Business confidence

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

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Micro-enterprises in Italy

Micro-enterprises (units with 3-9 employees) are using almost exclusively defensive strategies, while only a few are attempting to expand their range of products and services […]

Birth and fertility

According to data on the demographic balance for the resident population, 534,186 births were registered in 2012, over 12,000 fewer than in 2011. The figure […]

Agricultural products prices

The agricultural price indices provide information on trends in purchase prices of the means of production and producer prices of agricultural products. Since January 2013 […]

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 […]

Consumer confidence

In November the confidence climate index increased from 97.3 to 98.3. The personal and current components rose from 98.1 to 101.1 and from 96.1 to […]

Urban environmental services

In 2012 urban waste collection in the provincial capitals decreased (-3.9% over the previous year), from 590,5 to 567,3 kg. per capita.Separate collection of waste […]

Extra-Eu foreign trade

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in October 2013. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in October […]

Retail trade

The retail trade index measures the monthly evolution of the turnover at current prices of enterprises with retail sale outlets. With effect from January 2013 […]