Demographic indicators

Live births are 556 thousand in 2011, 6 thousand less than in 2010. Deaths are 592 thousand, 4 thousand more than the previous year. Consequently, […]

Expenses of the Italian economy for environment

The time series 1997-2010 of expenditure data on waste, wastewater and water resources management for Italy, calculated according to SERIEE are now available at Istat […]

Distribution of fertilisers for agricoltural use

ISTAT has made available the main results of its survey, with reference to 2010, of the distribution of fertilisers for agricultural use. The survey is […]

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 […]

Citizens and the ICTs

In Italy strong inequalities at the territorial level still persist as regards ICT usage. For example, in 2011 in the North about 60% of households […]

Services to homeless people

In 158 Italian municipalities, where the survey was carried out, there were 727 organizations providing, in 2010, services to homeless people. They acted in 1,187 […]

Childhood and daily life

The context of family life for children and youngsters is changing: between 1998 and 2011 the percentage of minor children without brothers and sisters has […]

Road accidents in Italy

In 2010 road accidents resulting in deaths or injuries in Italy are 211,404, with 4,090 killed and 302,735 injured. Compared to the previous year (2009), […]

National accounts

As agreed at the European level, Istat releases the new series of national accounts based on the most updated versions of the classification of economic […]

Italy's resident foreign population

Resident foreigners in Italy totalled 4,570,317 as at 01 January 2011, 335,000 more than the previous year (+7.9%). The increase was slightly lower than the […]