Income and living conditions

In 2013, 28.4% of the Italian resident population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, in accordance with to the definition adopted for the […]

Italian language, dialects and other languages

Over the past 18 years, from 1995 to 2012, the share of people using the Italian language as their main language or in combination with […]

ICT in enterprises

Istat disseminates the main findings of the survey on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in enterprises with at least 10 persons employed […]

Agritourism farms in Italy

In 2013, there were 20,897 agritourism farms (agritourism farms licensed to provide accomodation), 423 more than the previous year (+2.1%). During 2013, new farms licensed […]

Quality agro-food products

Italy has confirmed its position as the country with the highest number of PDO, PGI and TSG certifications granted by the European Union (EU). At […]

Non-EU citizens holding a residence permit

The non-EU foreigners holding a residence permit in Italy on 1st January 2014 are 3.874.726. From 2013 to 2014 there was an increase of approximately […]

Public offer of nurseries

Children between zero and two years enrolled in nurseries run by municipalities are 149,647 in the 2012/2013 school year; other 43,513 children benefit from contributions […]

Linguistic diversity among foreign citizens

Romanian is the most common mother tongue among foreign residents in Italy: almost 800 thousand people speak Romanian from early childhood (21.9% of the foreign […]

Unpaid activities to benefit others

The outcomes of the first survey on voluntary work are issued today, as a result of the agreement between Istat, CSVnet (National Coordination of Volunteer […]

Urban environment quality

In 2013, motorisation rates have been declining for the second year in a row. In the provincial capitals as a whole there were 613.2 motor […]