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12 December 2025

The space economy in Italy

In 2021, the space economy generated €8 billion with over 23,000 employees involved
Reference period: Year 2021
9 December 2025

Towards a thematic account of the space economy in Italy

The event is aimed at showing the results on the measurement of the space economy in Italy as a part of a joint Istat-ASI project
10 December 2024

Innovation in Enterprises

Between 2020 and 2022, 58.6% of enterprises are engaged in innovation activities
Reference period: Years 2020 - 2022
16 December 2022

The Italian Innovation Survey (CIS)

The Italian Innovation Survey covers innovation activities of the Italian enterprises with at least ten employees operative in industry and services. In particular, the survey […]
Reference period: Years 2020, 2018, 2012, 2010, 2006-2008, 2002-2004, 1998-2000
31 January 2022

Istat on the front-line in the research and experimentation of privacy enhancing technologies

The United Nations Privacy Enhancing Technologies Lab, a research project on the topic of privacy-preserving technologies was announced at Dubai Expo 2020  last week. It […]
09 September 2019

Research and development

Infographic on Research and development in Italy Click the image to download pdf  
Reference period: Years 2017-2019
07 June 2019

Survey on Doctorate Holders’ Vocational Integration

The Italian National Institute of Statistics carries out the survey on university doctorate holders’ vocational integration interviewing PhD graduates, aiming at detecting their employment conditions […]
Reference period: Years 2009, 2014, 2018
07 June 2019

Doctorate holders’ vocational integration

The Italian National Institute of Statistics carries out the survey on university doctorate holders’ vocational integration interviewing PhD graduates, aiming at detecting their employment conditions […]
Reference period: Years 2009, 2014, 2018
24 September 2018

Innovation in enterprises

In 2014-2016, 47.8% of Italian enterprises with at least ten persons employed undertook innovation activity. As compared to the previous period 2012-2014, the propensity to […]
Reference period: Years 2014-2016
10 September 2018

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 […]
Reference period: Years 2016-2018