Symbola Report: Italy's Cultural Industries Generate 15.6% of National Value

The 2016 edition of the 'Io sono cultura' report, presented in Rome in the presence of Minister Franceschini, reveals that Italy's cultural and creative industries produce €79.8 billion in added value and activate 15.6% of the national added value (€227 billion). The study, by Fondazione Symbola and Unioncamere, maps the sector's geography: Milan leads in added value share, followed by Rome (10%), Turin (9.1%), Siena (8.5%), Arezzo (7.8%), and Florence (7.5%). Central Italy emerges as a driving force. In employment, Milan ranks first, Arezzo second, then Rome, Turin, Florence, Modena, Bologna, and Monza-Brianza. Top regions are Lazio, Lombardy, and Piedmont. Nearly 450,000 cultural enterprises (7.3% of national firms) produce 5.4% of the country's wealth. They employ 1.4 million people (5.9% of total employment), rising to 1.5 million (6.3%) when including public and non-profit sectors. The report involved about 40 contributors, including Massimiliano Tonelli, Marco Enrico Giacomelli, and Christian Caliandro (also on Symbola's scientific committee). Partnerships include Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Si.Camera.