Research and development

In 2016, in current price terms Italy’s gross domestic expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) was nearly 23,2 billion euro. It increased by 4.6% compared […]

Resident population by marital status

At January 1st 2018 the resident population in Italy is equal to 60 million 484 thousand. The age structure has strongly aged: 13.4% of the […]

Citizens and cinema

In 2017, 49.6% of people aged 6 and over (about 28 million 400 thousand people) went to the cinema at least once in the last […]

Mental health at various stages of life

Depression is the most common mental disorder in Italian population. Over 2.8 million people suffered from chronic depression during the past 12 months (5.4% people […]

Road accidents in Italy

In 2017, 174,933 road accidents occurred in Italy resulting in death or injury with 3,378 deaths (within 30 days) and 246,750 injured. After the decrease […]

Balance sheets of local government

Istat presents the results of financial flow calculations on the final balance sheets of local government (municipalities, provinces and metropolitan cities) for fiscal year 2016. […]

Educational attainment and labour market outcomes

In 2017, in Italy, it is estimated that 60.9% of 25-64 year olds have attained at least upper secondary education; a value distant from the […]

Separate waste collection

In 2016, municipal waste collected was 496.7 kg per inhabitant (+ 2.2% compared to 2015); the percentage of separate collection on total waste was 52.5% […]

Poverty in Italy

Absolute poverty In 2017, the incidence of absolute poverty was 6.9% in terms of residing households (1 million and 778 thousand households) and 8.4% in […]

Safety perception

The Italian “Citizens Safety” survey provides a complex framework of indicators about the fear of crime, worries of crime and their consequences on the quality […]