With +1.3%, Sardinia recorded the highest GDP growth in volume among the regions after Sicily (+1.8%).

Istat confirms this in its latest report on Gross Domestic Product , relating to 2024. This result is higher than the latest Svimez estimates (+0.9%) and is in line with the comforting data on added value released by Unioncamere last October .

On the regional podium, after the two largest islands, are Lazio and Lombardy (+1.2% for both) , followed by Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont (both +1.1%) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Basilicata (+1%).

GDP increases lower than the national average (+0.7%) were recorded in the Autonomous Province of Trento, in Tuscany (+0.5% for both) and in Emilia Romagna (+0.2%).

In terms of GDP per capita, the island ranks third among the southern regions : in 2024, Abruzzo was the southern region with the highest GDP per capita (32.1 thousand euros), followed by Basilicata (28.4 thousand euros) and, indeed, Sardinia (27.7 thousand euros, tied with Molise) . Calabria, on the other hand, remained at the bottom of the national rankings, with 21.7 thousand euros, preceded by Sicily, with a GDP per capita of 23.3 thousand euros.

At the national level, the Institute of Statistics highlights, in 2024, GDP in volume (+0.7% at the national level) increased by 1% in the North-West, by 0.8% in the Centre, by 0.7% in the South and by 0.1% in the North-East.

The Northwest maintains first place in the per capita GDP rankings, with a nominal value of 46.1 thousand euros, while in the South the level is significantly lower at 25 thousand euros.