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TERRITORYENVIRONMENT POPULATION

HEALTH LIVING CONDITIONS

JUSTICECULTURE

EDUCATIONLABOUR MARKET

WELFAREECONOMYPRICES

EXTERNAL TRADE AGRICULTURE

INDUSTRY AND SERVICES TOURISM

2012

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Geographical areas:■ North: Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Lombardia, Trentino-

Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna■ Centre: Toscana, Lazio, Umbria, Marche■ South and the Islands: Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Basilicata,

Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna

ITALY'S NUMBERSMain territorial and demographic data

TERRITORY 1

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Latitude North 47° 06'Latitude South 35° 30'Longitude West -5° 50' Longitude East 6° 04'Maximum span (km) 1,200Territorial area (km) 301,336Total area of woods (km2) 68,571Total length of coastline (km) 7,810High seismic risk area (km2) 28,026Protected areas (km2) 63,167Highest mountain – Monte Bianco (m) 4,810

Longest river - Po (km) 652Railway network (km) 16,704Road network (km) 180,549Regions 20Provinces 110Municipalities 8.092Resident population 60,626,442Resident foreigners 4,570,317Number of households 25,175,793Households' average members 2.4Population density (inhab./km2) 201

39416

197

157268

175

298

332

163 167107

12572 211

42959

133

Up to 100 From 101 to 200From 201 to 300Over 300

70

196

8569

ITALIAN AVERAGE201

RESIDENT POPULATION DENSITY1 January 2011, inhabitants per km2

Piemonte 1,206Valle d'Aosta 74Liguria 235Lombardia 1,544Trentino-Alto Adige 333Veneto 581Friuli-Venezia Giulia 218Emilia-Romagna 348Marche 239Toscana 287Umbria 92Lazio 378Campania 551Abruzzo 305Molise 136Puglia 258Basilicata 131Calabria 409Sicilia 390Sardegna 377

MUNICIPALITIES PER REGIONIN 2011

TERRITORY2

North

5,543,922

Centre South and the Islands

2,293,908

4,188,135

1,564,180

3,703,106

537,852

3,502,908

6,544,884

2,254,706

Mountain Hill Plain

TERRITORIAL AREA BY LOCALITY2001 and 2011, percentage of inhabited localities on territorial area and percentage changes

Census 2001 Census 2011* % change 2001-2011Inhabited localities** Inhabited localities** Inhabited localities**

%of which:

%of which:

%of which:

inhabited settlements inhabited settlements inhabited settlements% % %

North 8.1 7.1 8.7 7.7 8.2 7.5Centre 6.3 5.5 6.8 5.9 8.2 6.5South and the Islands 4.3 3.7 4.7 4.0 10.2 6.9Italy 6.2 5.4 6.7 5.8 8.8 7.1* provisional data ** include inhabited settlements, inhabited and production localities

TERRITORIAL AREA BY ALTITUDE AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010, hectares

Altitude areas:■ mountain: it reaches a height of at least 600 metres in the

Northern regions and at least 700 metres in the Central andSouthern regions

■ hill: it does not exceed a height of 600 metres in the Northernregions, 700 metres in the Central and Southern regions

■ plain: low and flat, it is characterised by the absence of masses

Inhabited settlement: characterized by neighbouring or contiguousbuildings – spread over street and squares – and commercial buil-dings and facilities, as well as a gathering place with a clearly reco-gnizable form of of social life

55.3% 44.7%

70.8% 29.2%

Bathing

1992

2010

Non-bathing

BATHING AND NON-BATHINGCOAST

percentage composition

FOREST FIRES AND FOREST AREA AFFECTED BY FIRE1974-2010, hectares

Number Area affected by fire of fires wooded not wooded total average

1974 5,055 66,035 36,909 102,944 20.41978 11,052 43,331 84,246 127,577 11.51982 9,557 48,832 81,624 130,456 13.71986 9,398 26,795 59,625 86,420 9.21990 14,477 98,410 96,909 195,319 13.51994 11,588 47,099 89,235 136,334 11.81998 9,540 73,017 82,536 155,553 16.32002 4,601 20,218 20,573 40,791 8.92006 5,643 16,422 23,524 39,946 7.12010 4,884 19,357 27,180 46,537 9.6

ENVIRONMENT

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MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010, percentage composition

Mixed Separate Bulky Total Kg/collection collection waste (tons) inhabitant

North 48.4 49.1 2.5 14,808,248 535.3Centre 71.7 27.1 1.1 7,323,097 614.3South and the Islands 78.6 21.2 0.2 10,347,766 495.2Italy 63.3 35.3 1.5 32,479,111 537.0

Paper Glass Plastic Organic waste Other

1,308.0

3,062.72000 2010

758.81,778.5

174.7648.6

1,292.7

4,186.8

646.31,776.0

SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION2000 and 2010,thousands of tons

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN REGIONAL CAPITALS2010

Parks and gardens Cars Water Air% of per 1.000 litres consumed air-monitoring

municipal m2 perinhabitants per day stations

area inhabitant per inhabitant per 100 km2Torino 14.4 20.7 599.3 210.3 4.6Aosta 5.0 30.2 1,938.8* 180.1 18.7Milano 11.9 16.4 544.5 227.9 4.4Bolzano - Bozen 3.9 19.9 517.8 164.7 7.6Trento 15.4 210.4 572.0 162.1 1.3Venezia 2.5 37.8 408.7 168.5 1.9Trieste 3.9 16.2 525.0 168.7 10.7Genova 10.3 41.0 466.0 174.3 8.2Bologna 10.0 37.0 518.8 161.6 1.4Firenze 7.5 20.7 555.7 151.8 4.9Perugia 1.2 33.5 681.8 147.3 0.7Ancona 28.1 338.0 607.3 156.4 3.2Roma 27.5 130.7 692.4 234.3 1.0L'Aquila 43.4 2,793.8 731.9 147.0 0.2Campobasso 1.5 16.8 673.4 147.4 5.4Napoli 24.2 29.5 577.5 162.2 6.8Bari 4.0 14.5 566.3 150.5 6.9Potenza 0.9 22.2 706.2 138.0 2.3Catanzaro 4.5 54.2 631.4 225.5 1.8Palermo 32.1 77.8 597.4 156.7 3.8Cagliari 16.0 87.5 646.6 182.2 8.2* data are influenced by a lesser taxation for new cars registration

KILOMETRES OF CYCLETRACKS IN 2010

Torino 134.4Aosta 29.0Milano 41.1Bolzano-Bozen 95.5Trento 29.1Venezia 24.3Trieste 23.1Bologna 65.7Firenze 49.7Perugia 1.3Ancona 2.7Roma 9.6Campobasso 11.6Bari 6.5Catanzaro 8.5Palermo 13.3Cagliari 2.3per 100 km² of municipal area

Municipal waste:■ household waste, including bulky ones■ non-hazardous waste similar to municipal waste in type and

quantity■ waste from street cleaning■ vegetable waste from parks and gardens■ waste from cemeterial activities

Separate waste collection: consists in municipal waste (inclu-ding wet organic waste) being segregated by waste type for reuse,recycling and reclamation of materials. It regards paper, glass,plastic, organic waste, metals, bulky recyclable waste, textile andothers. Wet organic waste is collected separately by means ofeither reusable collection containers or certified biodegradablesacks

POPULATION

Natural increase: difference between the number of live births andthe number of deaths among the resident population occurred bothin Italy and abroad

Net migration: difference between the number of new registrationsand cancellations in population registers due to transfers of residen-ce from/to another Italian municipality or transfers from/to abroad;or other reasons

Residence permits: documents issued by the Italian police authori-ties which give foreigners the right to legally stay in Italy (usuallyminors are recorded in their parents’ permit). Since 1 January 2008European citizens no longer need to obtain it, in compliance with theregulation n° 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union to moveand reside freely within the territory of the Member States

RESIDENCE PERMITS ON 1 JANUARY 2011

North 2,339,174Centre 786,998South and the Islands 409,890Italy 3,536,062

RESIDENT POPULATION PYRAMID BY SEX AND CITIZENSHIP1 January 2011, % values

RESIDENT POPULATION AND POPULATION CHANGE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAPopulation on 1 January 2011 and changes in year 2010

Resident Natural Net population increase migration

North 27,763,261 -17,429 194,121Centre 11,950,322 -12,517 90,509South and the Islands 20,912,859 4,402 27,028Italy 60,626,442 -25,544 311,658

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FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN ITALY

Census 1961 62,780Census 1971 121,116Census 1981 210,937Census 2001 1,334,8891 January 2011 4,570,317

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1-1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100 and over

Age Italian males

Foreign malesItalian femalesForeign females

BIRTHS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS

1961 18.31981 11.12001 9.42011 (estimate) 9.12030 (projection) 8.1

AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER WOMAN

1961 2.411981 1.602001 1.252011 (estimate) 1.422030 (projection) 1.49

Life expectancy at birth: average number of years a new-born isexpected to live

Resident population: people having their usual residence in amunicipality, even if they were absent on the considered daybecause they were abroad or in another municipality

Ageing ratio: ratio of population aged 65 and over to populationaged 0-14, per 100

Dependency ratio: ratio of non-working age population (0-14; 65and over) to working age population (15-64), per 100

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH BY SEX1961-2065

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORSCensuses 1961-2001 and 1 January 2009-2065

FemalesMales

20011981 19911971 2030** 2065**1961 2010*2009 2011*

67.2 72.3 74.9 77.9 80.3 82.8 84.1 84.3 84.5 87.7 91.569.0 71.1 73.8 77.0 79.0 79.1 79.4 82.8 87.7

55.5

1971

53.1

1981

45.7

1991

82.8

257.9

2065*

51.9

2009

52.2

2010

48.4

2001

52.3

2011

51.6

1961

DEPENDENCY RATIO63.2

207.1

2030*

46.1

1971

61.7

1981

92.5

1991 2065*2009

143.4

2010

143.9

2001

127.1

2011

144.5

38.9

1961

AGEING RATIO

2030*

POPULATION

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* estimate ** projection

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* projection

RESIDENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS2015-2065, thousands

20652060205520502045204020352030202520202015

61,637

62,497

63,08163,483

63,750 63,889 63,84663,546

61,305

62,964

62,169

Marriages: data refer to marriages celebrated in Italy during theyear regardless of the couple’s residence. They include marriagesbetween two non-residents in Italy or between one resident andone non resident in Italy

Household: a group of people linked by ties of marriage, kinship,affinity, adoption, guardianship or affection, sharing the samehouse and with usual residence in the same municipality.Households can also consists of one member only

SEPARATIONS AND DIVORCES 1971-2010

LIVE BIRTHS OF PRESENT POPULATION BY SEX 1931-2011

Males Females Total1931 525,385 500,812 1,026,1971941 481,599 455,947 937,5461951 441,542 419,456 860,9981961 477,219 452,438 929,6571971 465,832 440,350 906,1821981 320,321 302,782 623,1031991 289,984 272,803 562,7872001 272,288 256,588 528,8762011* 277,895 262,574 540,469* provisional data

1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Divorces

11,796

19,132

10,618

29,46235,162

15,650

44,018

52,323

27,682 27,038

71,969

37,573

82,291

47,036

88,191

54,160

Separations

17,134

11,844

37%

28%

7%8%

20%

Couples without children

Singles

Others

Single parents

Coupleswith children

MAIN HOUSEHOLD TYPES IN 2009-2010

percentage composition

POPULATION6

MARRIAGES AND AVERAGE AGE OF SPOUSES2000-2010

MARRIAGES AVERAGE AGE OF SPOUSESTotal of which with at least one per 1,000 Males Females

civil foreign partner inhabitants2000 284,410 24.7 7.0 4.9 32.1 28.92001 264,026 27.1 8.1 4.6 32.5 29.22002 270,013 28.9 9.5 4.7 32.9 29.62003 264,097 29.4 10.5 4.6 33.2 29.92004 248,969 31.9 12.3 4.3 33.6 30.32005 247,740 32.8 13.3 4.2 34.0 30.72006 245,992 34.0 14.0 4.2 34.0 30.62007 250,360 34.6 13.8 4.2 34.2 31.02008 246,613 36.7 15.0 4.1 34.5 31.32009 230,613 37.2 13.9 3.8 34.8 31.52010 217,700 36.5 11.5 3.6 35.1 31.8

Hospitals of National Health Service (NHS): include publichospitals and credited private clinics

Hospitalisation rate: ratio of in-patients to resident population(yearly average), per 1,000

Average length of stay in hospital: ratio of days of stay to in-patients

General practitioners: the contract of general practitioners setsa maximum limit of 1,500 patients each. In 2009 the nationalaverage value was 1,129 patients per general practitioner

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE STAFF BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2009, per 10,000 inhabitants

North Centre South and the Islands Italy

16.5

47.0

18.4

45.8

19.3

38.6

17.8

43.9

Doctorsand dentists

Nurse staff

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE INDICATORS2009

North Centre South and the Islands ItalyGeneral practitioners 19,711 9,863 16,635 46,209General practitioner rate* 7.2 8.3 8.0 7.7Patients per general practitioner 1,214 1,047 1,078 1,129 National Health Service paediatricians 3,189 1,495 3,011 7,695National Health Service paediatrician rate** 8.6 9.5 9.6 9.1Patients per paediatrician (under 14) 900 832 824 857Non-emergency medical on-call services 782 418 1,754 2,954 On-call physicians 3,128 1,950 7,281 12,359Local Health Authorities 74 29 45 148Unified booking centres 64 29 41 134* per 10,000 inhabitants ** per 10,000 children aged 0-14

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGYEQUIPMENT OUTSIDEHOSPITALS IN 2009

Ecotomographies 5.0 Computerized axialtomographies 0.7 Magnetic resonance imaging units 0.8per 100,000 inhabitants

HEALTH 7

HEALTH EXPENDITURE BY SECTOR2008-2011, billions of euroat current prices

Private sector108.9 27.22008 136.1

110.5 26.72009 137.2

112.72010 27.3 140.0

2011 112.0 140.028.0

Public sector TOTAL

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREFOR HEALTHCARE GOODS AND SERVICES IN 2010

Hospitalisations 282Check-ups 119Dentist 383Auxiliary health services 186Diagnostic tests 58X-rays/ultrasound scans 75Glasses/contact lenses 160Drugs 79Thermometers/syringes 35euro

HEALTH CONDITIONS AND REPORTED CHRONIC DISEASES 2011, per 100 people

Good health

71.1

Diabetes

4.9

Hypertension

15.9

Osteoporosis

7.2

Osteoarthritis, arthritis

17.1

Hearth diseases

3.6

Allergic diseases

10.3

Neurological diseases

4.0

112.9

1931 1941

115.2

1951

66.6

1961

40.7

1971

28.5

1981

14.1

1991

8.1

2001

4.4

2009

3.6

INFANT MORTALITY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS

DRUG CONSUMERS* BY AGE1993-2011, thousands of people

1993 1998 2005 2007 2009 2011Up to 14 1,524 1,396 1,482 1,557 1,372 1,23415-34 2,753 2,626 2,773 2,834 2,926 2,62035-64 7,317 7,687 8,941 9,694 9,997 9,87165 and over 5,986 6,933 8,460 9,008 9,509 9,607Total 17,580 18,643 21,656 23,091 23,807 23,331* in the two days preceding the interview

HEALTH8

DEATHS BY SOME CAUSES1931-2009, per 100,000 inhabitants

75.6

193119712009

Neoplasms

190.4

290.2

188.5

Diseases of the circulatory system

446.0373.5

261.4

Diseases of the respiratory systems

76.9 66.4

224.9

Diseases of the digestive system

57.6 39.4

218.2

Infectious and parasitic diseases

15.9 15.0

Infant mortality: includes deaths in the first year of age before thefirst birthday, including those died before the registration of birth

key pointsInduced abortion: there has been a sharp reduction since Law n°194/78 made induced abortions legal in Italy. 1982 and 1983 werethe peak years, with a number of interventions exceeding230,000 per year and an abortion rate of 16.7 and 16.4 respecti-vely per 1,000 resident women aged 15-49. From that momenton, the number of induced abortions and the abortion rate pro-gressively reduced to 8 per 1,000

Body Mass Index (BMI): determined dividing the body weight inkilograms by the squared height in meters. A BMI under 18.5 isconsidered underweight, one of 18.5-24.99 is considered ahealthy weight, one of 25-29.99 is overweight and one of 30 ormore is obese

PERSONS BY BODY MASS INDEX 2010, per 100 persons aged 18 and over

SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS BY SEX 1980-2011, per 100* persons aged 14 and over

1980 1983 1991 1995 2000 2005 2011MALESSmokers 54.3 45.6 37.8 33.9 31.5 28.3 28.4Former-smokers 9.9 13.5 21.0 27.4 26.5 30.4 30.5Never smoked 35.7 40.9 41.2 37.4 38.4 39.0 39.4FEMALESSmokers 16.7 17.7 17.8 17.2 17.2 16.2 16.6Former-smokers 1.4 2.3 16.4 13.1 13.4 15.0 16.7Never smoked 81.9 80.0 75.9 68.5 66.2 66.4 65.1TOTALSmokers 34.9 31.1 27.4 25.3 24.1 22.0 22.3Former-smokers 5.5 7.7 13.4 20.0 19.8 22.4 23.4Never smoked 59.6 61.2 59.2 53.5 52.8 53.2 52.7* due to non-response some totals do not add up to 100

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Males FemalesTotal

Underweight

4.9 2.8

44.0

Healthy weight

57.951.2

44.3

Overweight

27.635.6

11.1

Obese

9.6 10.3

LEGAL INDUCED ABORTIONS1980-2009, per 1,000 resident women aged 15-49

15.3

1

14.8

11.5

9.3 9.4 8.98.0

2005 200920001995199019851980

HEALTH 9

More than 20

11-20 6-10

Up to 5

21.3%6.4%

41.3% 31%

SMOKERS BY NUMBER OF DAILY CIGARETTES SMOKED IN 2010

percentage composition

CONSUMERS OF SOME FOOD AT LEAST ONCE A DAY2000 and 2010, per 100 persons aged 3 and over

Bread, pasta and rice

Milk Greens Vegetables Fruit

84.987.3

60.2 58.946.7 50.9

38.1 42.1

76.8 76.2

Fish*

55.5 59.2

20002010

Sport practice: in 2011 21.9% of population aged 3 and over prac-tised one or more sports with continuity, while 10.2% did it discon-tinuously. People who did not do any sport but claimed to performsome physical activity (such as walking, swimming or cycling)amounted to 27.7%. The sedentary, namely those who did noteither do any sport or perform any physical activity, were 39.8%:44.4% of women and 35.0% of men.Sport was the most widespread leisure activity among the young:children aged 6-17, in particular males aged 11-14 (59.3%) practi-sed sport with continuity, while 18.4% of males aged 20-24 did itoccasionally

DAILY CONSUMERS OFALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN 2010

TECHNOLOGICAL GOODS OWNED BY HOUSEHOLDS1997-2011, per 100 households

27.31997 20032011

Mobile phone

78.291.6

16.7

Personal computer

42.7

58.8

2.3

Internet access

30.7

54.5

Satellite dish

21.1

36.4

Wine

Beer

MalesFemales

7.5

13.735.3

1.3

per 100 persons aged 11 and overof the same sex

* at least some times during the week

MEANS OF TRANSPORT USED TO TRAVEL TO WORK1993-2011, per 100 persons employed aged 15 and over that travel to work

1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011Train 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.8Tram, bus 5.6 5.0 5.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0Underground 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.8Coach 1.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7Car 69.0 70.9 72.0 73.2 76.4 75.7 75.5Motorcycle, motorbike 3.2 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.2Bicycle 3.1 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.2Walking 14.0 12.7 11.8 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.8

LIVING CONDITIONS10

Average monthly expenditure: average consumption expenditureincurred by resident households each month. It is calculated bydividing the total expenditure by the number of households

Average actual expenditure for purchase of goods: is calculatedby dividing the households’ total expenditure for a good (or serv-ice) by the number of households that have purchased the samegood (or service)

Reference person: the family head as recorded in the RegisterOffice

key points

AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND CHAPTER2010, percentage composition to total expenditure

Average Food Clothing Housing Transport Leisure Others monthly

exp. (2)Single person under 35 16.8 6.7 37.2 16.9 5.6 16.8 1,898Single person 35 to 64 16.7 5.5 40.9 16.1 4.7 16.1 2,001Single person 64 and over 21.3 2.8 53.4 7.0 3.6 11.9 1,446Couple without children with r.p. under 35 13.9 6.3 37.0 21.1 4.7 17.0 2,908Couple without children with r.p. 35-64 16.5 5.2 38.2 18.1 4.8 17.2 2,858Couple without children with r.p. 65 and over 21.7 3.6 45.8 11.6 3.9 13.4 2,213Couple with 1 child 18.2 6.6 36.8 17.2 5.9 15.3 2,922Couple with 2 children 19.0 7.2 33.1 18.7 6.7 15.3 3,131Couple with 3 or more children 20.3 7.8 32.2 17.7 7.7 14.3 3,298Single parent 20.2 5.7 39.2 14.1 6.2 14.6 2,308Other types 21.2 5.7 38.3 15.8 5.1 13.9 2,644Total households 19.0 5.8 39.1 15.8 5.5 14.8 2,453r.p.= household reference person

AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR DURABLES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010, euro

North Centre South and the Islands ItalyDishwasher 527 500 561 523Air conditioner 1,549 1,301 775 1,293Television 370 497 434 388Personal computer 502 239 619 505Mobile phone 130 140 120 130Camera 549 707 602 595New car 16,498 14,891 11,899 15,927

LIVING CONDITIONS 11

AVERAGE MONTHLYEXPENDITURE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010, euro

North

2,796

Centre

2,539

South and the Islands

1,882

Italy

2,453

2010

1980

FoodNon food

19.0 81.0

31.6 68.4

37.4 62.6

1968

AVERAGE MONTHLYEXPENDITURE BY CHAPTER

percentage composition

Civil case: proceeding aimed at settling acontroversial juridical relationship. It dealswith the settlement of disputes relating tolabour law, land, social security and welfare

Criminal case: proceeding aimed at ascertai-ning and sanctioning the criminal responsibi-lity for an offence. Data refer to filed and clo-sed proceedings handled by all first andsecond instance legal offices during thevarious procedural stages. Hence, each pro-ceeding could be counted more than oncebased on the office that handled it

Average duration: ratio of pending cases (ini-tial+ending) and filed and closed cases, per 365

Litigation rate: ratio of first instance civilcases filed in the year to average residentpopulation, per 1,000

LITIGATION RATE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2000 and 2010

2000 2010

North

13.910.6

Centre

22.2 19.9

South and the Islands

34.239.9

Italy

22.8 22.5

CIVIL CASES BY LEVEL OF COURT2000 and 2010

2000 2010first instance second instance first instance second instance

Filed 1,317,544 89,221 1,360,827 168,910Closed 1,558,089 103,968 1,364,740 139,745Pending at the end of the year 3,185,181 244,131 2,761,588 500,227Average duration in days 839 950 740 1,149

CRIMINAL CASES BY LEVEL OF COURT2000 and 2010

2000 2010first instance second instance first instance second instance

Filed 6,137,367 71,308 6,705,576 106,347Closed 6,136,970 94,602 6,612,777 85,515Pending at the end of the year 5,588,120 108,221 5,013,462 224,413

STAFF OF THE JUDICIARY*2011

Magistrates Technical and administrative staff Justices of the Peaceestablishment occupied establishment occupied establishment occupiedplan posts posts plan posts posts plan posts posts

North 3,185 2,776 13,759 11,455 1,597 308Centre 1,745 1,553 8,314 7,151 803 170South and the Islands 4,185 3,598 19,383 17,865 2,290 605Central offices** 490 373 2,666 2,095 - -Total*** 9,605 8,300 44,122 38,566 4,690 1,083* excluding those without ordinary judicial functions ** national offices: High Court for public water; Antimafia national department; Supreme Court and GeneralAttorney of Supreme Court ***values of the staff refer to the staff distributed in the offices of interest on a total of 10,151 set by law

JUSTICE12

1936

129.1

1956

68.2

1976

53.2

1996

84.5

2009

107.4

2011**

110.0

2010

112.1

* minors not included ** provisional data

DETAINEES AND INMATES AT THE END OF 2011 BY AGE GROUP

18-20 1,158 21-24 5,525 25-29 9,945 30-34 11,506 35-39 10,837 40-44 9,516 45-49 7,035 50-59 8,116 60-69 2,668 70 and over 571 Not classified 20 Total 66,897

Judicial authority: the authority in charge of the administrationof criminal, civil and administrative justice

Crime: the crime for which the main penalty of imprisonment,the fine and some accessory penalties (e.g.: interdiction fromPublic Offices) are foreseen

Detainee: person indicted or sentenced under measures involvingfreedom deprivation, held in prison in pre-trial detention or servinga sentence

Inmate: a person sentenced to detention in special institutions(criminal psychiatric hospital, treatment and surveillance centre,assignment to an agricultural colony or a workhouse)

MINORS REPORTED BY MAIN TYPE OF CRIME2009*

Robberies

2,180

Receiving stolen goods

2,486

Damages to things and animals

5,463

Drug production and peddling

3,887

Culpable injuries

5,552

Thefts

10,518

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JUSTICE 13

DETAINEES AND INMATES*AT THE END OF THE YEAR 1936-2011per 100,000 inhabitants

* articles 648 bis and 648 ter of the penal code ** articles 314, 316, 316 bis, 316 ter, 317, 318, 319, 319 ter, 320, 321, 322, 322 bis of the penal code

* provisional data

CRIMES REPORTED BY POLICE FORCES TO THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY2007-2010

2007 2008 2009 2010Intentional omicides 627 611 586 526Attempted omicides 1,588 1,621 1,346 1,309Unintentional omicides 2,040 1,881 1,718 1,765Culpable injuries 63,602 65,791 65,611 64,866Blows 14,917 15,288 15,205 14,270Menaces 81,073 83,580 83,483 81,164Kidnapping 1,867 1,816 1,481 1,436Rapes 4,897 4,893 4,963 4,813Thefts 1,636,656 1,392,544 1,318,076 1,325,013Robberies 51,210 45,857 35,822 33,754Extortions 6,545 6,646 6,189 5,992Swindles and cyber frauds 120,710 104,174 99,366 96,442Laundering* 1,209 1,253 1,269 1,344Receiving stolen goods 31,104 27,786 23,619 23,686Damaging 384,529 402,163 415,391 414,923Arson 16,716 12,662 10,921 9,622Drugs 34,439 34,082 34,101 32,761Embezzlement, bribery, extortion** 1,236 1,280 1,229 1,266Abuse of office 1,097 1,168 1,099 1,193Other crimes 477,084 504,792 508,356 504,874Total 2,933,146 2,709,888 2,629,831 2,621,019

Theatre and music: including theatre (prose and dialect theatre,literary recitals), opera and operetta, variety shows and musi-cals, ballets, puppet shows, variety shows and other perform-ances, circus performances, pop and jazz concerts

Institutes of art and antiques: data are referred to public insti-tutions, like museums, galleries, archaeological sites and mon-uments opened during the year

AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS 2003-2011, euro

2003 2005 2007 2009 2011EXPENDITURE PER INHABITANTTheatre and music 8.03 8.83 10.36 10.58 10.46 Cinema 10.56 10.23 11.28 11.03 11.50 Sport events 5.24 5.31 5.93 6.01 5.87 Total 23.83 24.37 27.57 27.62 27.83 EXPENDITURE PER TICKETTheatre and music 16.83 16.75 17.13 18.60 18.64 Cinema 5.79 5.73 5.75 6.08 6.22

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS ATTENDANCE 2011, per 100 persons aged 6 and over

21.9

53.7

29.722.6

28.4

10.1

20.8 22.9

Theatre Cinema Museum, art exhibition

Discotheque Sport events

Classical music concerts

Other concerts

Archaeological sites,

monuments

THEATRE, MUSIC, CINEMA AND ART2003-2011

2003 2005 2007 2009 2011THEATRE AND MUSICPerformances 184,754 187,556 207,401 181,232 175,721Tickets sold (thousands) 27,484 30,889 35,900 34,252 34,021CINEMADays of release* 1,074,224 1,193,772 1,266,082 1,785,945 2,975,624Tickets sold (thousands) 105,030 104,684 116,430 109,229 112,120INSTITUES OF ARTS AND ANTIQUESInstitutes 401 403 400 423 424Visitors (thousands) 30,451 33,048 34,443 32,380 40,134* in 2008, SIAE launched a new method for detecting film releases based on single screenings

READERS AND AUDIENCE IN 2011

* per 100 persons aged 3 and over** per 100 persons aged 6 and over

CULTURE14

94.0TV watchers*

59.0Radio listeners*

54.0Newspapers readers**

45.3Book readers**

SCHOOLING RATE AT UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

1985/86 57.71990/91 68.31995/96 80.82000/01 87.62005/06 92.42006/07 92.72007/08 93.22008/09 92.72009/10 92.32010/11 92.4

School system is divided into six levels:■ pre-school education■ primary■ lower secondary■ upper secondary■ post-secondary (non-tertiary)■ tertiary (university, doctoral and specialisation courses)As from school year 2006/2007, data on upper secondary schoolshave included information on first and second classes of vocationalschools of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Schooling rate at upper secondary school: ratio of upper secondaryschool enrolled students to population aged 14-18, per 100

ACTUAL AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 2010, euro

370NorthCentreSouth and the IslandsItaly

School taxes

305329

346

227

Fees and charges

235261

232

124

Private lessons

128 147 127

74

School transport

66 54 69

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SCHOOLS, CLASSES AND STUDENTS BY TYPE OF SCHOOLSchool year 2010/2011

Pre-primary Primary Lower Upper secondary secondary

Schools 24,260 17,724 7,937 6,909Classes* 73,315 59,208 82,654 127,096Students 1,687,840 2,827,564 1,787,467 2,669,189% of female students 48.1 48.3 47.9 48.9% students enrolled in public schools 69.9 92.9 95.9 94.7Foreigners per 100 students enrolled 8.6 9.0 8.8 5.8Repeaters per 100 students enrolled - 0.3 4.3 7.0Teachers** 81,216 209,710 140,098 211,834Students per teacher** 12.3 12.3 12.0 11.7* pre-primary values refer to sections ** data refer to public schools only

EDUCATION 15

Primary school licence

17.9

26.7 28.6

5.4

27.7

11.6

35.5

6.0

30.0

10.6

Lower secondary

licence

2-3 years upper

secondary diploma

4-5 years upper

secondary diploma

University degree

MalesFemales

POPULATION AGED 15 ANDOVER BY EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND SEX2011, percentage composition

EDUCATION

The reform of the university system: as stated in the ministrydecree n° 509/1999 (and Law n° 270/2004), academic courses, star-ting from 2001/2002 are organised in two consecutive cycles: the firstthree-year cycle (first level degree to obtain the new universitydegree) and the second two-year cycle (second level degree, for spe-cialistic degree).The “unique” formula courses (equivalent degree to specialistdegree only upon course completion): five-year courses for architec-ture, civil engineering, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary science andlaw; the medicine course is six years. Other courses of the oldsystem still persist in this new system (degree and university degree)

UNIVERSITY GRADUATES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA* IN 2009

North 124,571Centre 80,661South and the Islands 87,566Italy 292,798* the geographical area is the one where the university is located

UNIVERSITY NEW ENTRANTS Academic years 2002/03-2009/10, per 100 upper secondary school graduates in the preceding school-year

2008/09

63.6

2002/03

72.3

2003/04

72.6

2004/05

70.7

2005/06

69.7

2006/07

66.3

2007/08

65.7

2009/10

63.3

16

33.2 46.2

39.6

18.3

14.7 22.0

GRADUATES**

ENROLMENTS AT UNIVERSITY*

MalesFemales

Total

ENROLMENTS AT UNIVERSITYAND GRADUATES* academic year 2009/10, per 100persons aged 19-25

** 2009, per 100 persons aged 25; thepercentages are calculated on oldsystem degrees, two-yearspecialistic programme degreesand unique formula programmesdegrees

UNIVERSITY NEW ENTRANTS, ENROLLED AND GRADUATES BY FIELD OF STUDY Academic year 2009/2010, absolute values and percentage changes

NEW ENTRANTS ENROLLED GRADUATES

Total % change Total % change Total % changeon previous on previous on previousyear year year

Maths and physical science 9,387 -5.9 53,557 -3.2 8,182 3.6Chemistry and Pharmacy 14,567 4.8 72,802 3.5 7,163 2.4Life and natural sciences 17,123 8.1 84,986 -0.4 13,927 -2.0Medicine 26,447 2.6 156,171 3.7 30,071 -1.3Engineering 34,983 4.8 206,968 1.3 34,489 -1.3Architecture 13,478 -5.2 101,971 -1.1 15,976 2.0Agriculture 7,099 5.8 40,915 -0.9 5,371 -2.4Economics and statistics 43,372 -4.5 239,711 0.4 40,455 -1.6Political and social sciences 29,814 0.1 188,609 -4.6 38,755 -2.7Law 32,085 4.9 212,899 -1.3 22,619 -6.9Humanities 21,123 -9.0 152,546 -4.0 25,635 -0.6Languages 17,185 -2.6 95,857 -0.2 16,408 5.1Education 12,960 -8.6 93,240 -2.9 15,390 7.1Psychology 8,886 -1.6 68,702 -0.4 13,304 0.6Physical training 5,795 -3.0 27,838 -0.2 4,218 2.6Army 416 26.8 1,932 -3.7 835 -7.1Total 294,720 -0.4 1,798,704 -0.8 292,798 -0.7

Labour force survey: provides official esti-mates of employed, job-seekers and mainlabour market aggregates. Data are col-lected every year on a sample of 300,000resident households. People permanentlyliving abroad, in communities, religiousinstitutes, barracks and similar are there-fore not included in the survey. Startingfrom 2004, the survey is carried out on a

continuous basis as data are collectedevery week of the year, although results arepublished monthly and every three months

Labour force: includes persons employedand job-seekers

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LABOUR FORCE BY WORKING STATUS, SEX AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2011, thousands of people

Males Females TotalPERSONS EMPLOYEDNorth 6,818 5,107 11,925Centre 2,774 2,052 4,826South and the Islands 4,026 2,189 6,216Italy 13,619 9,349 22,967JOB-SEEKERSNorth 360 371 731Centre 198 201 399South and the Islands 556 422 978Italy 1,114 993 2,108LABOUR FORCENorth 7,178 5,478 12,656Centre 2,973 2,253 5,226South and the Islands 4,582 2,611 7,194Italy 14,733 10,342 25,075

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY ACTUAL WEEKLY HOURS WORKED AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2011, percentage values

Absent Up to 11-30 31 hours and over Not from work 10 hours hours (total) (of which: 40 hours) available

Agriculture 3.9 2.4 16.5 76.2 31.8 1.0Industry 8.8 0.8 9.3 80.7 57.4 0.4Services 7.3 2.5 23.8 65.9 27.7 0.5Total 7.6 2.0 19.4 70.5 36.3 0.5

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2001-2011, percentage composition

201120062001

Agriculture4.3%

Agriculture4.6%

Agriculture3.7%

Industry30.1%

Industry30.8%

Industry28.5%Services

65.6%Services64.6%

Services67.8%

LABOUR MARKET

Persons employed: all individuals aged 15 and over that in the ref-erence week: ■ have carried out at least 1 hour’s paid work■ have carried out at least 1 hour’s unpaid work in a family business■ are absent from work (i.e. for holidays or illness)

Job-seekers: unemployed aged 15-74 that:■ have been active on job search in the 30 days preceding the

interview and would be available to start work within 2 weeksafter the interview

■ will begin a new work within 3 months from interview and wouldbe able to start work within 2 weeks after the interview

FIXED-TERM EMPLOYED PERSONS ON TOTAL EMPLOYEES IN 2011

TOTALEU27 14.1Italy 13.4Germany 14.7Spain 25.3France 15.3AGED 15-24EU27 42.5Italy 49.9Germany 56.0Spain 61.4France 55.0percentage values

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PERSONS EMPLOYED BY OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT2011, thousands of people

SELF-EMPLOYED: 5,727

EMPLOYEES: 17,240

TOTAL: 22,967

19,416 3,551full time part time

14,415 2,825full time part time

5,001full time

726part time

20112001

Employees71.9%

Self-employed28.1%

Employees75.1%

Self-employed24.9%

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY OCCUPATION 2001 and 2011, percentage composition

PERSONS EMPLOYED BY OCCUPATION, BRANCH AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2011, thousands of people

North Centre South and the Islands ItalyAGRICULTUREEmployees 93 50 270 413Self-employed 217 68 153 438Total 310 117 423 850INDUSTRYEmployees 3,258 929 1,039 5,226Self-employed 721 274 317 1,312Total 3,979 1,203 1,356 6,538SERVICESEmployees 5,738 2,625 3,238 11,601Self-employed 1,897 881 1,199 3,978Total 7,636 3,506 4,437 15,579TOTALEmployees 9,090 3,603 4,547 17,240Self-employed 2,835 1,223 1,668 5,727Total 11,925 4,826 6,216 22,967

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN 2011

TOTALMales 7.6Females 9.6Total 8.4AGED 15-24Males 27.1Females 32.0Total 29.1LONG TERMMales 3.8Females 5.0Total 4.3percentage values

ACTIVITY RATES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND SEX 2011, percentage values

77.7

Males FemalesTotal

North

60.869.3

75.8

Centre

56.866.2 65.5

South and the Islands

36.8

51.0

73.1

Italy

51.562.2

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SEMI-SUBORDINATE WORKERS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, SECTOR OF ACTIVITY AND SEX2011, percentage composition

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SECTOR OF ACTIVITY SEX

TOTAL SEMI-SUBORDINATE WORKERS: 309,000

Centre25.4%

South and the Islands26.0%

North48.6%

Services88.0%Industry

11.3%

Agriculture0.7%

Females55.8%

Males44.2%

LABOUR INDICATORS BY SEX AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2011, percentage values

Activity Employment Employmentrate rate rate

(aged 15-64) (aged 15-64)SEXMales 73.1 67.5 7.6Females 51.5 46.5 9.6GEOGRAPHICAL AREANorth 69.3 65.2 5.8Centre 66.2 61.1 7.6South and the Islands 51.0 44.0 13.6Total 62.2 56.9 8.4

Activity rate: ratio of labour force to the correspondent referencepopulation

Employment rate: ratio of persons employed to the correspondentreference population

Unemployment rate: ratio of job-seekers to labour force

Long-term unemployment rate: ratio of job-seekers for more than12 months to labour force

Semi-subordinate workers: employer-coordinated freelanceworkers

Project workers: their work must be referable to one or moreprojects or phases thereof

WELFARE

Disability, old age, length of service andsurvivors’ pensions: paid in case of impairedwork abilities; due to age limits or at the endof a full insurance career and to survivors incase of death

Compensatory pensions: indemnities paid byreason of impairment or death (to survivors inthis case) caused by an event occurred on thejob

Social assistance pensions: include non-con-tributory pensions, social allowances, pen-sions for the blind and partially-sighted, forthe deaf and the invalid and war pensions

Retirement rate: percent ratio of number ofpensions to resident population on 31December of the year

Relative benefit index: percent ratio of avera-ge amount of pension to GDP per inhabitant

PENSIONS2010

DisabilityCompensatory Assistance Totalold age and length

of service, survivors’Number (thousands) 18,621 880 4,262 23,763Total amount (millions of euro) 233,551 4,414 20,512 258,477Average yearly amount (euro) 12,543 5,015 4,812 10,877Expenditure/GDP 15.03 0.28 1.33 16.64Retirement rate 30.72 1.45 7.03 39.20Relative benefit index 48.93 19.31 18.92 42.46

2010200520001995199019851980

10.84

12.1212.73

14.30 14.34 15.03

16.64

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PENSIONERS AND AVERAGE ANNUAL GROSS PENSION INCOMES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2009 and 2010

2009 2010

number average income number average income(euro) (euro)

North 7,867,341 16,258 7,868,019 16,585Centre 3,268,474 16,568 3,260,789 16,896South and the Islands 5,100,887 13,708 5,093,784 13,999Italy* 16,236,702 15,519 16,222,592 15,836*the total amount does not include pensioners residing abroad and a few cases for which it was not possible to identify the residence

TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR PENSIONS1980-2010, percentage of GDP

Agriculture, forestry and fishing3.5%

Industry (excl. Construction) 23.7%

Construction 6.3%

Services 66.5%

1992 Value added * 731,357

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2.0%

Industry (excl. Construction) 18.6%

Construction 6.0%

Services 73.4%

2011 Value added * 1,414,432

REGIONAL SHARES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY IN 2009

GDPNorth-west 31.8North-east 22.6Centre 21.7South and the Islands 23.8AWUNorth-west 29.3North-east 22.5Centre 21.3South and the Islands 26.8percentage composition

Gross Domestic Product at market prices (GDP): final result ofthe production activity of resident units. GDP is the sum of finaluses of goods and services (domestic consumption and grosscapital formation) plus exports and less imports of goods andservices

Value added at basic prices: difference between total productionand intermediate consumption used in production, net of taxesand gross of subsidies on products

Annual working units (AWUs): are calculated by converting intofull-time units all work positions held by each person employedduring the reference period

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VALUE ADDED AT BASIC PRICES BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY1992 and 2011, percentage composition

RESOURCES AND USES ACCOUNT2008-2011, millions of euro

2008 2009 2010 2011CURRENT PRICESGDP at market prices 1,575,144 1,519,695 1,553,166 1,580,220Imports of goods and services (Fob) 461,333 368,947 443,422 477,738Total resources 2,036,477 1,888,642 1,996,588 2,057,958Domestic consumption 1,247,413 1,241,278 1,268,885 1,293,311Gross fixed capital formation 330,649 294,680 304,499 308,561Changes in inventories 8,006 -9,902 7,633 -825Valuables 2,182 1,706 2,337 2,432Exports of goods and services (Fob) 448,227 360,880 413,235 454,479Total uses 2,036,477 1,888,642 1,996,589 2,057,958CHAINED-LINKED VOLUMES (IN MONETARY TERMS) WITH REFERENCE YEAR 2005GDP at market prices 1,475,412 1,394,347 1,419,508 1,425,627Imports of goods and services (Fob) 410,433 355,555 400,660 402,330Total resources 1,886,105 1,748,822 1,817,552 1,825,330Domestic consumption 1,157,322 1,146,084 1,154,091 1,153,582Gross fixed capital formation 304,740 268,982 274,651 269,531Changes in inventories - - - -Valuables 1,385 980 1,088 1,101Exports of goods and services (Fob) 416,006 343,180 382,956 404,501Total uses 1,886,105 1,748,822 1,817,552 1,825,330

*millions of euro at current prices

General Government: includes all institu-tional units whose main function is to pro-duce non-market services for individual andcollective consumption and to perform ope-rations of redistribution of national incomeand wealth. Their activities are mainlyfinanced by compulsory payments made byunits belonging to other sectors

Government debt: the amount of GeneralGovernment liabilities (EU definition).Calculations are made according to themethodological criteria set by the CouncilRegulation (EC) n° 3605/93

Government deficit (or net lending/net bor-rowing): the difference between revenuesand expenditure is the balancing item in theaccount. It is the sum of current balanceand capital balance

Primary balance: net lending (+)/net bor-rowing (-) less consolidated interests expen-diture

NON FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT2008-2011, millions of euro

2008 2009 2010 2011EXPENDITURESFinal consumption expenditure 315,406 324,684 327,431 324,220Social benefits in money 277,183 291,495 298,418 305,122Other current expenditures 41,486 44,460 44,532 43,285Interests payable 81,312 70,863 71,112 78,021Total current expenditures 715,387 731,502 741,493 750,648Gross fixed capital formation 35,316 38,404 32,346 32,099Other capital transfers 23,893 28,530 21,472 15,818Total capital expenditures 59,209 66,934 53,818 47,917 Total expenditure 774,596 798,436 795,311 798,565 REVENUESCurrent taxes 455,486 429,255 444,095 448,340Social contributions 215,809 212,555 213,398 216,340Other current revenues 56,629 58,246 59,237 61,032Total current revenues 727,924 700,056 716,730 725,712Capital taxes 488 12,256 3,497 6,963Other capital revenues 3,484 3,378 3,627 3,527Total capital revenues 3,972 15,634 7,124 10,490Total revenues 731,896 715,690 723,854 736,202CURRENT BALANCE 12,537 -31,446 -24,763 -24,936GOVERNMENT DEFICIT -42,700 -82,746 -71,457 -62,363PRIMARY BALANCE 38,612 -11,883 -345 15,658

PRIMARY BALANCE

GOVERNMENT DEFICIT1991

0.0

-11.3

2001

3.1

-3.1

2010

0.0

-4.6

2008

-2.7

2.5

2009

-5.4

-0.8

2011

1.0

-3.9

GOVERNMENT FINANCE BALANCES1991-2011, percentage of GDP

2008

105.7

2001

108.2

2010

118.6

2009

116.0

2011

120.1

GOVERNMENT DEBT2001-2011, percentage of GDP

22 ECONOMY

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30

34

38

42

46

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

France

Italy

GermanyUnited Kingdom

Spain

EURO17

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA IN PURCHASINGPOWER PARITIES IN 2010 (EU27=100)

SOME INDICATORS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES2011, percentage values

Government Government Inflation Employmentdeficit (GDP) debt (GDP) rate rate

Austria -2.6 72.2 3.6 72.1Belgium -3.7 98.0 3.5 61.9Cyprus -6.3 71.6 3.5 68.1Finland -0.5 48.6 3.3 69.0France -5.2 85.8 2.3 63.8Germany -1.0 81.2 2.5 72.5Greece -9.1 165.3 3.1 55.6Ireland -13.1 108.2 1.2 59.2Italy -3.9 120.1 2.9 56.9Luxembourg -0.6 18.2 3.7 64.6Malta -2.7 72.0 2.4 57.6Netherlands -4.7 65.2 2.5 74.9Portugal -4.2 107.8 3.6 64.2Slovakia -4.8 43.3 4.1 59.5Slovenia -6.4 47.6 2.1 64.4Spain -8.5 68.5 3.1 57.7Bulgaria -2.1 16.3 3.4 58.5Denmark -1.8 46.5 2.7 73.1Estonia 1.0 6.0 5.1 65.1Latvia -3.5 42.6 4.2 61.8Lithuania -5.5 38.5 4.1 60.7Poland -5.1 56.3 3.9 59.7United Kingdom -8.3 85.7 4.5 69.5Czech Republic -3.1 41.2 2.1 65.7Romania -5.2 33.3 5.8 58.5Sweden 0.3 38.4 1.4 74.1Hungary 4.3 80.6 3.9 55.8Euro area 17 -4.1 87.2 2.7 64.2EU27 -4.5 82.5 3.1 64.3

FISCAL DRAG IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES2007-2011, percentage of GDP

EU27 100.0Euro countries 108.0Austria 126.0Belgium 119.0Cyprus 99.0Finland 115.0France 108.0Germany 118.0Greece 90.0Ireland 128.0Italy 101.0Luxembourg 271.0Malta 83.0Netherlands 133.0Portugal 80.0

Slovakia 74.0Slovenia 85.0Spain 100.0Bulgaria 44.0Denmark 127.0Estonia 64.0Latvia 51.0Lithuania 57.0Poland 63.0United Kingdom 112.0Czech Republic 80.0Romania 46.0Sweden 123.0Hungary 65.0

23ECONOMY

Euro area: since 1 January 2001 is constitu-ted by Austria, Belgium, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; Sloveniajoined on 1 January 2007; Cyprus and Maltaon 1 January 2008, Slovakia on 1 January2009 and Estonia on 1 January 2011

European Union: is constituted by 27Countries, the 17 Euro Countries plusBulgaria, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,UK, Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, andHungary

Purchasing power parities: indicator that eli-minates differences in price levels betweencountries allowing volume comparisons of GDP

PRICES

Output prices index: refers to changes intime of prices applied by industrial enterpri-ses, excluding construction companies

Consumer prices index: measures thevariation in time of price of a “basket” ofgoods and services. Istat calculates thefollowing three consumer price indices:■ consumer price index for the whole

nation (NIC), based on the entire presentpopulation’s consumptions

■ consumer price index for blue and white-collar workers households (FOI) basedon consumptions of households whosereference person is an employee

■ harmonised index of consumer prices(HICP), which refers to households’consumption of goods and services andgives comparable measures of inflation atthe European level

Goods and services by purchase frequency:■ high: food and beverages, tobaccos, rent,

fuels■ medium: clothing, electricity, water, and

waste disposal rates, medicines, books■ low: household appliances, transport

means, audiovisual, photographic andcomputer equipment

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PRICE INDICES2011, trend percentage changes

GENERAL INDEX

Consumer goods

OUTPUT PRICE CONSUMER PRICE

Capital goods

Intermediate goods

Energy NIC FOI

4.8 2.95.7

9.6

2.8 2.7

HICP

2.91.3

*

PURCHASE FREQUENCYPRODUCT TYPE

20.4

Goods

28.7

Services

31.8

High

22.2

Medium

13.3

Low

24.0* 24.0*

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (NIC) BY CHAPTER OF EXPENDITURE AND PRODUCT TYPE 2007-2011, trend percentage changes

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Food and non-alcoholic beverages 2.9 5.4 1.8 0.2 2.4Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 3.4 4.2 3.8 2.8 3.5Clothing and footwear 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.7Housing, water, electricity gas and other fuels 2.6 6.4 -0.1 1.2 5.1Furnishings, household items and services 2.4 3.1 1.8 1.1 1.7Health services -0.3 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.5Transport 2.2 5.2 -2.2 4.2 6.2Communications -8.4 -4.2 -0.3 -0.9 -1.2Recreation and culture 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.3Education 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.3Hotels and restaurants 2.7 2.5 1.2 1.6 2.2Miscellaneous goods and services 2.3 3.0 2.6 3.2 3.2General index 1.8 3.3 0.8 1.5 2.8Goods 1.5 3.6 0.0 1.3 3.1Services 2.1 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.3

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (NIC) BY PRODUCT TYPE AND PURCHASE FREQUENCY2001/2011, percentage changes

* excluding tobaccos

* general index

Foreign trade statistics: are based on the results of the surveyson Italian trade with EU and non-EU countries. The former, inaccordance with the Intrastat system (introduced in January1993), is carried out on a monthly basis with quarterly and yearlyintegrations. Data are provided by competent Customs offices.The survey on Italian trade with non-EU countries, based oncustoms declarations (single administrative document), is car-ried out on a monthly basis

FOREIGN TRADE IN 2011*millions of euro

*provisional data

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Germany France China Netherlands RussiaGermany France United States

Switzerland Spain

62,406

33,416 29,30220,863 18,042

49,34543,707

22,857 20,655 19,885

COUNTRIES TO WHICH ITALY EXPORTS COUNTRIES FROM WHICH ITALY IMPORTS

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2010 and 2011*, absolute values in millions of euro

2010 2011*Imports Exports Imports Exports

Products of agriculture, forestry and fishing 11,123 5,614 12,980 5,770Mining and quarrying products 59,005 1,165 69,235 1,249Food, beverages and tobacco 25,320 22,179 27,483 24,390Textiles, clothing, leather and accessories 25,960 37,339 28,792 41,913Wood and wood products; paper and printing 9,991 7,151 10,142 7,614Coke and refined petroleum products 8,550 14,794 10,056 16,770Chemicals and chemical products 32,122 22,575 36,337 24,911Pharmaceutical, medical, chemical and botanical products 17,344 13,973 19,160 15,311Rubber and plastics productsand other non-metallic mineral products 11,312 20,854 12,373 22,505

Basic metals and fabricated metal productsexcluding machinery and equipments 36,107 39,350 42,433 48,343Computer, electronic and optical equipment 33,871 11,604 29,848 12,881Electrical equipment 13,292 19,380 13,715 20,298Machinery and equipment n.e.c. 22,416 60,061 24,040 68,418Transport equipment 37,901 34,507 38,114 36,408Other manufactured products 10,647 18,918 10,891 19,993Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2,659 277 2,980 276Other products n.e.c. 9,770 7,605 11,901 8,800Total 367,390 337,346 400,480 375,850* provisional data

* provisional data

EU countries

Non-EU countries

ImportsExports

186,953165,367

213,526

210,482

ITALY’S MAIN TRADING PARTNERS2011*, absolute values in millions of euro

Commonwheat Durumwheat

Maize

Barley

Rice

Oil seeds

Fruit trees

Grapevine

Olive trees

Citrus treesRotation

forageVegetables

Permanent meadows and pastures

543

1,419

246

304

424

1,123

890

262

129

1,918

300

3,434

664

USED AREA BY MAIN CROPS GROWN*Crop year 2009-2010,thousands of hectares

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS AND FARM WORKERS* Crop year 2009-2010

North Centre South Italyand the IslandAgricultural holdings** 397 252 972 1,621Utilised agricultural area (UAA)** 4,569 2,192 6,095 12,856Average UAA per holding 11.5 8.7 6.3 7.9Working days per person 98.6 68.6 49.3 64.8Persons working per holding 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.4Days of work per holding 248.2 150.3 117.7 154.7* 6th Agriculture census ** thousands

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS ON 1 DECEMBER 2011

Cattle and buffaloes 6,252Pigs 9,351Sheep and goats 8,903thousands

SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS IN 2011

Cattle and buffaloes 3,616Pigs 13,097Sheep and goats 5,513thousands

Agricultural holding: economic-technical unit with land, equip-ment and machinery for farming, forestry and livestock. Theundertaking is run by a tenant, i.e. a physical person, a companyor a body assuming the corporate risk. The category also inclu-des undertakings exclusively engaged in livestock raisingwithout farmland. It does not include undertakings exclusivelyengaged in forestry

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LICENSED RURAL ACCOMODATIONS BY ACTIVITY* AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010

Accommodation Food service Tasting Other activities** TotalNorth 6,555 4,506 1,234 4,453 8,576Centre 6,471 2,247 1,940 4,603 6,541South and the Islands 3,478 3,161 662 2,365 3,902Italy 16,504 9,914 3,836 11,421 19,019* a farm may be authorized to perform one or more types of rural tourism activities** riding, hiking, nature explorations, trekking, mountain bike, courses, sport, etc. are included

* 6th Agriculture census

HARVEST OF MAIN CROPS 2007, thousands of quintals

Wheat Maize Tomato Sugar Olive Citrus andbeet trees fruit trees

North 27,673 77,464 24,005 29,465 420 38,270Centre 15,096 5,250 5,302 1,681 4,045 3,700South and the Islands 25,730 2,245 26,978 4,353 26,712 53,931Italy 68,499 84,959 56,285 35,499 31,177 95,901

Campania

Abruzzo

Friuli-V.G.

Basilicata

Sardegna

4,157 31

1,879 1,641

11,1481,774

1008,744

4,236 1,281 1,242

2,0134,088

3912,643

10,226206

5997,464

925

PiemonteValle d'Aosta

LombardiaTrentino-A.A.

Veneto

LiguriaEmilia-R.

ToscanaUmbriaMarche

Lazio

Molise

Puglia

CalabriaSicilia

HARVEST OF WINE GRAPES2010, thousands of quintals

75,89167,707

27,036 28,160 26,541 28,12819,182 19,911

Fungicides Insecticides and acaricides

Herbicides Other plant protection products

20062010

PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS PLACED ON THE MARKET FOR AGRICULTURAL USE2006 and 2010, tons

key pointsHarvest and use of grapes: 64.7 millions of quintals of winegrapes (+3.5% over 2009) and 13.6 millions of quintals of tablegrapes (+1.5%) were harvested in 2010. The production of wineand must was 42.7 millions of hectolitres. The 2010 productionof wines with D.O.C. (Certification of Controlled Origin) orD.O.C.G.(Certification of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin) rep-resented 35.2% of the total, while those with I.G.T. label (TypicalGeographical Indication) 31.2% and the table wines 33.6%. Whitewine was 49.6% and red and rose wine was 50.4%

Plant protection products (pesticides): are the products usedagainst all harmful organisms or to prevent the action of suchorganisms (infectious diseases, plant pathogens, insects, mol-luscs weeds)

HARVEST OF TABLE GRAPESIN 2010

North 26Centre 205South and the Islands 13,379Italy 13,610thousands of quintals

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INDUSTRY AND SERVICES

Enterprises: organisations carrying out eco-nomic activities at a professional level for theproduction of market goods or services

Workers: employees (full time, part-time orunder training and employment contracts)and self-employed in enterprises

Cost of labour: includes all items ofemployees’ gross remuneration (managers,executive officers, white - and blue-collarworkers, sales persons, trainees and homeworkers): basic wage, cost-of-living allowan-ce, overtime, holyday pays, and severance payshares

Manufacturing activities: include food, texti-le and clothing, leather, wood, print andpublishing, rubber and plastics, mechanic,oil, chemical and transportation industries,manufacturers of electric machinery, elec-tric and optical equipment, metallic andnonmetallic products

Value added: is the increase in the economicvalue of goods and services bought in fromother enterprises by means of productioninputs (labour, capital and business activity).It is defined as total sales revenue less inter-mediate costs

MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF ENTERPRISES BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY AND SIZE 2009, thousands of euro

1-19 workers 20 workers and over Total

Industry (excluding construction)ConstructionServices

1-19 workers 20 workers and over Total

27.2 29.8 25.6

40.8 39.934.3 36.8 33.0 30.7

29.6 25.8 25.8

59.751.5

47.6 48.3

31.0 33.7

COST OF LABOUR PER EMPLOYEE

VALUE ADDED PER PERSON EMPLOYED

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INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2009

1-19 workers 20 and over workers TotalIndustry (excluding Construction) 418,401 34,678 453,079Mining and quarrying 2,347 225 2,572Manufacturing activities 406,186 32,926 439,112Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air 2,650 280 2,930Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 7,218 1,247 8,465

Construction 614,897 8,458 623,355Services 3,268,572 38,536 3,307,108Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1,171,747 12,176 1,183,923Transportation and storage 131,708 5,673 137,381Accomodation and restaurant services 286,782 4,191 290,973Information and communication services 98,126 2,530 100,656Real estate activities 214,141 207 214,348Professional, scientific and technical activities 704,617 2,466 707,083Renting services, travel agencies, business support services 144,162 5,356 149,518Education 23,655 652 24,307Human health and social work activities 234,949 3,396 238,345Arts, sports, entertainment and recreation 60,033 878 60,911Other service activities 198,652 1,011 199,663

Total 4,301,870 81,672 4,383,542

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): used intreating and elaborating information or in communicating. Theyare also utilized to make products that use electronic processes

Computer: includes supercomputer, mainframe, minicomputer,workstation, personal computer, nettop, portable computer,palmtop (PDA), smartphone

Broadband: is referred to the used technology: xDSL, opticalfibres and other fixed connections to Internet

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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2009

1-19 workers 20 workers and over TotalIndustry (excluding Construction) 1,691,749 2,776,383 4,468,132Mining and quarrying 12,149 23,585 35,734Manufacturing activities 1,636,851 2,531,881 4,168,732Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air 7,686 77,757 85,443Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 35,063 143,160 178,223

Construction 1,524,709 386,648 1,911,357Services 6,743,893 3,836,752 10,580,645Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2,542,462 980,409 3,522,871Accomodation and food service activities 351,579 773,575 1,125,154Transportation and storage 958,637 301,140 1,259,777Information and communication 238,161 345,823 583,984Real estate activities 328,389 10,426 338,815Professional, scientific and technical activities 1,032,190 190,764 1,222,954Renting services, travel agencies, business support services 339,972 777,310 1,117,282Education 58,227 28,736 86,963Human health and social work activities 381,280 331,312 712,592Arts, sports, entertainment and recreation 119,331 49,350 168,681Other service activities 393,665 47,907 441,572

Total 9,960,351 6,999,783 16,960,134

VALUE ADDED OF THE INDUSTRY AND SERVICES ENTERPRISES BY SIZE AND SECTOR OF ACTIVITY2009, millions of euro

1-19 workers 20 workers and over TotalIndustry (excluding Construction) 50,145 165,881 216,026Mining and quarrying 503 4,672 5,174Manufacturing activities 45,834 134,422 180,257Supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air 2,287 18,467 20,754Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 1,521 8,320 9,841

Construction 39,365 19,916 59,281Services 173,968 182,610 356,578Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 57,902 46,981 104,883Accomodation and food service activities 10,147 38,494 48,641Transportation and storage 14,900 7,973 22,873Information and communication 7,388 41,506 48,894Real estate activities 15,324 2,084 17,407Professional, scientific and technical activities 34,016 11,776 45,793Renting services, travel agencies, business support services 8,099 19,559 27,658Education 1,193 657 1,849Human health and social work activities 16,168 9,381 25,549Arts, sports, entertainment and recreation 3,370 2,490 5,860Other service activities 5,461 1,708 7,169

Total 263,477 368,407 631,884

96.0

94.3

62.6

84.1

Personal computer

Internet

Web site

Broadband

ENTERPRISES WITH AT LEAST10 PERSONS EMPLOYED THAT USE ICT IN 2011*

* % of total enterprises

TOURISM

Collective accomodation establishments: include hotels, cam-pings, resorts, rural tourism facilities, youth hostels, rooms andflats for rent, holiday homes, alpine huts, bed and breakfast andother establishments (rural residences and centres for studystays)

Arrivals: number of guests spending at least one night in collec-tive accommodation establishments

Nights spent: number of nights spent by guests in accommoda-tion establishments

Average length of stay: ratio of number of nights spent to num-ber of guests arrived

HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR TRAVELS IN 2010

ITALYAll included 463Full board 797Overnight stay 526 ESTEROAll included 994Full board 994Overnight stay 448euro

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NIGHTS SPENT BY DESTINATION2010, percentage composition

FOREIGNERSITALIANSOther3.5%Spas

5.0%

Seaside resorts46.7%

Lakeside resorts3.8%

Mountain resorts18.0%

Art towns23.0%

Other5.6%Spas

3.5%

Seaside resorts26.3%

Lakeside resorts 13.9%

Mountain resorts12.8%

Art towns37.9%

COLLECTIVE ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010

North Centre South and the Islands ItalyHotels 20,693 6,388 6,918 33,999Campings and resorts 1,208 553 849 2,610Rooms and flats for rent 61,328 6,671 3,131 71,130Rural tourism facilities 6,328 7,058 3,253 16,639Youth hostels 205 170 81 456Holiday homes 1,109 701 412 2,222Alpine huts 943 63 29 1,035Other establishment 228 98 46 372Bed and breakfast 8,022 5,420 8,410 21,852Total 100,064 27,122 23,129 150,315

GUESTS OF ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA2010, thousands

North Centre South and the Islands ItalyITALIANSArrivals 29,908 12,387 12,725 55,020Presences 111,781 44,543 54,016 210,339Average stay (days) 3.74 3.60 4.24 3.82FOREIGNERSArrivals 25,395 13,461 4,938 43,794Presences 99,493 44,605 21,105 165,203Average stay (days) 3.92 3.31 4.27 3.77

Holidays: trips made by Italians in the reference period for holiday,leisure, recreation, visiting relatives and friends, religious purposeand health treatments

Holiday trips by destinations: the most visited Italian region wasEmilia-Romagna (destination of 10.8 out of every 100 travels toItaly), whereas the most popular international destination amongItalian residents was Spain (15.5 travels out of every 100 travelsabroad). Egypt was the most visited non-European Country (6% outof every 100 travels abroad)

TRAVELS BY TOURISTCHARACTERISTICS IN 2010

SEXMales 49.2Females 50.8AGE GROUPUp to 14 18.515 to 24 9.525 to 44 36.345 to 64 27.665 and over 8.1RESIDENCE AREA North 54.8Centre 23.1South and the Islands 22.1percentage composition

HOLIDAYS BY CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS2010, percentage composition

ACCOMMODATIONRESERVATION MEANS OF TRANSPORT

None41.9%

Through agency 11.1%

Direct 47.0%

Other2.7%

Coach 4.5%

Car 67.2%

Ship 4.6%

Train 6.4%

Plane 14.6%

Other11.5%

Private 45.4%

Rented accomodation8.1%

Hotel 35.0%

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HOLIDAYS BY QUARTER AND LENGTH* 2010

January- April- July- October-TotalMarch June September December

THOUSANDS1-3 nights 10,762 11,327 10,723 7,884 40,6964 or more nights 6,474 7,640 28,728 3,910 46,754Total 17,237 18,968 39,451 11,795 87,450PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION 1-3 nights 26.4 27.8 26.3 19.4 100.04 nights or more 13.8 16.3 61.4 8.4 100.0Total 19.7 21.7 45.1 13.5 100.0

HOLIDAYS BY MAIN DESTINATION*2010, percentage composition

1-3 nights 4 nights or more TotalItaly 91.3 74.4 82.2North 45.0 32.1 38.1Centre 25.6 12.6 18.6South and the Islands 20.7 29.7 25.5

Abroad 8.7 25.6 17.8EU countries 7.1 14.9 11.3Other European countries 1.4 3.8 2.7Rest of the world 0.1 6.9 3.8

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

* differences in totals are due to roundings of absolute values

* differences in totals are due to roundings of absolute values

ANCONAvia Castelfidardo, 4+39 071 5013091

BARIpiazza Aldo Moro, 61+39 080 5789317

BOLOGNAvia Galleria Cavour, 9+39 051 6566152

BOLZANOvia Canonico Michael Gamper, 1+39 0471 [email protected]

CAGLIARIvia Firenze, 17+39 070 34998702

CAMPOBASSOvia Mazzini, 129+39 0874 604858

CATANZAROviale Pio X, 116+39 0961 507629

FIRENZELungarno Colombo, 54+39 055 6237711

GENOVAvia S. Vincenzo, 4+39 010 5849743

MILANOvia Porlezza, 12+39 02 806132214

NAPOLIvia Giuseppe Verdi, 18+39 081 4930190

PALERMOvia Giovan Battista Vaccarini, 1+39 091 6751815

PERUGIAvia Cesare Balbo, 1+39 075 5826411

PESCARAvia Caduta del Forte, 34+39 085 44120511

POTENZAvia del Popolo, 4+39 0971 377261

ROMAvia Cesare Balbo, 11 A+39 06 46733102

TORINOvia Alessandro Volta, 3+39 011 5166758

TRENTOvia Brennero, 316+39 0461 [email protected]

TRIESTEvia Cesare Battisti, 18+39 040 6702558

VENEZIA-MESTREcorso del Popolo, 23+39 041 5070811

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