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.
| Total number of regional companies and employees | |
|---|---|
| N. of regional companies
443,800 |
N. of regional employees
1,658,000 |
Source Infocamere 2022
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 euros)
85.1 |
Import (billion euros)
49.9 |
Source Istat - Coeweb 2023
| Variation import/export in Emilia-Romagna in the 2019-23 period | |
|---|---|
| Export (% variation )
+35.4% |
Import (% variation )
+27.7% |
Source Istat - Coeweb
ATTRACTIVENESS
| Number of enteprises controlled by foreign companies/groups in Emilia-Romagna, with turnover > 2 million euros |
|---|
| Source: Aida BvD 2022
About 1,400 |
OUTWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION
