Ecosystem mapping : Country factsheet
Italy 🇮🇹
Key facts
Population
Current population of Italy –
59,109,668
Data supplied by the World Bank
GDP
Current GDP of Italy –
2,107,702.84 ($ millions)
Data supplied by the World Bank
World Happiness Index
The Italy currently ranks 6.467 out of 10.
Since 2002, the World Happiness Report has used statistical analysis to determine the world’s happiest countries. To determine the world’s happiest country, researchers analysed comprehensive Gallup polling data from 149 countries for the past three years, specifically monitoring performance in six particular categories: gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make your own life choices, generosity of the general population, and perceptions of internal and external corruption levels.
Country factsheet: ESEM SEs in Italy
(Source: ESEM)
Perceived Political Support Grade
- 62.4% perceive national political support for social entrepreneurship to be low, very low or non-existent
Top 3 Business Sectors (UN ISIC)
- Information and communication (22.7%)
- Education (20.5%)
- Professional, scientific and technical activities (18.2%)
Company Size (OECD)
- Micro enterprises 80.7%
- Small enterprises 8.0%
- Medium enterprises 5.7%
- Large enterprises 3.4%
Top 3 UN SDGs
#8 – Decent work and economic growth (51.1%)
#12 – Responsible consumption (45.5%)
#3 – Good health and wellbeing (34.1%)
Impact Management & Measurement
- 63.6% currently measure their social/environmental impact; 33.0% plan to do so
- 36.4% refer to the UN SDGs in impact reporting; 29.5% plan to do so
Top 3 Beneficiaries (Persons)
- Individuals with a physical disability (18.2%)
- Children/young individuals in general (15.9%)
- Individuals with a learning disability (15.9%)
Top 3 Sources of External Financing
- Public financing (45.5%)
- Bank loan (29.5%)
- Incubator, company builder, accelerator (18.2%)
Funding Gap
On average, they only managed to secure enough funding to meet 56.9% of their financing needs in the past 12 months
Top 3 Key Barriers
- Too complex public financing (44.3%)
- A lack of supportive fiscal framework (40.9%)
- A lack of options to finance the organisation once started (36.4%)
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Key Stakeholders & Members
EN Members
Consorzio SIS – Sistema Imprese Sociale
Type of organisation: Social Enterprise Umbrella Organisation
Website – www.consorziosis.org/
Consorzio SIS is the strategic agency of its member social cooperatives. It promotes entrepreneurial development and social action. SIS’s core areas of activity include households and living, family life, health and well-being, fair and inclusive work and European cooperation.

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Key Policies
Key Legal and Policy Framework Overview
Introduction
Law 106/2016 and Legislative Decrees 117/2017 and 112/2017 on “the Reform of the Third sector, social enterprise and universal civil service”
Law 118/2005 and Legislative Decree 155/2006 on “Social Enterprise”
Law 381/1991 on "Social Cooperatives"
Law 142 and Law 241 of 1990
Financing and Support Measures
Key policy documents
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