Italian language, dialects and other languages

In Italy in 2012 53.1% of the population spoke Italian in the family, 84.8% with strangers

Reference period: Year 2012

Date of Issue: 27 October 2014

Linguistic diversity among foreign citizens

Romanian is the most common mother tongue among foreign residents in Italy (21.9%)

Reference period: Years 2011-2012

Date of Issue: 25 July 2014

Books production and reading in Italy

In 2013 the share of book readers decreases from 46% in 2012 to 43%

Reference period: Years 2012 and 2013

Date of Issue: 30 December 2013

Museums and Monuments in Italy

4,588 museums and similar institutions, both public and private, were open to the public in Italy in 2011

Reference period: Year 2011

Date of Issue: 05 December 2013

Books production and reading

About 59,000 books are published in a year, readers are 26 million, 1.9 million buy on line

Reference period: Years 2011 and 2012

Date of Issue: 16 May 2013

Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being

Cnel and Istat present the first Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being

Date of Issue: 11 March 2013

Book-reading habits in Italy

In 2010, 46.8% of the population said they had read at least one book (over 26,400,000 people)

Reference period: Year 2010

Date of Issue: 17 May 2011