Child mortality in Italy

In 2011, 2,084 under-five year old children died in Italy. In 1887, the number of deaths was 399,505. In this period (1887-2011), the corresponding mortality […]

Business confidence

In December 2013 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

Industrial producer prices

The industrial producer price index measures the evolution of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since […]

Big Data Contest now open to everybody

The contest “Producing official statistics with Big Data”, promoted by Istat and Google, is now open to everybody. The initiative, launched on the occasion of […]

Foreign affiliates resident in Italy

In 2011, there were 13,527 foreign affiliates resident in Italy. They employed 1.2 million persons, generated a turnover of 493 billion euros and a value […]

Structure and competitiveness of enterprises

In 2011 enterprises of the industry and services sectors are 4.4 million and employ about 16.3 million of persons (11.1 million employees). The average enterprise […]

Italian multinational enterprises

Data refer to 2011 for the business structure and economic activities carried out abroad by Italian-controlled enterprises, and to 2012-2013 for new investments abroad with […]

Regional economic accounts

In 2012, GDP per capita amounted to 31,094 euros in the North-west, 30,630 euros in the North-east and 27,941 euros in the Centre. In the […]

Citizens' satisfaction

In 2013, after a sharp decline in 2012, the citizens’ satisfaction with life in general shows a substantial stability. Instead, the satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Air transport in Italy

The National Institute of Statistics releases statistics on air transport for the year 2012. In 2012, total air traffic at the national airports recorded a […]