Lakeside  resorts 
13.9%

Mountain resorts
12.8%

Art towns
37.9%

COLLECTIVE ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010

North

Centre 

South and the Islands

Italy

Hotels

20,693

6,388

6,918

33,999

Campings and resorts

1,208

553

849

2,610

Rooms and flats for rent

61,328

6,671

3,131

71,130

Rural tourism facilities

6,328

7,058

3,253

16,639

Youth hostels

205

170

81

456

Holiday homes

1,109

701

412

2,222

Alpine huts

943

63

29

1,035

Other establishment

228

98

46

372

Bed and breakfast

8,022

5,420

8,410

21,852

Total

100,064

27,122

23,129

150,315

GUESTS OF ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

2010, thousands

North

Centre 

South and the Islands

Italy

ITALIANS

Arrivals

29,908

12,387

12,725

55,020

Presences

111,781

44,543

54,016

210,339

Average stay (days)

3.74

3.60

4.24

3.82

FOREIGNERS

Arrivals

25,395

13,461

4,938

43,794

Presences

99,493

44,605

21,105

165,203

Average stay (days)

3.92

3.31

4.27

3.77

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Holidays: trips made by Italians in the reference period for holiday,
leisure, recreation, visiting relatives and friends, religious purpose
and health treatments

Holiday trips by destinations: the most visited Italian region was
Emilia-Romagna  (destination  of  10.8  out  of  every  100  travels  to
Italy), whereas the most popular international destination among
Italian  residents  was  Spain  (15.5  travels  out  of  every  100  travels
abroad). Egypt was the most visited non-European Country (6% out
of every 100 travels abroad)

TRAVELS BY TOURIST
CHARACTERISTICS 
IN 2010

SEX

Males

49.2

Females

50.8

AGE GROUP

Up to 14

18.5

15 to 24

9.5

25 to 44 

36.3

45 to 64

27.6

65 and over

8.1

RESIDENCE AREA 

North

54.8

Centre

23.1

South and the Islands

22.1

percentage composition

HOLIDAYS BY CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS

2010, percentage composition

ACCOMMODATION

RESERVATION

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

None

41.9%

Through agency 
11.1% 

Direct 

47.0%

Other

2.7%

Coach 

4.5%

Car 

67.2%

Ship 

4.6%

Train 

6.4%

Plane 

14.6%

Other

11.5%

Private 

45.4%

Rented 

accomodation

8.1%

Hotel 

35.0%

TOURISM

31

key points

HOLIDAYS BY QUARTER AND LENGTH*  

2010

January-

April-

July-

October-

Total

March

June

September

December

THOUSANDS

1-3 nights

10,762

11,327

10,723

7,884

40,696

4 or more nights

6,474

7,640

28,728

3,910

46,754

Total

17,237

18,968

39,451

11,795

87,450

PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION 

1-3 nights

26.4

27.8

26.3

19.4

100.0

4 nights or more

13.8

16.3

61.4

8.4

100.0

Total

19.7

21.7

45.1

13.5

100.0

HOLIDAYS BY MAIN DESTINATION*

2010, percentage composition

1-3 nights

4 nights or more

Total

Italy

91.3

74.4

82.2

North

45.0

32.1

38.1

Centre

25.6

12.6

18.6

South and the Islands

20.7

29.7

25.5

Abroad

8.7

25.6

17.8

EU countries

7.1

14.9

11.3

Other European countries

1.4

3.8

2.7

Rest of the world

0.1

6.9

3.8

Total 

100.0

100.0

100.0

* differences in totals are due to roundings of absolute values

* differences in totals are due to roundings of absolute values

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