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Among 20 NUTS 2 regions of Italy, Puglia ranks best in
high-tech jobs (12th) and lowest in tertiary educated (19th).
Over time
Indicator
The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish
it, only the region line is shown.
Economy
GDP per capita
24,300 €/inh.
+700 vs 2023
19th of 21 in the country
Italy 38,310 €/inh. · -37%
Income per capita
17,200 €/inh.
+600 vs 2023
18th of 21 in the country
Italy 22,000 €/inh. · -22%
GDP growth
17th of 21 in the country
Italy 0.5 % · -140%
Population
Population
3,877,395
−13,266 vs 2024
8th of 21 in the country
Italy 58,942,828 · -93%
Life expectancy
14th of 21 in the country
Italy 82.9 years
Population density
6th of 21 in the country
Italy 198.0 /km² · +2%
Population change
18th of 21 in the country
Net migration
19th of 21 in the country
Italy 5.0 ‰ · -78%
Median age
15th of 21 in the country
Italy 49.0 years
Aged 65+
14th of 21 in the country
Italy 24.7 %
Fertility
11th of 21 in the country
Italy 1.18 · -2%
Doctors
13th of 21 in the country
Italy 575 per 100k · -34%
Labour
Unemployment
19th of 21 in the country
Italy 6.1 % · +64%
Employment
18th of 21 in the country
Italy 67.6 % · -18%
High-tech jobs
12th of 20 in the country
Italy 4.0 % · -35%
Society
Tourist nights
5,849 per 1,000
+1,250 vs 2024
14th of 21 in the country
Italy 9,084 per 1,000 · -36%
Road deaths
17th of 21 in the country
Italy 51 per mn · +22%
Tertiary educated
19th of 21 in the country
Italy 22.3 % · -17%
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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