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 […]

Pensions and pensioners

In 2011 pension expenditure reached 265,975 million of euro. At the regional level the incidence on GDP reached the highest value in Liguria (21.25%) and […]

Inflation measures for population subgroups

In April 2013, Istat has started the release of a new set of indicators with the aim of providing a measure of the effects of […]

Urban green areas

In 2011, urban green areas were 2.7% of the territory of provincial capitals (more than 550 million of m2). 14.8% of the municipal area is […]

Price trends for cereals supply chain

In September 2012, compared to January 2007, the consumer price index for bread rose by 22.1% and that for pasta by 36,6%. In the same […]

Manufacturing enterprises on foreign markets

During the first half of 2012, a manufacturing firm on two (49.8%) increased sales of its products on foreign markets compared to the same period of […]

Mobility of phd graduates

In Italy, over the last decade, there has been a constant growth in the provision of PhD courses, which has led to an equally constant […]

The distribution of the tax and social security burden in Italy

Istat publishes for the first time a series of indicators concerning the tax and social security burden at the individual and household level. They are […]