Citizens' satisfaction

In 2013, after a sharp decline in 2012, the citizens’ satisfaction with life in general shows a substantial stability. Instead, the satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Air transport in Italy

The National Institute of Statistics releases statistics on air transport for the year 2012. In 2012, total air traffic at the national airports recorded a […]

Marriages in Italy

In 2012, 207,138 marriages were celebrated in Italy (3.5 per 1,000 inhabitants), 2,308 more than in 2010. This slight increase is part of a downward […]

Road accidents in Italy

During 2012, the number of road accidents resulting in deaths or injuries in Italy was 186,726, with 3,653 killed (deaths within 30 days) and 264,716 […]

Italy’s Economic Outlook

Starting from the second semester of 2013, global economic growth has improved but the advanced economies are forecast to accelerate only gradually. Oil is expected […]

Annual national accounts

The National Institute of Statistics releases an updated version of Annual National Accounts and General Government net borrowing for 2011 and 2012. Data have been […]

The foreign population residing in Italy

Foreigners residing in Italy on January 1, 2013 are 4,387,721, 334,000 more than in the previous year (+8.2%). The calculation of the foreign resident population […]

Poverty in Italy

Istat disseminates the relative and absolute poverty estimations for the households residing in Italy, based on 2012 Households Budget Survey data. Being sample estimations, they […]

Household consumptions

In 2012 the average monthly household consumption expenditure, at current values, was 2,419 euros (with a -2.8% change in comparison with 2011). Taking into account […]

Economic performance of agricultural holdings

In 2011, the Italian agricultural holdings belonging to the EU universe (around 1.6 million) had 969 thousand working units (Ula), of which 186 thousand dependent […]