The Italian economy shows a spotted pattern with some surprises: the South and the Islands are thriving, the Northwest holds steady, the Center is floating, and the Northeast is struggling. This is the clearest and most concrete picture of the country's economic health taken by the Unimpresa study center through the data relating to VAT for 2023. Out of a total of 20 regions, last year five recorded a negative trend, while among the 15 with positive signs (equivalent to 60% of GDP), the top eight positions are mostly held by the South: Molise (+14%), Sicily (+12%), Campania (+7%), Calabria (+6%), Puglia (+4%), and Basilicata (3%). Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont proudly represent the northern regions with increases of 10% and 6% respectively. The five regions marked in red, accounting for about 41% of GDP, are: Friuli Venezia Giulia (-1%), Trentino Alto Adige (-1%), and Lombardy (-4%), as well as Lazio and Liguria which with a negative economic result exceeding 8% are clearly the worst economic areas of the country. The rest of the ranking is as follows: Umbria (+3%), Sardinia (+3%), Emilia Romagna (+2%), Abruzzo (+2%), Marche (+1%), and Tuscany (+0.5%), while Veneto, with a positive variation of 0.1%, narrowly avoids relegation. These results lead the national electronic invoicing data to close in the red by 2.1%.
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