National demographic balance

The National Institute of Statistics disseminates data on the size of the resident population as well as on births, deaths and migratory movement. The data […]

Book-reading habits in Italy

In 2010, 46.8% of the population aged 6 and over said they had read at least one book (over 26,400,000 people) in their leisure time […]

Donations and successions

In 2009, 192,536 agreements regarding donations were made, constituting 4.3% of the total number of agreements (4,506,671) contained in notarial deeds (Summary Table 1). Donations […]

Use of alcohol in Italy

In 2010 the percentage of the population aged 11 and over who had consumed at least one alcoholic drink during the year was 65.7%, lower […]

Households with foreigners

In 2009, Istat carried out for the first time the “Income and living conditions” survey on a sample of 6,000 households resident in Italy with […]

Government expenditure by function

ISTAT has made available estimates of General Government expenditure at current prices by function for 1990-2009. The classification of government expenditure by function used in […]

GDP and General Government net borrowing

The National Institute of Statistics releases the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and General Government debt in accordance with the definitions of the European […]

Trips and holidays in Italy and abroad

Istat presents provisional estimates of the main aggregates of tourism demand in Italy in 2010, based on the multipurpose survey ‘Trips and holidays’ which has […]

Consumer price basket 2011

As from January 2011 consumer price indices will be calculated according to a new, more detailed classification scheme for consumer spending, which with some adjustments […]

Regional Households disposable income

Istat disseminates regional accounts for Households up to disposable income for the years 2008 and 2009. Regional households accounts show the economic behaviour of the […]