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
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 | |
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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 | |
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Export (% variation )
+35.4% |
Import (% variation )
+27.7% |
Source Istat - Coeweb
ATTRACTIVENESS
NUMBER OF ENTERPRISES CONTROLLED BY FOREIGN COMPANIES/GROUPS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA |
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Source: Aida BvD 2022, data processing: ART-ER
About 1,500 |
Among the main countries of origin of foreign investments there are: USA, France, Germany, China, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan, Spain
OUTWARD INTERNATIONALIZATION