# Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_death_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/italy-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lazio | 5.87 |
| 2 | Lombardia | 5.82 |
| 2 | Piemonte | 5.82 |
| 4 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 5.8 |
| 4 | Liguria | 5.8 |
| 6 | Calabria | 5.74 |
| 6 | Sardegna | 5.74 |
| 8 | Puglia | 5.73 |
| 9 | Emilia-Romagna | 5.71 |
| 10 | Sicilia | 5.66 |
| 11 | Marche | 5.64 |
| 12 | Basilicata | 5.62 |
| 12 | Toscana | 5.62 |
| 14 | Molise | 5.61 |
| 15 | Abruzzo | 5.59 |
| 15 | Veneto | 5.59 |
| 17 | Campania | 5.57 |
| 18 | Umbria | 5.53 |
| 19 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 5.37 |
| 20 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 5.34 |
| 21 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 4.85 |