Services led Italy’s nominal value-added growth in 2024
Istat counted 0.5% more enterprises and 1.1% more employment; services value added grew 4.2%.
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Istat’s structural business statistics published on 15 October show that Italy had more than 4.5 million enterprises in 2024, up 0.5% year on year. Nominal value added grew 2.5% overall and 4.2% in services; the increase was 0.6% in industry, while construction fell 0.5%.
Employment rose 1.1%, including a 1.3% increase in services. Just over 200,000 enterprises organised in groups generated 66.4% of turnover and 58.7% of value added. Value-added changes are nominal, and outcomes differed between grouped and independent enterprises.
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Value-added growth in Italy, 2024
Annual change in nominal value added, as reported by Istat.
| All enterprises | 2.5 |
| Services | 4.2 |
| Industry | 0.6 |
| Construction | -0.5 |
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Istat-reported changes from 2023 to 2024 are transcribed. Sector categories follow the source.
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