SOUND ECONOMY

The Emilia-Romagna region comprises 330 municipalities that are grouped into one Metropolitan City (Bologna) and 8 provinces (Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia and Rimini). The regional population has reached 4,438,937 residents (2021).

The economic system is increasingly focused on international markets and features: high rate of entrepreneurship, strong manufacturing sector, high level of innovation, wealth per capita higher than the Italian and European average.

 

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Emilia-Romagna: percentage of the national value

 

Total number of regional companies and employees
N. of regional companies

407,468

N. of regional employees

1,017,717

Source Margò - CRIBIS 2020

 

Emilia-Romagna has a strong manufacturing sector, strongly export-oriented, with a GDP per capita much higher than the European and national average. 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

 

Import/Export Emilia-Romagna
Export (billion euro)

84.1

Import (billion euro)

53.2

Source Istat - Coeweb 2022

 

 

 

Variation import/export in Emilia-Romagna in the 2019-22 period
Export (% variation )

+26.2%

Import (% variation )

+44.5%

Source Istat - Coeweb 2021

 

 

 

 

 

ATTRACTIVENESS

 

Number of enteprises controlled by foreign companies/groups in Emilia-Romagna, with turnover > 2 million euros
Source: Aida BvD

About 1,400

 

OUTWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION