Business statistics at territorial level

National value added is mainly produced in northern regions: 37.7% in the North-west and 25.4% in the North-east, followed by the Centre with 20.5% and […]

Enterprises classified by use of ICT and economic indicators

Istat has recently moved to collecting structural business statistics through a new statistical information system, named FRAME SBS, mainly created by integrating administrative and fiscal […]

Businesses behaviors and sustainable development

In the last years, sustainability has been associated with businesses, looking to the impact of their activities on environment and on people wellbeing and which […]

The European economy since the start of the millennium

DIGITAL PUBLICATION Edition year: 2019 Since the start of the millennium, the European economy has evolved and statistics can help to better perceive these structural […]

Research and development

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Business demography

In 2017, the number of real births was 276,890, 20,000 less than in 2016. After the positive trend recorded in the last 5 years, the […]

The wealth of Italian households and non-financial corporations

The wealth estimates compiled by Istat and the Bank of Italy released as of today provide a comprehensive description of the assets held by households […]

Wage inequality indices in small enterprises

Istat disseminates the results of the estimates produced by an experimental database – obtained from the integration of different LEED type sources (Linked Employer-Employed Data) […]

Innovation in enterprises

In 2014-2016, 47.8% of Italian enterprises with at least ten persons employed undertook innovation activity. As compared to the previous period 2012-2014, the propensity to […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in May 2018 decreased from 116.9 to 113.7. All components worsened: economic, personal, current and future […]