A brief profile of socio- economic system

of Basilicata region

Potenza 25-10-2011

Territory and population

• Surface: 9.992 Kmq (3,3% of national territory)

• Population: 589.000 inhab. (1,0% of national population)

• Population density: 60 inhab./kmq (191 national average)

• 2 Provinces Potenza 385.000 inhab. Matera 204.000 inhab.

• 131 Municipalities (only 12 over 10.000 inhabitants)

• Chief towns Potenza 68.000 inhab. Matera 61.000 inhab.

• Population trends: -3,0% in the last 10 years (+4,7% national population)

Demographic trends

MateraPotenza

IonianSea

TyrrhenianSea

Puglia

Campania

increase of population

unchanged population

Legend:

decrease of population

A still lagging region

2009 1995

Basilicata 73,6 66,9

Southern Italy

North-Centre

68,6

116,2

66,1

118,7

Italy 100,0 100,0

Gross Domestic Product per capita

- Italy = 100 -

Source: ISTAT

Regional economic growh has stopped at the beginning of 2000s

1995/2008

1995/2000

2000/2008

Basilicata 1,5 3,4 0,3

Southern Italy 1,1 2,1 0,5

Italy 1,2 1,9 0,8

- annual average (%) growth GDP -

Source: ISTAT

BasilicataSouthern

ItalyItaly

Agricolture 6,1 4,2 2,6

Industry 24,2 18,7 24,8- Manifactury 16,7 12,9 19,5- Costruction 7,5 5,8 5,3

Services 69,7 77,2 72,6tot. value added 100,0 100,0 100,0

The industrial sector has an important role in regional economy

percentage contribution by macro-sectors to value added

(2009)

Source: ISTAT

Basilicat

a

SouthernItaly

Italy

Agricolture 8,4 6,7 3,9Industry 26,1 21,5 28,5- Manifacturies 14,7 12,1 20,1- Costruction 11,4 9,4 8,4Services 65,5 69,4 67,6tot. employment 100,0 100,0 100,0

Still high share of employment in “traditional” sectors (agricolture and

constructions)percentage contribution by macro-

sectorsto total employment (2010)

Source: ISTAT

More developed areas inBasilicata region

MateraPotenza

IonianSea

TyrrhenianSea

Puglia

Campania

The main development constraints inthe internal areas of Basilicata region

phenomena of depopulation and ageing population

fragmentation of urban structure

lack of infrastructure and services

absence of a solid entrepreneurial tissue

Firms and employment by sectorsin manifacturing industries (2006)

absolute values percentage

firms employees

firms employees

Food and beverageTextiles/Clothing/LeatherWoodForniture and other industriesPaper and printingChemicals and plastic productsGlass and ceramicsMetal workingMechanical equipmentMachineryTransport equipment

total

1.09734349827127499

37084019726941

4.309

5.0501.6821.2774.826

8242.1562.3444.1991.460

9797.890

32.819

25,58,0

11,66,35,23,48,6

19,54,66,21,0

100,0

15,45,23,9

14,72,56,67,1

12,84,43,0

24,0

100,0Source: ISTAT

Employment by manifacturing sectors (%) and Basilicata specialization indexes

Basilicata(a)

Italy(b)

indexes(a)/(b)

Food and beverageTextiles/Clothing/LeatherWoodForniture and other industriesPaper and printingChemicals and plastic productsGlass and ceramicsMetal workingMechanical equipmentMachineryTransport equipment

total

first 3 sectors

15,45,23,9

14,72,56,67,1

12,84,43,0

24,0

100,0

54,1

10,114,33,76,75,38,75,4

18,312,29,15,7

100,

0

44,8

1,530,361,052,190,470,761,320,700,360,334,19

1,00

Source: ISTAT

Firms and employees in manifacturing industry by firm size

firm-sizeabsolute values percentagefirms employee

sfirms employee

s

1-9 3.826

8.205 88,8 25,0

10-19 263 3.413 6,1 10,4

20-49 125 3.643 2,9 11,1

50-249 82 8.533 1,9 26,0

over 250 13 9.025 0,3 27,5

total 4.30

9

32.819 100,0 100,0

53,5

Source: ISTAT

Numerousness and average size of firms in UE

Countriesn° of firms

every1.000 inhab.

average sizeof firms

UE 15AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItaly- North-Centre- SouthNetherlandsPortugalUnited KingdomSpainSweden

4933423843423770257887613566376454

7,211,0

7,510,1

6,97,6

10,22,39,64,24,72,8

12,24,6

11,15,86,6

Source: Eurostat

medium-high size firmsin Basilicata region

external firms

especially in the sectors:­ Transport equipment­ Chemicals and plastic products­ Mechanical industries­ Food and beverage

low integrated with the local productive tissue

local firms in Basilicata region

small firms, strictly linked to local market and to sub-supply

low degree of openess to international trade

low level of innovation investment

lack of internal strategic functions

Employment rate 15-64 age (percent values) - 2010 -

Countries rate Regions rate Countries rate

Ue 27AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsPortugalUnited KingdomSpainSweden

64,171,762,073,468,163,871,159,660,056,965,274,765,669,558,672,7

­­North-Centre­­South

­­Basilicata

64,044,0

47,1

Cyprus Estonia Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Czech Rep. Slovak Rep. Slovenia Hungary

69,761,059,357,856,159,365,058,866,255,4

Source: Eurostat

Synthetic labour market indexes- 2010 -

Basilicat

a

Italy

Activity rate (15-64 age)- males- females - young people (15-24 age)

54,2

66,7

41,8

20,9

62,2

73,3

51,1

28,4

Unemployment rate- males- females - young people (15-24 age)

Long term

unemployment(% unemployed persons by over 12 months)

13,0

11,3

15,7

38,3

54,9

8,4

7,6

9,7

25,4

44,4

Employment trends by macro-sectors- indexes numbers 2000 = 100 -