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: share on italian total

 

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 (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
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
Source: Aida BdV, elab. ART-ER

1,365

 

OUTWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION