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 | |
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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 | |
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Export (million euro)
72,440.5 |
Import (million euro)
42,483.8 |
Source Istat - Coeweb 2021
Variation import/export in Emilia-Romagna in the last 10 years | |
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Export (% variation )
+51,0% |
Import (% variation )
+41,8% |
Source Istat - Coeweb 2021
ATTRACTIVENESS
Number of foreign companies in ER with turnover of at least one million euros |
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Source: Aida BdV, elab. ART-ER
1,365 |
OUTWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION