Quality of life in Italy: Trieste first, Milan returns to second place
Trieste is the city where you live best in Italy. This is the result of the 32nd edition of the survey on the quality of life in the Italian provinces, published today by Il Sole 24 Ore. The Julian capital, which in the last two years has already risen to fifth place in the annual ranking, in the 2021 ranking also conquers the primacy in the thematic index of “Culture and free time”, comes second in “Business and work” and fourth in “Environment and services”. He also returns to the podium Milan, after the fall out of the top ten in 2020 due to Covid, e Trento remains solid in third place. The survey, as every year, takes a picture of the country through 90 statistical indicators on a provincial basis divided into six areas: wealth and consumption, business and work, demographics, society and health, environment and services, culture and leisure.
Quality of life, twenty-eight parameters updated to 2021
Among these, there are 28 parameters updated to 2021 (some even in September-October last) and about ten “synthetic indices ” (i.e. which in turn aggregate more parameters): this year the historic survey by the Sole 24 Ore allows us to focus in particular on how the post-pandemic recovery is going – thanks to an analysis made on 20 of the 90 indicators, for which it is The variation compared to the previous year was also considered – and what are the territorial, gender and generational gaps that still persist, analyzed through the indices of the Quality of Life of children, young people and the elderly, which reward the provinces with the best context of life by age group, and the index of the quality of life of women, presented today for the first time, which measures the geography of gender gaps.
Seven provinces in the top ten are in the north east
The results of the survey show that among the top ten provinces, seven are from the Northeast: Bolzano (5th), Pordenone (7th), Verona (8th) and Udine (9th) which confirm their livability and Treviso (10th) is the only new entry, also thanks to the primacy in the quality of life of women, the index presented for the first time this year to focus on gender issues in the post-pandemic recovery. Aosta (4th) and Bologna (6th) also confirmed in the top ten. The Emilian capital, leading in the 2020 edition, drops a few positions but wins the first place in “Demographics, society and health” mainly thanks to the high levels of education of the population. The Lombard provinces are all regaining different positions compared to last year, with the exception of Sondrio. In 2020 the region, more than other territories, had been particularly penalized by the impact of the health emergency, measured for example by the drop in GDP per capita following the lockdown and by health data (mortality and infections in the first place)
Milan returns to the top in “Wealth and consumption” and “Business and work”
Today Milan returns to the top in “Wealth and consumption” And “Business and work”, ranking first, among other things, for house prices, average annual salary, the incidence of businesses that do e-commerce and the spread of online banking services. Monza and Brianza (14th), on the other hand, regained its place at the top of the ranking thanks to “Wealth and consumption”, with top values both in household spending on durable goods and in the average annual remuneration of employees, at the rate of companies that do e-commerce, to the primacy of the historic green that takes into account the extension of the Monza Park, and to the reduced number of serious accidents at work. The gradual overcoming of the pandemic crisis relaunches other metropolitan cities. Rome rises from 32nd to 13th place, Florence from 27th to 11th. Bari (71st) gains one position while Naples (90th) gains two. The capital, in particular, enters the top ten in the Quality of life of the elderly, one of the three generational indices that debut this year in the survey and is distinguished by levels of education, buildings covered by broadband and museum heritage. In contrast, however, Cagliari, Turin, Genoa and Catania all lose some positions compared to 2020.
Emilia Romagna backs off
The provinces of Emilia Romagna are losing ground, penalized – among other things – by the number of reports by type of crime in “Justice and security” and in the two climate indices (which summarizes ten climatic parameters, from heat waves to extreme events) and in Sport and Covid (which measures the impact on sports championships and canceled events). It is going down the Adriatic coast, then, that, compared to last year, there are further decreases in the ranking of well-being, starting from Ferrara (-11 positions) passing through the Marche provinces, arriving in Chieti and Pescara.
Crotone is confirmed in last place
Stable in the last positions, as if to confirm the urgency of the incoming NRP investments to reduce the gaps, the Mezzogiorno. Crotone last, like last year, anticipated by Foggia and Trapani that slide to the bottom. Out of ninety indicators, the last positions are populated in 57 cases by provinces of the South or of the Islands. And the first non-southern provinces that meet, starting from the bottom and going upwards, are Latina (83rd) and Frosinone (82nd), followed a short distance by Imperia (77th).
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