Business confidence

In June 2014 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

Demographic indicators

Live births were 514 thousands in 2013, decreasing consecutively for five years. The total fertility rate (TFR) is estimated to be 1.39, dropping from 1.42 […]

Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of contractual wages (per employee or per hour) set by collective agreements; the […]

Real estate sales and loans

In the fourth quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 160,525, decreasing by 8.1% over the same period for the previous year. […]

Road accidents in Italy (estimates)

During 2013, on the basis of a preliminary estimate, 182,700 road accidents resulting in death or injury were counted. The number of deaths, within thirty […]

Annual report 2014 - The state of the Nation

This year’s Report, the 22nd edition, integrates data produced by Istat and by the National Statistical System, thus offering a well-documented picture of transformations affecting […]

National demographic balance

On December 31, 2013 in Italy resided 60,782,668 inhabitants, of which more than 4,900,000 have foreign citizenship (8.1%). The calculation of the resident population has […]

Quarterly national accounts

In the first quarter of 2014 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.1 per cent with […]

Early estimates of main economic aggregates

In 2013, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), measured in volume, marked different dynamics at the local level; with a much less than the national average […]

Economic performance of agricultural holdings

In 2012, the Italian agricultural farms belonging to the EU universe (around 1.6 million) had 969 thousand working units (Ula), of which 190 thousand dependent […]