NUTS 1

Nord-Est

Region of Italy · NUTS code ITH

Among 5 NUTS 1 regions of Italy, Nord-Est ranks best in life expectancy (1st) and lowest in gdp growth (5th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Nord-Est vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
43,600 €/inh.
+800 vs 2023
2nd of 5 in the country
Italy 38,310 €/inh. · +14%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Income per capita
24,600 €/inh.
+600 vs 2023
2nd of 5 in the country
Italy 22,000 €/inh. · +12%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
GDP growth
0.1 %
−0.4 vs 2023
5th of 5 in the country
Italy 0.5 % · -80%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking

Population

Population
11,595,006
+13,534 vs 2024
4th of 5 in the country
Italy 58,942,828 · -80%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
Life expectancy
84.5 years
+0.4 vs 2023
1st of 5 in the country
Italy 83.7 years
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Population density
191.2 /km²
+0.3 vs 2023
3rd of 5 in the country
Italy 198.0 /km² · -3%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Population change
1.2 ‰
−0.8 vs 2023
2nd of 5 in the country
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Net migration
5.7 ‰
−0.8 vs 2023
2nd of 5 in the country
Italy 5.0 ‰ · +14%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Median age
49.4 years
+0.4 vs 2024
3rd of 5 in the country
Italy 49.0 years
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
Aged 65+
25.0 %
+0.4 vs 2024
3rd of 5 in the country
Italy 24.7 %
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
Fertility
1.21
−0.03 vs 2023
2nd of 5 in the country
Italy 1.18 · +3%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking

Regions inside

5 regions

 

Boundaries: Istat, simplified · sources and licences

Labour

Unemployment
3.7 %
+0.1 vs 2024
1st of 5 in the country
Italy 6.1 % · -39%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
Employment
76.0 %
+0.2 vs 2024
1st of 5 in the country
Italy 67.6 % · +12%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
High-tech jobs
3.5 %
+0.1 vs 2024
3rd of 5 in the country
Italy 4.0 % · -13%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking

Society

Tourist nights
16,410 per 1,000
+773 vs 2024
1st of 5 in the country
Italy 9,084 per 1,000 · +81%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking
Road deaths
59 per mn
−3 vs 2023
5th of 5 in the country
Italy 51 per mn · +16%
2024 · NUTS 1 ranking
Tertiary educated
23.3 %
+0.1 vs 2024
2nd of 5 in the country
Italy 22.3 % · +4%
2025 · NUTS 1 ranking

Other regions in Italy

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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