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sTATIsTICAl yEArBOOK 2014

foreword

The statistical yearbook of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation is the canvas on which the story of Italy’s foreign policy and the

structures through which it is implemented is woven in numbers and statistics.

Now in its 14th edition, the yearbook is designed as an instrument for

consultation on the various issues addressed by this Administration.

The statistical yearbook 2014 collates information on a range of measurable

activities and on the organisational model and the human and financial

resources employed. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the

MfAIC and its diplomatic-consular network.

The overall picture of the Ministry’s commitment in the service of Italian and

foreign citizens, the institutions, businesses and civil society is a positive one,

albeit one painted against a background of public spending cuts. Managing

international relations, entry visas to Italy, consular services for Italians abroad,

support for businesses seeking to internationalise, and promoting the Italian

language and culture. These are the key elements of a diplomacy that, once

again in 2013, worked to foster the recovery and growth of our country.

We continued our efforts in the visa sector to encourage and facilitate tourism

and business flows into Italy. for the first time, the number of visas issued

exceeded 2 million (2,125,465). This puts Italy, with a visa issued every 15

seconds, in second place among the schengen countries, and marks an

increase of 13.5% on the figure for 2012.

These figures are complemented by other data not included in the following

pages. for example, potential purchasers of goods and services arriving in Italy

with visas, or the revenue for the Treasury from visa fees charged by our

consulates (104 million euros in 2013).

Italian economic diplomacy has boosted its efforts to support

internationalisation and the flow of information to the business community

(8,064 tenders announced and 10,464 readers of the Diplomazia Economica

Italiana newsletter). This has been achieved through initiatives to coordinate the

“country system” and a new exercise to map the regions, sectors and

opportunities with potential for Italian businesses interested in operating abroad.

The number of Italians registered with our consular registry offices grew by

3.6%, with related services growing even more strongly (an increase of 17.5%


in the number of passports issued, and of 5.5% in civil status certificates), for a

population of 4,828,279 Italians living abroad. In an economic climate where

people are less willing to spend on culture and leisure activities, the network of

Italian Cultural Institutes has increased and diversified its range of Italian

language courses (by 9%) to attract new segments of the public into its premises,

classrooms, libraries and exhibition spaces.

The many activities of the MfAIC and its diplomatic-consular network would

not emerge in their full visual dimension without effective communication. 2013

saw important innovations in the farnesina website, which received over 5

million visits. The site is a transparent “box” of immediate, multi-media content

that focuses each day on the work the foreign Minister, priority foreign policy

issues and information for citizens and businesses.

In 2013, the process of increasing the use of information technology and

reducing paper flows in the work of the Ministry produced cost savings and

helped simplify our administrative procedures.

The figures regarding human resources are less comforting. The number of

permanent staff has been reduced by 21% over the last 10 years, and our

diplomatic-consular network has seen the loss of 25 missions since 2004. This

has only partly been offset by the presence of a stable contingent of locally-

engaged staff in our missions abroad.

Although the data are not included in this publication, it should be noted

that many of the results and success stories illustrated in the following pages

were achieved through the over 300,000 additional hours put in by the women

and men of the farnesina.

These facts and figures go to press as the Ministry of foreign Affairs and

International Cooperation is gearing up for Italy’s semester in the presidency of

the European Union, in a situation of limited financial resources. But our

Ministry’s ambition is to undertake its new commitments and to represent Italy

with the efficiency and innovative spirit of an administration that is ready for

change and the challenges it poses.

May 2014

Michele Valensise

secretary general


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ChApTer 1 - orgAniSATion And reSourCeS

introduction 15

organisation 21

Table 1.1 Network of missions abroad by type 21Table 1.2 Embassies by geographical area 21Table 1.3 Consulates by geographical area 22Table 1.4 Italian Cultural Institutes by geographical area 22

human resources 23

Table 1.5 MfAIC human resources 23Table 1.6 permanent staff by classification 23Table 1.7 Total staff abroad by gender and classification 24Table 1.8 Embassies: total staff abroad by gender

and geographical area 25Table 1.9 Consulates: total staff abroad by gender

and geographical area 26Table 1.10 permanent missions: total staff abroad by gender 27Table 1.11 Italian Cultural Institutes: total staff abroad by gender

and geographical area 28Table 1.12 Diplomatic service: personnel requirement and current staff 29Table 1.13 Diplomatic service: current staff by rank and gender 29Table 1.14 recruitment of diplomats 30Table 1.15 recruitment of diplomats by university degree 30

financial resources 31

Table 1.16 Italian national budget and MfAIC budget 31Table 1.17 Expenditure for missions and programmes (2014) 32

other data 33

Table 1.18 Digital farnesina 33Table 1.19 green farnesina 33

Chapter 2 - aCtivities and serviCes

introduction 37

international relations 46

Table 2.1 Diplomatic representations accredited in rome 46

Table 2.2 Official visits to Italy by heads of state, heads of government,

Ministers for foreign Affairs and heads of International

Organisations 46

Table 2.3 Official visits to Italy by geographical area 46

Table 2.4 Visits and meetings abroad by the president of the Italian republic,

the prime Minister and the Minister for foreign Affairs 47

Table 2.5 Visits abroad by geographical area 47

Table 2.6 Meetings abroad by the president of the Italian republic,

the prime Minister and the Minister for foreign Affairs 48

Table 2.7 Agreements signed by Italy 48

Table 2.8 legal procedures against Italy promoted by the European

Court for human rights 48

Table 2.9 Disputes before the Court of Justice of the EU 49

promotion of the italian language and culture 49

Table 2.10 Italian schools abroad by type and geographical area 49

Table 2.11 Italian and non-Italian schools abroad by level

and geographical area 50

Table 2.12 Italian language courses and teaching of Italian 51

Table 2.13 Italian language courses offered by Italian Cultural Institutes 52

Table 2.14 scholarships granted to foreign students: monthly installments

by geographical area (Cultural Cooperation) 52

Table 2.15 Italian language in the World Week 53

Table 2.16 farnesina Art Collection 53

italians abroad 54

Consular registry

Table 2.17 Consular registry: Italians registered by gender


Table 2.17.1 Italians registered in Consular registry: European Union 54

Table 2.17.2 Italians registered in Consular registry: Europe (non-EU) 56

Table 2.17.3 Italians registered in Consular registry: the Americas 57

Table 2.17.4 Italians registered in Consular registry: the Mediterranean

and M.E. 59

Table 2.17.5 Italians registered in Consular registry: sub-saharan Africa 60

Table 2.17.6 Italians registered in Consular registry: Asia and Oceania 61

Table 2.18 Italians registered in Consular registry - 15 largest Communities 62


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Main consular services

Table 2.19 Main consular services by type and geographical area 63

italian prisoners abroad

Table 2.20 Italian prisoners abroad: situation by judicial position


visa services 64

Table 2.21 Entry visas by geographical area 64

Table 2.21.1 Entry visas by geographical area: European Union 65

Table 2.21.2 Entry visas by geographical area: Europe (non-EU) 66

Table 2.21.3 Entry visas by geographical area: the Americas 66

Table 2.21.4 Entry visas by geographical area: Mediterranean

and Middle East 67

Table 2.21.5 Entry visas by geographical area: sub-saharan Africa 68

Table 2.21.6 Entry visas by geographical area: Asia and Oceania 69

Table 2.22 Entry visas according to type of visa 70

Table 2.23 Entry visas: top 20 countries for number of issued visas 72

development Cooperation 73

Table 2.24 MfAIC commitments and disbursements by geographical area 73

Table 2.25 Top 20 recipients in decreasing order of commitments 74

Table 2.26 Top 20 recipients in decreasing order of disbursements 75

debt restructuring and cancellation

Table 2.27 Bilateral debt restructuring/cancellation agreements

signed by Italy 76

Table 2.28 Bilateral debt conversion agreements signed by Italy 76

Table 2.29 Bilateral agreements on early debt repayment signed by Italy 77

Table 2.30 foreign debt cancelled by Italy 77

Communication and information 78

Table 2.31 press and Institutional Communication service 78

Table 2.32 public Information Desk 78

Table 2.33 (a) Website: accesses by geographical origin 78

Table 2.33 (b) Website: page views of thematic channels 79

Table 2.33 (c) Website: page views in the most-visited sections 79

Table 2.34 library and diplomatic archives users 79


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economic diplomacy 80

Table 2.35 MfAIC commercial offices and ICE offices 80Table 2.36 News and advance notice of tenders and contracts 81Table 2.37 Information services for Italian businesses seeking

to internationalise 81

other data

Table 2.38 patronages granted by the MfAIC 82

ChApTer 3 – oTher CounTrieS

introduction 85

Table 3.1 summary overview 86

organisation 86

Table 3.2 Network abroad 86

human resources 87

Table 3.3 permanent and other staff 87Table 3.4 human resources: central headquarters (hQ) and abroad 87

financial resources 88

Table 3.5 MfA budget, gDp, Total general government expenditure 88Table 3.6 ODA funds 88Table 3.7 Disbursements of Official Development Assistance: percentage

of gross National Income 89

other data 89

Table 3.8 Contributions to the UN ordinary budget: percentage of total UN budget 89

Table 3.9 Contributions to the European Union budget 90Table 3.10 schengen Agreement: visas from member states 90


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inTroduCTion

The statistical yearbook is produced by the statistics Office of the general

secretariat, which coordinates, analyses and processes the data gathered from

the various offices of the Ministry of foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation (MfAIC).

The MfAIC is a member of the National statistics system (sIsTAN) and, as

such, produces official statistics.

MeThodologiCAl noTeS

u the data refer to the situation at 31 December;

u unless otherwise specified, the tables refer to 2013;

u percentage changes are calculated on the previous year;

u a dash (-) and an empty space indicate that the phenomenon does not existor that no cases have been found; NA indicates that no data are available;

u percentages are rounded-off; this means that totals of percentage valuesmay in some cases not be equal to 100;

u in the tables, countries and missions are listed in alphabetical order;

u for 2013, the comparison of the different geographical regions takes intoaccount Croatia’s access to the European union and resulting departure fromthe “non-EU” area;

u the main abbreviations and acronyms used in the publication are listed, inalphabetical order, in Table A;

u countries, classified in 6 areas, are listed in alphabetical order in Table B.


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TAble A – liST of AbbreviATionS

ACronYM full nAMe

Ceri diplomatic protocol of the italian republic

dgAi directorate general for Administration and iCT

dgAp directorate general for political Affairs and Security

dgCS directorate general for development Cooperation

dgeu directorate general for the european union

dgiT directorate general for italians Abroad and Migration policies

dgSp directorate general for Country promotion

dgMo directorate general for global Affairs

dgri directorate general for human resources, budget and

innovation

iSpe office of the inspector general of the Ministry and its Missions

Abroad

pCM office of the prime Minister

Segr general Secretariat

STAM press and institutional Communication Service

SgCT Service for legal Affairs, diplomatic disputes and international

Agreements

ACronYM full nAMe

Adb Asian development bank

Afdb African development bank

biS bank for international Settlements

Cern european organisation for nuclear research

ebrd european bank for reconstruction and development

eCb european Central bank

eib european investment bank

eMbl european Molecular biology laboratory

epo european patent office

eSA european Space Agency

eSo european Southern observatory

eu european union

fAo food and Agriculture organisation

iAeA international Atomic energy Agency

iCC international Criminal Court

idb inter-American development bank

ifAd international fund for Agricultural development

ilo international labour organisation

iMf international Monetary fund

ioM international organisation for Migration

nAMSA nATo Maintenance and Supply Agency

nATo north Atlantic Treaty organisation

oeCd organisation for economic Cooperation and development

opCw organisation for the prohibition of Chemical weapons


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OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

UN United Nations

UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP UN Development Programme

UNEP UN Environment Programme

UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UN HCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF UN Children’s Fund

UN ICTY UN International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia

UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organisation

UN ODC UN Office for Drug and Crime

UN OHCHR UN Office for High Commissioner for Human Rights

WB World Bank

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation

TABlE B – COUNTRIES ACCORDINg TO gEOgRAPHICAl AREAS

EUROPEAN UNION

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia,Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, latvia, lithuania,luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, romania, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

EUROPE, NON EU

Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, russian Federation, Island,Kosovo, liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway,San Marino, Serbia, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Switzerland, Turkey,Ukraine, Vatican City.

THE AmERICAS

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Cuba, Dominica,Dominican republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, SaintKitts and Nevis, Saint lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela.

mEDITERRANEAN AND mIDDlE EAST

Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, lebanon, libya,Morocco, Oman, Palestine*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United ArabEmirates, Yemen.

*The use of this name cannot be interpreted as a recognition of the State of Palestine by the Italian Governmentand does not affect the Italian Government’s position on this subject.

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,Central African republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic republic of Congo,Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea Bissau,Guinea Equatorial, Kenya, lesotho, liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, republic ofCongo, rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra leone,Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

ASIA AND OCEANIA

Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei,Cambodia, Cook Islands, Comoros, Democratic People’s republic of Korea,Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Korea, laos, Malaysia, Maldives, MarshallIslands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau,Papua New Guinea, People’s republic of China, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore,Solomon Islands, Sri lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor leste, Tonga,Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

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orgAniSATion And reSourCeS

sTATIsTICAl yEArBOOK 2014 - ChApTEr 1

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inTroduCTion

organisation

The organisational chart shown below illustrates the MfAIC’s structure:


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Our network of missions abroad is composed of embassies, permanent

missions, special diplomatic representations, consulates and Italian cultural

institutes, for a total of 313 at 31 December 2013. This compares with 319 in

December 2012. The reduction, the result of the closure of 8 consulates (7 of

which in Europe and 1 in the Mediterranean region), was partly offset by the

opening of 2 new consulates in Asia. The reorganisation of the diplomatic-

consular network in recent years has continued under recent legislative provisions

(legislative Decree 95/2012 on the spending review), as part of a broader

adaptation of foreign policy priorities to the changing geopolitical context.

The following figure shows the breakdown by region (figure 1.1):

figure 1.1 – neTwork AbroAd bY TYpe And geogrAphiCAl AreA

Of the 127 embassies abroad, 27 are located in the European Union (a

figure that now includes the Italian embassy in Croatia), 23 in Asia and

Oceania, 21 in the Americas, 21 in sub-saharan Africa, 17 in Europe (non-

EU) and 18 in the Mediterranean and Middle East.

figure 1.2 – eMbASSieS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA


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In the case of consulates (figure 1.3), 21 are located in the European Union,

10 in non-EU European countries, 31 in the Americas, 14 in Asia and Oceania,

7 in the Mediterranean and Middle East and 3 in sub-saharan Africa.

figure 1.3 – ConSulATeS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA

Italian Cultural Institutes show a similar breakdown, with 37 in the European

Union and 9 in non-EU European countries, followed by the Americas, with 19;

Asia and Oceania, with 12; the Mediterranean and Middle East, with 10; and

sub-saharan Africa, with 3 cultural institutes.

figure 1.4 – iTAliAn CulTurAl inSTiTuTeS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA


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huMAn reSourCeS

At 31 December 2013, the MfAIC had 4,103 permanent employees. To

these should be added the 2,444 locally-engaged staff working in missions

abroad and Italian Cultural Institutes, and the 90 employees in the Development

Cooperation Directorate’s local Technical Units.

In addition, 782 full-time equivalent staff seconded from other government

departments work in the Ministry in rome and in its missions abroad.

2013 continued the trend of falling personnel numbers (3% down on 2012).

This can be explained by natural wastage, with staff leaving the service not being

replaced, against a background of spending restrictions affecting the farnesina.

The downward trend in permanent staff numbers in 2004-2013 is illustrated

in the following figure, which reveals an overall reduction of 21.21% over the

ten years.

figure 1.5 – perMAnenT STAff

A breakdown by gender shows that at 31 December 2013 47% of the

MfAIC’s permanent staff were women and 53% men. This represents a slight

shift compared with 2012, when the figures were 46% and 54% respectively.

The position is reversed for locally-engaged staff, of whom 56% are women

and 44% men.

Overall, the breakdown of staff serving abroad (figure 1.6) is as follows:

30% in missions in the European Union, 14% in non-EU European countries,

22% in the Americas, 11% in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 15% in Asia

and Oceania and 8% in sub-saharan Africa.


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figure 1.6 – STAff Serving AbroAd

Financial resources

Tables 1.16 and following illustrate the financial resources allocated to the

Ministry of foreign Affairs under Italy’s Budget law.

The trend in the Ministry’s own budget is illustrated in figure 1.7.

If we include Official Development Assistance, the figure for 2014 is 1,815

million euros, a reduction of 1.2% on the previous year (1,837 million euros).

With Official Development Assistance excluded, the foreign Ministry’s budget

for 2014 amounts to 1,634 million euros. This shows a slight increase (1.5%)

on the figure for 2013.

The MfAIC’s budget for 2014 therefore represents, net of Official

Development Assistance funding, 0.20% of the national budget (figure 1.8), a

lower share than in 2013 (0.21%).

Figure 1.7 – MFaic Budget

Figure 1.8 – MFaic Budget: percentage oF the national Budget


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orgAniSATion

TAble 1.1 – neTwork of MiSSionS AbroAd bY TYpe

2011 2012 2013

Embassies 127 127 127 (1)

permanent Missions

to International Organisations 9 9 9

special Diplomatic representations 1 1 1

Consulates 92 92 86 (2)

Consulates general (I class) 9 9 9

Consulates general 57 54 56

Consulates (I class) 4 4 3

Consulates 18 18 15

Vice Consulates 1 1 0

Consular Agencies 6 6 3

Italian Cultural Institutes 92 90 90 (3)

ToTAl 319 319 313

source: Directorate general for human resources, Budget and Innovation

(1) includes Embassies currently non-operational: Mogadishu (somalia), reykjavik (Iceland), Nouakchott(Mauritania).

(2) includes Consulate general currently non-operational in Basra (Iraq).(3) includes two Cultural Institutes currently non-operational: Mumbai (India) and Baghdad (Iraq).

TAble 1.2 – eMbASSieS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA

geogrAphiCAl AreA 2011 2012 2013

European Union 26 26 27

Europe, non-EU 18 18 17

The Americas 21 21 21

Mediterranean and Middle East 18 18 18

sub-saharan Africa 21 21 21

Asia and Oceania 23 23 23

ToTAl 127 127 127

source : Directorate general for human resources, Budget and Innovation

TAble 1.3 – ConSulATeS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA








ToTAl 92 92 86


TAble 1.4 – iTAliAn CulTurAl inSTiTuTeS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA








ToTAl 90 90 90

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Human resources

Table 1.5 – mFaIc Human resources

Permanent staff from other non-permanent

staff (1) administrations staff (2)

HQ 1 873 446 123

Abroad 2 230 336 2 569

ToTal 4 103 782 2 692

Source: Directorate General for Human Resources, Budget and Innovation

(1) Includes personnel on leave, seconded and in positions of command

(2) Not included staff in service in schools and universities abroad; staff on contract as per Decree no. 18/67;ENIT contract staff; Italian Cultural Institute consultants and contract staff as per Law 401/90 and outsourcedpersonnel

Table 1.6 – PermanenT sTaFF by classIFIcaTIon

Diplomats administrative employees cPa Totaland cPa officers

2003 1 024 55 4 013 208 5 300

2004 1 014 51 3 942 201 5 208

2005 994 45 3 931 196 5 166

2006 983 42 3 806 190 5 021

2007 929 41 3 696 183 4 852

2008 935 49 3 674 194 4 852

2009 919 44 3 612 179 4 754

2010 909 41 3 457 165 4 572

2011 919 37 3 231 146 4 333

2012 923 48 3 104 140 4 215

2013 910 51 3 008 134 4 103

Source: Directorate General for Human Resources, Budget and Innovation

Includes personnel on leave, seconded and in positions of command.

CPA= Cultural Promotion Area

TAble 1.7 – ToTAl STAff AbroAd bY gender And ClASSifiCATion

Embassies 342 1 919 1 311 88 177 2 838

f 62 428 703 15 1 208

m 280 1 491 608 73 177 1 630

Consulates 68 8 607 820 9 34 1 546

f 11 3 316 490 2 822

m 57 5 291 330 7 34 724

permanent 81 108 75 42 8 314

Missions f 17 67 38 8 130

m 64 41 37 34 8 184

Italian 3 93 328 13 437

Cultural f 2 44 179 4 229

Institutes m 1 49 149 9 208

ToTAl 491 12 1 634 93 2 534 152 219 5 135

f 90 5 811 44 1 410 29 2 389

m 401 7 823 49 1 124 123 219 2 746

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TAble 1.8 – eMbASSieS: ToTAl STAff AbroAd bY gender And geogrAphiCAl AreA

geogrAphiCAl AreA

European 82 239 288 10 34 653

Union f 19 141 153 1 314

m 63 98 135 9 34 339

Europe, 49 144 185 12 26 416

non-EU f 9 65 109 2 185

m 40 79 76 10 26 231

The Americas 58 135 213 19 24 449

f 7 58 116 1 182

m 51 77 97 18 24 267

Mediterranean 53 140 218 16 38 465

and Middle East f 9 69 94 6 178

m 44 71 124 10 38 287

sub-saharan 36 103 177 12 30 358

Africa f 5 36 103 3 147

m 31 67 74 9 30 211

Asia and 64 1 158 230 19 25 497

Oceania f 13 59 128 2 202

m 51 1 99 102 17 25 295

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European Union 13 3 176 250 1 3 446

f 2 2 104 157 265

m 11 1 72 93 1 3 181

Europe, 8 1 103 100 1 6 219

non-EU f 1 61 50 112

m 7 1 42 50 1 6 107

The Americas 22 4 212 287 4 8 537

f 4 1 105 182 1 293

m 18 3 107 105 3 8 244

Mediterranean 8 32 41 3 8 92

and Middle East f 1 14 16 1 32

m 7 18 25 2 8 60

sub-saharan 3 14 26 4 47

Africa f 6 17 23

m 3 8 9 4 24

Asia and 14 70 116 5 205

Oceania f 3 26 68 97

m 11 44 48 5 108

ToTAl 68 8 607 820 9 34 1 546

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TAble 1.10 – perMAnenT MiSSionS: ToTAl STAff AbroAd bY gender

perMAnenT MiSSionS

Council of Europe 3 7 6 2 18

(strasbourg) f 5 4 1 10

m 3 2 2 1 8

NATO (Brussels) 7 9 6 1 23

f 2 5 3 10

m 5 4 3 1 13

OECD (paris) 5 10 3 3 21

f 2 6 2 1 11

m 3 4 1 2 10

fAO-IfAD (rome) 3 11 14

f 1 7 8

m 2 4 6

International 11 12 8 2 1 34

Organisations (geneva) f 2 10 5 17

m 9 2 3 2 1 17

International 7 6 9 1 1 24

Organisations (Wien) f 3 4 7

m 7 3 5 1 1 17

EU (Brussels) 29 35 21 29 3 117

f 5 22 10 6 43

m 24 13 11 23 3 74

UNEsCO (paris) 2 2 4 1 9

f 1 2 3

m 1 2 2 1 6

UN (New york) 14 16 18 3 3 54

f 4 9 8 21

m 10 7 10 3 3 33

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geogrAphiCAl AreA

European Union 5 1 40 1 158 205

f 3 1 25 89 118

m 2 15 1 69 87

Europe, non-EU 1 1 11 32 45

f 1 4 18 23

m 1 7 14 22

The Americas 1 1 23 73 98

f 7 38 45

m 1 1 16 35 53

Mediterranean and 1 5 26 32

Middle East f 1 11 12

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TAble 1.12 – diploMATiC ServiCe: perSonnel requireMenT And CurrenT STAff

rAnk requireMenT CurrenT STAff

Ambassador 24 24

Minister plenipotentiary 185 192

first Counsellor 214 225

Counsellor 247 200

first secretary 349 269

ToTAl 1 019 910


TAble 1.13 – diploMATiC ServiCe: CurrenT STAff bY rAnk And gender

rAnk 2011 2012 2013

f m ToTAl f m ToTAl f m ToTAl

Ambassador 1 30 31 2 29 31 1 23 24

Minister

plenipotentiary 17 193 210 15 201 216 14 178 192

first Counsellor 31 189 220 36 189 225 36 189 225

Counsellor 32 123 155 38 136 174 47 153 200

first secretary 87 216 303 87 190 277 89 180 269

ToTAl 168 751 919 178 745 923 187 723 910


TAble 1.14 – reCruiTMenT of diploMATS

2012 2013

f m ToTAl f m ToTAl

Applications 2 838 2 097 4 935 3 517 2 437 5 954

Candidates at the

end of pre-testing 563 568 1 131 659 651 1 310

Candidates at the

end of the written

examination 108 135 243 60 119 179

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to the oral

examination 20 23 43 13 29 42

recruited 15 20 35 12 23 35


TAble 1.15 – reCruiTMenT of diploMATS bY univerSiTY degree

2012 2013

f m ToTAl f m ToTAl

political science-

International and

Diplomatic sciences 12 10 22 11 20 31

law 1 8 9 1 1 2

Economics 2 2 4 2 2



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finAnCiAl reSourCeS

TAble 1.16 - iTAliAn nATionAl budgeT And MfAiC budgeT

MfAiC budget MfAiC budget (without odA)

fiscal italian Total % % of Total % % of year national change italian change italian

budget national nationalbudget budget

2010 801,798 2,076 1.5% 0.26% 1,749 1.5% 0.22%

2011 742,579 1,882 - 9.3% 0.25% 1,706 - 2.5% 0.23%

2012 779,043 1,684 - 10.5% 0.22% 1,598 - 6.3% 0.21%

2013 765,613 1,837 9.1% 0.24% 1,610 0.8% 0.21%

2014 825,093 1,815 -1.2% 0.22% 1,634 1.5% 0.20%

source: Directorate general for human resources, Budget and InnovationAmounts in million EuroODA= Official Development Assistance

TAble 1.17 - expendiTureS for MiSSionS And progrAMMeS (2014)

MiSSion progrAMMe AlloTTMenTS

Italy in Europe International protocol 6,764,873

and the World Development cooperation 243,558,667

Economic cooperation and international relations 41,551,930

promotion of peace and international security 479,658,849

European integration 78,215,261

Italian citizens abroad and migration policy 43,345,320

Country promotion 162,662,083

presence of state through diplomatic-consular missions 60,978,835

representation and services for citizens and businesses abroad 569,255,682

Administratives coordination in international spheres 13,811,612

Communication in international spheres 13,358,095

Institutional and general policy 11,273,029

services of public administrations services and general affairs 71,344,771

funds to be distributed funds to be earmarked 19,270,837

ToTAl for MiSSion

Italy in Europe and the World 1,713,161,207

Institutional and general services of public administrations 82,617,800

funds to be distributed 19,270,837

ToTAl 1,815,049,844

source: Directorate general for human resources, Budget and Innovation Amounts in Euro


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oTher dATA

TAble 1.18 – digiTAl fArneSinA

eleCTroniC ServiCeS 2012 2013 % ChAnge

Email (no. of mailboxes) 15,000 14,000 -7%

Certified electronic mail (pEC)

(no. of mailboxes) 678 736 9%

National service Charter (CNs) 2,243 2,105 -6%

files via @doc electronic platform 456,927 467,306 2%

source: Directorate general for Administration and ICT

TAble 1.19 – green fArneSinA

ouTpuT And SAvingS (*) 2012 2013

Electricity generated 37,445.04 43,393.37 Kwh

CO2-equivalent emissions 19,883.33 23,041.88 Kg

Estimated tree equivalents 2,585.00 2,996.00 N°

Avoided oil consumption 8,160.87 9,457.21 lt

source: Directorate general for Administration and ICT(*) In addition to the photovoltaic plant, other energy efficiency schemes were introduced and produced savings

of around 50,000 euro. These include lED lamps, remote control system for electricity switchboard and automaticswitch-off system for personal computers.


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ACTiviTieS And ServiCeS


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IntroductIon

The second chapter of the Statistical Yearbook is devoted to theForeign Ministry’s activities and services. The data and figures arearranged in eight sections:

• InternatIonal relatIons

• PromotIon of the ItalIan language and culture

• ItalIans abroad

• VIsa serVIces

• deVeloPment cooPeratIon

• communIcatIon and InformatIon

• economIc dIPlomacy

• other data

InternatIonal relatIons

other countries’ missions in Italy

A total of 358 foreign missions are accredited in rome, with 256heads of Mission actually residing in Italy (table 2.1).

Visits and meetings

Visits to Italy and visits abroad, and the international meetings inwhich the president of the republic, the prime Minister and the Ministerfor Foreign Affairs have taken part, are shown in Tables 2.2–2.6. Visitsby the president of the republic are the responsibility, in protocol andorganisational terms, of the Diplomatic protocol of the republicdepartment, in coordination with the Diplomatic Adviser’s Office of thepresidency of the republic.

The figures for 2013 show the customary busy visit schedules, whichtestify to country’s intense diplomatic relations activity at both the bilateraland multilateral levels.

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2013 once again saw an increase in the number of inward visits byforeign heads of state (up 41% on the 116 visits of 2011, and 28% on2012). The number of visits by heads of government, foreign ministersand heads of international organisations reduced, however (Table 2.2).

These variations can be explained by the need to restrict spending, theslow-down in international engagements resulting from electoralcommitments and to the various personalities’ own diary commitments.

figure 2.1 shows visits to Italy by heads of state, heads of governmentand foreign ministers.

figure 2.1 – viSiTS And MeeTingS

Agreements

In the same section, Tables 2.7 show the number of bilateral andmultilateral agreements signed by Italy (43), and entering into force (42),in 2013. The numbers were down on 2012.


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Judicial issues

Tables 2.8 to 2.9 illustrate the numbers of international legal actionsinitiated by or brought against Italy. In this edition of the yearbook,detailed information has been shown for disputes handled by theEuropean Union Court of Justice of the European Union (5 actionsagainst Italy, for infringements; 11 applications to have judgments orprovisions declared void).

proMoTion of The iTAliAn lAnguAge And CulTure

The section describing the promotion of the Italian language andculture includes data on the numbers of pupils enrolled in Italian schoolsabroad, scholarships awarded to foreign nationals, language coursesorganised by the Italian Cultural Institutes. The figures also illustrate thefarnesina Art Collection and events organised as part of “Italianlanguage in the World Week”, in sections recently added to theyearbook.

iTAliAnS AbroAd

This section includes information on Italian citizens living abroad andthe consular registry office system. It also provides data on the protectionand help provided for residents and tourists, emergency response action,consular services and assistance for Italian prisoners abroad.

Consular registries and consular services

The number of Italians living abroad and registering with consularregistries continues its upward trend, 4,828,279 in 2013.

The biggest Italian communities are in Argentina, germany,switzerland, Brazil, france and Belgium (Table 2.18). significant changeswere seen in the figures reported for the United Kingdom – where thenumber registered overtook the United states this year – and for spain,which rose with respect to Australia and Venezuela.


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Figure 2.2 – italian citizens enrolled in consular registries (2013)

The comparative analysis reveals an increase of 3.6% on the4,662,213 registered the previous year (Table 2.17) .

There are two contributing factors to this complex picture. first, Italiannationals moving from one consular district to another in previous yearhave been “captured” in the records. And second, they have becomeincreasingly mobile. In addition to the 316,122 new registrations,166,284 transfers between consular registries have been recorded, fora total of 482,406 changes of residence abroad (Tables 2.17.1 andfollowing).

The growing numbers of “mobile” Italians have new and differentneeds from those of Italian migrants who became integrated with theirhost communities longer ago. The new migrants are fuelling a growingdemand for consular and administrative services, which are described inTable 2.19.


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figure 2.3 – ConSulAr And AdMiniSTrATive ServiCeS

The number of Italian passports issued by the consular networkincreased by 17.5%, from 223,023 to 261,947, a figure that reflects,indeed exceeds, the increase in the resident population. similarly, the201,435 civil status certificates issued testify to the flow of registry serviceshandled by our consulates (up 5.5% on 2012). The number of identitycards issued was more or less unchanged (with a rise of 0.1% on 2012,to 68,173). shipping documents saw a significant increase on 2012, of17.2%, bringing the number issued in 2013 to 33,719.

The 9.2% reduction in the number of Emergency Travel Documents(ETDs) issued (14,739, compared with 16,231 in 2012) can beexplained by the overall downturn in foreign travel from Italy in 2013,whether for tourism or for business. This resulted in fewer reports of lostor stolen documents and applications for ETDs.

italian prisoners abroad

Table 2.20 shows the available information on Italian nationals heldin prisons abroad, broken down by legal situation and region. Thenumber of Italian prisoners abroad rose by 9.3% to 3,422, from 3,103in 2012. The rise was mainly concentrated in European countries (EUand non-EU).


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Visa serVices

Over 2 million (2,125,465) entry visas to Italy (Table 2.21) wereissued in 2013. This represented a 13.5% rise on 2012, a larger increasethan in previous years.

In terms of geographical breakdown (Table 2.21 and following),nearly 50% of the visas were issued in non-EU countries: 28% in Asia,12% in the Mediterranean and Middle East, and 4% in Africa and theAmericas. The russian federation again held the lead in the numbers ofvisas issued and applied for, followed by China, Turkey and India (Table2.23).

Figure 2.4 – entry Visas: top 20 countries by number oF issued Visas (2013)

Turning to the types of visa issued, 78% were for tourism, 9% forbusiness, 4% for family reasons and 2% for employment and education(figure 2.5). The biggest increase was seen in schengen short-staytourism visas. The number of business visas issued reduced slightly, whileemployment visas saw a more marked fall. This can be explained partlyby the economic situation and partly by the provisions of the “flowDecree” issued in late 2013.


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figure 2.5 – enTrY viSAS To iTAlY bY purpoSe

developMenT CooperATion

This section presents the most significant statistics concerning thedevelopment initiatives for which the Directorate general forDevelopment Cooperation is responsible.

As table 2.24 shows, official development assistance (ODA) pledgesand payments increased by 45.8% and 17.5% respectively on the 2012levels. It should be noted that aid credits are approved by theDevelopment Cooperation steering Committee but committed anddelivered by the Ministry for the Economy and finance.

In 2013, Afghanistan once again topped the list in terms of volumeof resources committed, followed by Tunisia, Mozambique, Ethiopia andsenegal (Tables 2.25 and 2.26).


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figure 2.6 – Top 10 CounTrieS of MfAiC odA 2013 (in deCreASing order

of CoMMiTTMenTS)


Tables 2.27 and following show the figures for bilateral debtrestructuring agreements signed on the basis of multilateral agreementsreached in the “paris Club” framework. They also provide information ondebt conversion and cancellation by Italy.

CoMMuniCATion And inforMATion

This section provides information on the Ministry’s communicationswith citizens, the press and media, and civil society

The work of the press and Institutional Communication servicecontinues to grow, as shown in Tables 2.31 and following. 2013 saw anincrease in the number of press releases and notes issued (466compared with 441 in 2012), while the visits, phone calls andcorrespondence handled by the Office for relations with the publicincreased by 12%. Visits to the MfAIC website, esteri.it, totalled5,539,360 (from Italy and abroad). A further breakdown of the flow ofvisitors to the site shows that there were 16,726,587 page-views by3,775,379 unique visitors – an expression of users’ diverse interests anddemand for information about the Ministry of foreign Affairs andInternational Cooperation.


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eConoMiC diploMACY

This section provides information on some activities of the commercialoffices of the Italian diplomatic-consular network, in coordination withthe operational units of the Agency for the promotion Abroad andInternationalisation of Italian Enterprises (ICE).

The farnesina’s “Economic Diplomacy” also consists of providinginformation on tenders, with 2013 seeing the announcement of 8,064tenders and 870 “early warning notices” of tenders and major projects.Table 2.37, which has been revised, illustrates the information resourcesprovided by the Directorate general for Country promotion to supportbusinesses seeking to internationalise. These include the “DiplomaziaEconomica Italiana” newsletter, which saw a 146% rise in subscribernumbers, and the infomercatiesteri.it website, a permanent “shopwindow” for opportunities abroad. The number of page views (688,234)is included in the yearbook for the first time this year.

The number of external initiatives deemed worthy of support andsponsored by the MfAIC also increased in 2013, by 8% (Table 2.38).


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inTernATionAl relATionS

TAble 2.1 – diploMATiC repreSenTATionS ACCrediTed in roMe

italy Abroad ToTAl

Italian republic (Quirinale) 139 38 177

holy see 82 64 146

International Organisations 34 34

special Missions 1 1

ToTAl 256 102 358

source: Diplomatic protocol of the Italian republic

TAble 2.2 – offiCiAl viSiTS To iTAlY bY heAdS of STATe, heAdS of governMenT,

MiniSTerS for foreign AffAirS And heAdS of inTernATionAl

orgAniSATionS

2011 2012 2013

heads of state 116 127 163

heads of government 49 72 68

Ministers for foreign Affairs 138 136 120

heads of International Organisations 33 46 4

ToTAl 336 381 355


TAble 2.3 – offiCiAl viSiTS To iTAlY bY geogrAphiCAl AreA

heads of state 49 27 27 22 28 10 163

heads of government 27 17 3 11 4 6 68

Ministers for foreign Affairs 20 14 28 35 14 9 120

ToTAl 96 58 58 68 46 25 351



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president of the Italian republic 11 3 6 4 4 1

prime Minister 10 16 30 17 46 13

Minister for foreign Affairs 33 47 36 48 16 37

ToTAl 54 66 72 69 66 51

source: Diplomatic protocol of the Italian republic, foreign Minister’s secretariat and prime Minister’s Office

TAble 2.5 – viSiTS AbroAd bY geogrAphiCAl AreA

president of the Italian republic 2 1 1 4

prime Minister 26 5 8 3 1 3 46

Minister for foreign Affairs 8 3 5 16

ToTAl 36 9 9 8 1 3 66



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president of the Italian

republic 1 1

prime Minister 6 1 2 4 13

Minister for foreign Affairs 18 2 1 2 14 37

ToTAl 24 3 3 2 19 51

source: Diplomatic protocol of the Italian republic, foreign Minister’s secretariat, prime Minister’s Office

TAble 2.7 – AgreeMenTS Signed bY iTAlY

2011 2012 2013

bilateral agreements

signed 56 68 35

In force 64 30 29

Multilateral agreements

signed 13 12 8

In force 9 4 13

ToTAl Signed 69 80 43

ToTAl in forCe 73 34 42

source: service for legal Affairs, Diplomatic Disputes and International Agreements

TAble 2.8 – legAl proCedureS AgAinST iTAlY proMoTed bY The europeAn

CourT for huMAn righTS

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

legal procedures 750 479 236 154 56

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TAble 2.9 - diSpuTeS before The CourT of JuSTiCe of The europeAn union

Section a) – Complaints regarding infringements (articles 258, 259 & 260

of the Treaty on the functioning of the european union – Tfeu)

2012 2013

Complaints against Italy 5 5

Total complaints 58 55

Section b) – Actions to have provisions declared void (Art. 263 and

following of the Tfeu)

2012 2013

Actions brought by Italy 19 11

Total actions 640 819

source: service for legal Affairs, Diplomatic Disputes and International AgreementsThe figures show the number of actions in the year under reference, taking into consideration the date the

initial action was filed

CulTurAl proMoTion And CooperATion

TAble 2.10 - iTAliAn SChoolS AbroAd bY TYpe And geogrAphiCAl AreA

TYpe

geogrAphiCAl AreA publiC privATe non- ToTAl

ACCrediTed

European Union 12 9 1 22

Europe, non - EU 4 15 3 22

The Americas 66 66

Mediterranean and Middle East 28 28

sub-saharan Africa 6 7 3 16

Asia and Oceania

ToTAl 22 125 7 154



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TAble 2.11 – iTAliAn And non-iTAliAn SChoolS AbroAd bY level And geogrAphiCAl

AreA

level

geogrAphiCAl AreA eArlY priMArY Junior high ToTAl

Childhood high SChool

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European Union 14 27 28 43 112

Europe, non - EU 3 5 9 15 32

The Americas 16 17 18 17 68

Mediterranean

and Middle East 7 7 7 7 28

sub-saharan Africa 4 5 4 3 16

Asia and Oceania

ToTAl 44 61 66 85 256

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TAble 2.12 – iTAliAn lAnguAge CourSeS And TeAChing of iTAliAn

CourSeS STudenTS enrolled

geogrAphiCAl

AreA

European

Union 2 245 2 111 38 4 394 44 381 14 452 390 59 223

Europe,

non - EU 683 388 5 1 076 7 363 4 374 65 11 802

The Americas 6 350 962 1 198 8 510 145 942 17 115 10 904 173 961

Mediterranean

and Middle East 5 5 22 22

sub-saharan

Africa 54 51 74 179 756 380 584 1 720

Asia and

Oceania 1 710 89 43 1 842 49 473 1 139 335 50 947

ToTAl 11 042 3 606 1 358 16 006 247 915 37 482 12 278 297 675

source: Directorate general for Italians abroad and migration policies

Italian language and culture courses abroad (under legislative Decree 297/1994, pursuant to law 153/1971),open to Italian and foreign nationals, are intended both for schools (pupils of compulsory school age) and foradults. About 75% of the courses are included in the school curriculum, mainly through agreements with the localeducational authorities. The others are organised outside the normal timetable, often as an introduction to thecurricular courses or to support the educational inclusion of the children of Italian nationals. Courses are run byprivate local organisations (the “Enti gestori”), which receive specific funding from the ministry for this purpose.They are taught by teachers recruited locally by the Enti, or by state-sector teachers sent from Italy.


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European Union 21 282 2 514 21 831 2 655 * *

Europe, non - EU 8 786 661 8 492 841 * *

The Americas 23 466 2 259 23 009 2 147 -1.9 -5.0

Mediterranean and

Middle East 5 785 544 5 081 918 -12.2 68.8

sub-saharan Africa 462 40 321 30 -30.5 -25.0

Asia and Oceania 10 992 1 377 10 812 1 484 -1.6 7.8

ToTAl 70 773 7 395 69 546 8 075 -1.7 9.2

source: Directorate general for Country promotion *In comparing geographical regions, Croatia’s accession to the European Union and departure from the non-

EU region should be borne in mind.

TAble 2.14 – SCholArShipS grAnTed To foreign STudenTS: MonThlY inSTAllMenTS

bY geogrAphiCAl AreA (CulTurAl CooperATion)

geogrAphiCAl AreA inSTAllMenTS

2012/2013 2013/2014

European Union 668 546

Europe, non - EU 253 208

The Americas 50 -

Mediterranean and Middle East 152 76

sub-saharan Africa - -

Asia and Oceania 444 590

ToTAl 1 567 1 420



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ToTAl evenTS 1 200


TAble 2.16 – fArneSinA ArT ColleCTion

2012 2013

“Doors open” days 4 3

Visitors 1 865 1 638

Works on display 439 397

Events abroad 5



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iTAliAnS AbroAd

Consular registry

TAble 2.17 – ConSulAr regiSTrY: iTAliAnS regiSTered bY gender

And geogrAphiCAl AreA

geogrAphiCAl 2012 2013 %

AreA ChAnge

f m Total f m Total

European

Union 835 641 986 211 1 821 852 872 170 1 026 374 1 898 544 *

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non - EU 295 546 321 216 616 762 295 445 323 008 618 453 *

The Americas 1 005 800 966 500 1 972 300 1 044 624 1 004 772 2 049 396 3.9

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and Middle East 18 685 21 199 39 884 20 015 22 879 42 894 7.5

sub-saharan

Africa 22 953 25 267 48 220 23 636 26 106 49 742 3.2

Asia and

Oceania 77 640 85 555 163 195 80 225 89 025 169 250 3.7

Total 2 256 265 2 405 948 4 662 213 2 336 115 2 492 164 4 828 279 3.6

source: Directorate general for Italians abroad and migration policies please be aware that Croatia joined EU in 2013

TAble 2.17.1 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: europeAn union

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Austria Emb. Vienna 11 271 12 808 24 079

Belgium Emb. Brussels 45 081 48 171 93 252

gen. Cons. Charleroi 82 045 90 871 172 916

ToTAl belgiuM 127 126 139 042 266 168

Bulgaria Emb. sofia 384 720 1 104

Croatia gen. Cons. rijeka 6 716 5 999 12 715

Emb. Zagreb 711 728 1 439

ToTAl CroATiA 7 427 6 727 14 154

Cyprus Emb. Nicosia 372 474 846

Czech republic Emb. prague 1 324 2 419 3 743

Denmark Emb. Copenaghen 2 520 3 595 6 115

Estonia Emb. Tallinn 71 220 291

finland Emb. helsinki 1 320 1 924 3 244

france gen. Cons lyon 40 210 41 283 81 493

gen. Cons. Marseilles 25 704 28 714 54 418


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gen. Cons Metz 35 426 39 057 74 483

gen. Cons. Nice 14 259 16 724 30 983

gen Cons. paris 62 538 69 651 132 189

ToTAl frAnCe 178 137 195 429 373 566

germany Emb. Berlin 9 545 12 985 22 530

gen. Cons. Cologne 52 482 64 556 117 038

Cons. Dortmund 25 949 31 839 57 788

gen. Cons. frankfurt 60 129 74 155 134 284

Cons. freiburg 22 511 26 599 49 110

gen. Cons. hannover 17 301 22 942 40 243

gen. Cons. Munich 46 541 61 034 107 575

gen. Cons. stuttgart 74 996 91 504 166 500

Cons. Ag. Wolfsburg 4 096 4 971 9 067

ToTAl gerMAnY 313 550 390 585 704 135

greece Emb Athens 6 359 5 340 11 699

hungary Emb. Budapest 1 215 1 687 2 902

Ireland Emb. Dublin 4 463 5 435 9 898

latvia Emb. riga 34 126 160

lithuania Emb. Vilnius 49 135 184

luxembourg Emb. luxemburg 12 774 13 517 26 291

Malta Emb. la Valletta 855 1 451 2 306

Netherlands gen. Cons. Amsterdam 17 201 20 797 37 998

poland Emb. Warsaw 1 577 2 574 4 151

portugal Emb. lisbon 2 587 3 086 5 673

romania Emb. Bucharest 1 543 3 321 4 864

slovakia Emb. Bratislava 357 842 1 199

slovenia gen. Cons. Capodistria 1 487 1 500 2 987

Emb. ljubjana 424 438 862

ToTAl SloveniA 1 911 1 938 3 849

spain gen. Cons Barcelona 29 975 39 159 69 134

Emb. Madrid 33 316 41 802 75 118

ToTAl SpAin 63 291 80 961 144 252

sweden Emb. stockholm 4 725 6 104 10 829

United Kingdom gen. Cons. Edinburgh 6 099 7 134 13 233

gen. Cons. london 103 628 117 983 221 611

ToTAl uniTed kingdoM 109 727 125 117 234 844

ToTAl 872 170 1 026 374 1 898 544

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TAble 2.17.2 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: europe (non-eu)

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Albania Emb. Tirana 316 498 814

gen. Cons. Valona 44 70 114

ToTAl AlbAniA 360 568 928

Belorussia Emb. Minsk 74 141 215

Bosnia

-herzegovina Emb. sarajevo 371 369 740

Kosovo Emb. pristina 27 46 73

Macedonia Emb. skopje 121 122 243

Moldova Emb. Chisinau 92 183 275

Monaco Emb. Monaco 3 335 4 034 7 369

Montenegro Emb. podgorica 111 167 278

Norway Emb. Oslo 1 871 2 438 4 309

russian

federation gen. Cons. Moscow 863 1 524 2 387

gen. Cons. st. petersburg 171 213 384

ToTAl ruSSiAn federATion 1 034 1 737 2 771

san Marino Emb. san Marino 6 466 6 269 12 735

serbia Emb. Belgrade 579 654 1 233

switzerland Cons. Basil 45 750 50 226 95 976

Emb. Berna 26 751 28 355 55 106

gen. Cons. geneva 62 521 66 573 129 094

gen. Cons. lugano 51 478 56 356 107 834

Cons. san gallo 26 161 29 469 55 630

gen. Cons. Zurich 65 903 72 629 138 532

ToTAl SwiTzerlAnd 278 564 303 608 582 172

Turkey Emb. Ankara 118 128 246

gen. Cons. Istanbul 1 478 1 475 2 953

Cons. Izmir 601 557 1 158

ToTAl TurkeY 2 197 2 160 4 357

Ukraine Emb. Kiev 239 491 730

Vatican City Emb. Vatican City 4 21 25

ToTAl 295 445 323 008 618 453



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TAble 2.17.3 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: The AMeriCAS

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Argentina gen. Cons.Bahia Blanca 30 471 27 771 58 242

gen. Cons.Buenos Aires 146 799 132 412 279 211

gen. Cons.Cordoba 42 884 40 399 83 283

gen. Cons.la plata 46 569 42 610 89 179

Cons. Ag. lomas De Zamora 26 457 23 169 49 626

Cons. Mar Del plata 24 677 22 163 46 840

Cons. Mendoza 27 387 25 706 53 093

Cons. Ag. Moron 27 442 22 824 50 266

gen. Cons rosario 67 675 59 321 126 996

ToTAl ArgenTinA 440 361 396 375 836 736

Bolivia Emb. la paz 1 673 1 716 3 389

Brazil Cons. Belo horizonte 10 630 10 858 21 488

Emb. Brasilia 6 014 6 413 12 427

gen. Cons.Curitiba 33 765 32 693 66 458

gen. Cons.porto Alegre 34 081 32 648 66 729

Cons. recife 5 802 7 356 13 158

gen. Cons.rio de Janeiro 29 217 29 229 58 446

gen. Cons.san paolo 87 021 82 197 169 218

ToTAl brAzil 206 530 201 394 407 924

Canada gen. Cons.Montreal 18 483 18 984 37 467

Emb. Ottawa 2 618 2 587 5 205

gen. Cons.Toronto 32 478 34 719 67 197

gen. Cons.Vancouver 10 682 11 275 21 957

ToTAl CAnAdA 64 261 67 565 131 826

Chile Emb. santiago 31 687 29 212 60 899

Colombia Emb. Bogotà 9 134 9 030 18 164

Costa rica Emb. san Josè 2 531 3 120 5 651

Cuba Emb. havana 1 363 1 554 2 917

Dominican rep.Emb. s. Domingo 3 788 4 526 8 314

Ecuador Emb. Quito 9 286 9 079 18 365

El salvador Emb. san salvador 1 327 1 358 2 685

guatemala Emb. guatemala 2 765 2 655 5 420

honduras Emb. Tegucigalpa 670 729 1 399

Mexico Emb. Mexico City 7 699 9 324 17 023

Nicaragua Emb. Managua 595 661 1 256

panama Emb. panama 2 772 3 223 5 995


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paraguay Emb. Asuncion 5 168 5 190 10 358

peru Emb. lima 17 393 16 175 33 568

U.s.A. gen. Cons. Boston 8 359 8 327 16 686

gen. Cons. Chicago 9 127 9 672 18 799

Cons. Detroit 7 611 8 177 15 788

gen. Cons. houston 3 549 3 921 7 470

gen. Cons. los Angeles 10 127 11 385 21 512

gen. Cons. Miami 12 191 14 051 26 242

Cons. Newark 8 168 9 355 17 523

gen. Cons. New york 30 058 32 806 62 864

gen. Cons. philadelphia 9 593 10 421 20 014

gen. Cons. san francisco 7 973 9 095 17 068

Emb. Washington 3 009 2 856 5 865

ToTAl u.S.A. 109 765 120 066 229 831

Uruguay Cons. Montevideo 56 391 51 407 107 798

Venezuela gen. Cons. Caracas 59 938 60 798 120 736

Cons. Maracaibo 9 527 9 615 19 142

ToTAl venezuelA 69 465 70 413 139 878

ToTAl 1 044 624 1 004 772 2 049 396



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TAble 2.17.4 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: MediTerrAneAn And

Middle eAST

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Algeria Emb. Algiers 289 523 812

Bahrein Emb. Manama 139 182 321

Egypt Emb. Cairo 2 394 2 504 4 898

Jerusalem gen. Cons. Jerusalem 1 324 1 284 2 608

Jordan Emb. Amman 480 509 989

Iran Emb. Teheran 189 198 387

Iraq Emb. Baghdad 13 40 53

Israel Emb. Tel Aviv 6 543 6 269 12 812

Kuwait Emb. Al Kuwait 192 257 449

lebanon Emb. Beirut 1 022 1 019 2 041

libya gen. Cons. Tripoli 361 429 790

Morocco gen. Cons. Casablanca 1 226 1 558 2 784

Emb. rabat 305 367 672

ToTAl MoroCCo 1 531 1 925 3 456

Oman Emb. Mascate 81 185 266

Qatar Emb. Doha 307 543 850

saudi Arabia gen. Cons. Jeddah 160 267 427

Emb. riad 211 444 655

ToTAl SAudi ArAbiA 339 611 950

syria Emb. Damascus 329 307 636

Tunisia Emb. Tunis 1 929 2 368 4 297

United Arab

Emirates Emb. Abu Dhabi 439 710 1 149

gen. Cons. Dubai 2 032 2 871 4 903

ToTAl uniTed ArAb eMirATeS 2 471 3 581 6 052

yemen Emb. sana’a 50 45 95

ToTAl 20 015 22 879 42 894



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TAble 2.17.5 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: Sub-SAhArAn AfriCA

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Angola Emb. luanda 116 197 313

Cameroon Emb. yaoundè 344 468 812

Congo Emb. Brazzaville 86 186 272

Cote d’Ivoire Emb. Abidjan 230 384 614

Dem. rep.

of Congo Emb. Kinshasa 336 410 746

Eritrea Emb. Asmara 331 315 646

Ethiopia Emb. Addis Ababa 815 927 1 742

gabon Emb. libreville 88 134 222

ghana Emb. Accra 229 406 635

Kenya Emb. Nairobi 926 1 125 2 051

Mozambique Emb. Maputo 311 435 746

Nigeria Emb. Abudja 105 297 402

gen. Cons. lagos 212 685 897

ToTAl nigeriA 317 982 1 299

senegal Emb. Dakar 623 873 1 496

south Africa Cons. Cape Town 4 612 4 384 8 996

gen. Cons. Johannesburg 11 048 11 171 22 219

Emb. pretoria 1 864 2 068 3 932

ToTAl SouTh AfriCA 17 524 17 623 35 147

sudan Emb. Khartoum 52 72 124

Tanzania Emb. Dar es salaam 323 411 734

Uganda Emb. Kampala 292 340 632

Zambia Emb. lusaka 348 436 784

Zimbabwe Emb. harare 345 382 727

ToTAl 23 636 26 106 49 742



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TAble 2.17.6 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY: ASiA And oCeAniA

CounTrY f M ToTAl

Afghanistan Emb. Kabul 21 35 56

Armenia Emb. Jerevan 27 57 84

Australia Cons. Adelaide 8 526 8 158 16 684

Cons. Brisbane 7 648 7 425 15 073

Emb. Canberra 1 516 1 597 3 113

gen. Cons. Melbourne 24 226 25 201 49 427

Cons. perth 7 644 8 030 15 674

gen. Cons. sydney 19 829 20 376 40 205

ToTAl AuSTrAliA 69 389 70 787 140 176

Azerbaijan Emb. Baku 28 57 85

Bangladesh Emb. Dhaka 85 146 231

georgia Emb. Tbilisi 37 58 95

India gen. Cons. Kolkata 45 64 109

gen. Cons. Mumbai 310 419 729

Emb. New Delhi 177 224 401

ToTAl indiA 532 707 1 239

Indonesia Emb. Jakarta 407 892 1 299

Japan gen. Cons. Osaka 331 635 966

Emb. Tokyo 808 1 434 2 242

ToTAl JApAn 1 139 2 069 3 208

Kazakhstan Emb. Astana 77 261 338

Korea Emb. seoul 138 268 406

Malaysia Emb. Kuala lumpur 269 492 761

Myanmar Emb. yangon 17 27 44

New Zealand Emb. Wellington 1 712 1 800 3 512

pakistan Emb. Islamabad 65 83 148

Cons. Karachi 41 45 86

ToTAl pAkiSTAn 106 128 234

people's rep. of China Emb. Beijing 432 831 1 263

gen. Cons. Canton 280 786 1 066

gen. Cons. hong Kong 1 119 1 743 2 862

gen. Cons. shanghai 1 007 1 854 2 861

ToTAl people'S rep. of ChinA 2 838 5 214 8 052

philippines Emb. Manila 610 741 1 351

singapore Emb. singapore 1 054 1 663 2 717

sri lanka Emb. Colombo 103 140 243

Taiwan DDs Taipei 166 273 439

Thailand Emb. Bangkok 1 287 2 895 4 182

Uzbekistan Emb. Tashkent 12 16 28

Vietnam Emb. hanoi 171 299 470

ToTAl 80 225 89 025 169 250



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TAble 2.18 – iTAliAnS regiSTered in ConSulAr regiSTrY - 15 lArgeST CoMMuniTieS

CounTrY f M ToTAl %

ChAnge

Argentina 440 361 396 375 836 736 4.4%

germany 313 550 390 585 704 135 2.2%

switzerland 278 564 303 608 582 172 2.3%

Brazil 206 530 201 394 407 924 5.2%

france 178 137 195 429 373 566 2.3%

Belgium 127 126 139 042 266 168 1.4%

United Kingdom 109 727 125 117 234 844 6.7%

United states of America 109 765 120 066 229 831 5.6%

spain 63 291 80 961 144 252 5.1%

Australia 69 389 70 787 140 176 2.3%

Venezuela 69 465 70 413 139 878 3.5%

Canada 64 261 67 565 131 826 0.2%

Uruguay 56 391 51 407 107 798 1.6%

Chile 31 687 29 212 60 899 1.2%

Netherlands 17 201 20 797 37 998 4.0%

Other countries 200 670 229 406 430 076 5.9%

ToTAl 2 336 115 2 492 164 4 828 279 3.6%



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Main consular services

TablE 2.19 – MaIN CoNsulaR sERvICEs by TyPE aND gEogRaPhICal aREa

gEogRaPhICal aREa

European Union 86 686 52 823 11 689 44 776 3 076 17 274

Europe, non - EU 30 748 15 350 805 13 905 1 155 1 935

The Americas 121 281 - 1 101 128 771 64 102 4 583

Mediterranean and M.E. 5 857 - 589 4 146 329 2 191

Sub-Saharan Africa 5 624 - 204 2 884 325 683

Asia and Oceania 11 751 - 351 6 953 2 442 7 053

ToTal 261 947 68 173 14 739 201 435 71 429 33 719

Source: Directorate General for Italians abroad and migration policies

Italian prisoners abroad

TablE 2.20 – ITalIaN PRIsoNERs abRoaD: sITuaTIoN by juDICIal PosITIoN aND

gEogRaPhICal aREa

gEogRaPhICal aREa IMPRIsoNED

awaiting for awaiting sentenced Total

extradition trial

European Union 18 2 146 461 2 625

Europe, non - EU 4 132 25 161

The Americas 9 317 164 490

Mediterranean and M.E. 3 36 20 59

Sub-Saharan Africa - 9 3 12

Asia and Oceania - 56 19 75

ToTal 34 2 696 692 3 422

Source: Directorate General for Italians abroad and migration policies

STATISTICAl YEArBOOK 2014 - ChApTEr 2

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2012 2013 % ChAnge

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Union 29 534 29 398 31 600 31 520 * *

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The Americas 87 335 82 859 86 914 82 779 -0.5% -0.1%

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and M.E. 255 104 245 006 284 329 259 896 11.5% 6.1%

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Africa 102 452 89 799 108 253 91 769 5.7% 2.2%

Asia and

Oceania 570 699 542 111 625 555 601 185 9.6% 10.9%

ToTAl 1 940 302 1 872 394 2 205 353 2 125 465 13.7% 13.5%

source: Directorate general for Italians abroad and migration policies In comparing geographical regions, Croatia’s accession to the European Union and departure from the non-

EU region should be borne in mind.


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geogrAphiCAl

AreA

TAble 2.21.1 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: europeAn union

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Austria 71 71

Belgium 40 39

Bulgaria 284 278

Croatia 1 014 1 013

Cyprus 1 286 1 285

Czech republic 33 33

Denmark 9 9

Estonia 1 1

finland 28 28

france 186 186

germany 667 667

greece 112 112

hungary 17 17

Ireland 1 688 1 688

latvia 1 1

lithuania - -

luxembourg 3 3

Malta 8 8

Netherlands 46 46

poland 30 30

portugal 39 39

romania 700 678

slovakia 5 5

slovenia 4 4

spain 212 210

sweden 35 35

United Kingdom 25 081 25 034

ToTAl 31 600 31 520



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TAble 2.21.2 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: europe, non - eu

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Albania 4 526 4 423

Belarus 45 210 45 118

Bosnia-herzegovina 1 258 1 248

Kosovo 14 996 12 198

Moldova 14 947 14 353

Macedonia 1 129 1 123

Montenegro 578 578

Norway 10 10

russian federation 775 305 770 605

san Marino 833 833

serbia 2 186 2 182

switzerland 66 65

Turkey 141 495 140 388

Ukraine 66 156 65 185

Vatican City 7 7

ToTAl 1 068 702 1 058 316


TAble 2.21.3 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: The AMeriCAS

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Argentina 656 656

Bolivia 1 689 1 592

Brazil 3 575 3 571

Canada 4 102 4 089

Chile 560 560

Colombia 11 232 10 561

Costa rica 119 119

Cuba 7 278 5 708

Dominican republic 3 715 2 639

Ecuador 6 421 5 990

El salvador 153 152

guatemala 92 92

honduras 62 62


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Mexico 1 318 1 311

Nicaragua 58 58

panama 194 187

paraguay 88 88

peru 7 600 7 414

United states of America 36 383 36 312

Uruguay 35 35

Venezuela 1 584 1 583

ToTAl 86 914 82 779


TAble 2.21.4 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: MediTerrAneAn And M.e.

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Algeria 20 452 14 173

Bahrein 2 320 2 320

Egypt 21 516 20 264

Iran 28 074 22 850

Iraq 5 625 5 420

Israel 964 961

Jerusalem 2 045 1 937

Jordan 5 019 4 795

Kuwait 11 087 10 837

lebanon 24 807 21 683

libya 11 944 11 575

Morocco 29 331 26 053

Oman 3 602 3 601

Qatar 5 548 5 466

saudi Arabia 63 087 62 248

syria - -

Tunisia 13 924 12 199

United Arab Emirates 33 752 32 487

yemen 1 232 1 027

ToTAl 284 329 259 896



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TAble 2.21.5 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: Sub-SAhArAn AfriCA

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Angola 3 547 3 402

Cameroon 5 079 3 503

Congo 1 348 922

Cote d’Ivoire 4 161 3 010

Democratic republic of Congo 7 597 4 657

Eritrea 1 742 1 186

Ethiopia 4 279 3 653

gabon 951 924

ghana 6 161 4 248

Kenya 4 372 3 716

Mozambique 1 037 1 027

Nigeria 14 846 11 361

senegal 8 913 6 518

south Africa 37 233 37 034

sudan 2 333 2 279

Tanzania 1 344 1 184

Uganda 1 724 1 571

Zambia 733 721

Zimbabwe 853 853

ToTAl 108 253 91 769



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TAble 2.21.6 – enTrY viSAS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA: ASiA And oCeAniA

CounTrY 2013

requested issued

Afghanistan 1 057 937

Armenia 11 282 10 804

Australia 3 096 3 096

Azerbaijan 8 344 8 129

Bangladesh 12 021 10 842

georgia 13 975 12 694

India 86 200 80 759

Indonesia 23 100 22 791

Japan 3 277 3 259

Kazakhstan 16 806 16 697

Korea 1 246 1 246

Malaysia 452 423

Myanmar 1 246 1 232

New Zealand 539 539

pakistan 17 915 12 201

people’s republic of China 352 401 346 739

philippines 22 941 21 493

singapore 2 209 2 200

sri lanka 12 669 10 949

Taiwan 459 459

Thailand 26 011 25 813

Uzbekistan 2 375 2 259

Vietnam 5 934 5 624

ToTAl 625 555 601 185



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TAble 2.22 – enTrY viSAS ACCording To TYpe of viSA

purpoSe YeAr uSv nv rTv ToTAl %

ChAnge

Adoption 2011 3 464 3 464 - 4.1

2012 2 012 2 658 4 670 34.8

2013 2 386 2 386 -48.9

Airport Transit 2011 655 449 1 104 18.3

2012 556 303 859 -22.2

2013 875 760 1 635 90.3

Business 2011 187 711 4 680 192 391 0.4

2012 196 131 6 648 202 779 5.4

2013 196 076 4 861 200 937 -0.9

Diplomatic 2011 1 179 1 179 10.7

2012 1 292 1 292 9.6

2013 1 499 1 499 16.0

Elective residency 2011 1 083 1 083 0.9

2012 984 984 -9.1

2013 1 005 1 005 2.1

family matters 2011 83 492 83 492 -8.5

2012 81 436 81 436 -2.5

2013 76 164 76 164 -6.5

health 2011 982 618 699 2 299 -25.9

2012 1 250 643 938 2 831 23.1

2013 1 113 691 576 2 380 -15.9

Invitation 2011 18 664 1 300 19 964 -10.0

2012 20 008 2 077 22 085 10.6

2013 17 118 2 310 19 428 -12.0

Mission 2011 12 850 6 812 1 453 21 115 7.8

2012 13 382 6 267 1 177 20 826 -1.4

2013 11 172 6 964 2 091 20 227 -2.9

re-entry 2011 3 441 3 441 -28.7

2012 3 518 3 518 2.2

2013 3 469 3 469 -1.4

religious matters 2011 4 818 3 756 111 8 685 16.0

2012 4 796 3 883 140 8 819 1.5

2013 3 917 3 913 619 8 449 -4.2


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research 2011 85 190 275 -

2012 48 371 419 52.4

2013 64 384 448 6.9

self-employment 2011 2 397 964 3 3 364 -19.2

2012 1 964 694 11 2 669 -20.7

2013 1 216 521 116 1 853 -30.6

sports events 2011 6 668 386 7 054 9.6

2012 5 512 262 5 774 -18.1

2013 4 778 252 5 030 -12.9

study 2011 9 469 39 905 568 49 942 -7.9

2012 9 136 40 211 453 49 800 -0.3

2013 10 436 41 466 596 52 498 5.4

Tourism 2011 1 157 535 25 736 1 183 271 16.5

2012 1 337 351 26 796 1 364 147 15.3

2013 1 631 292 25 783 1 657 075 21.5

Transit 2011 19 448 352 19 800 3.8

2012 19 310 548 19 858 0.3

2013 19 853 936 20 789 4.7

Transport 2011 21 693 21 693 -2.9

2012 19 009 3 19 012 -12.4

2013 16 145 7 16 152 -15.0

Voluntary 2011 33 95 128 17.4

2012 151 110 261 103.9

2013 183 117 300 14.9

Work as an employee 2011 3 853 86 307 323 90 483 25.0

2012 4 040 55 605 278 59 923 -33.8

2013 3 023 29 971 242 33 236 -44.5

Work holidays 2011 434 434 10.4

2012 432 432 -0.5

2013 505 505 16.9

ToTAl 2011 1 446 861 231 740 36 060 1 714 661 11.1

2012 1 634 656 198 104 39 634 1 872 394 9.2

2013 1 917 261 169 055 39 149 2 125 465 13.5

source: Directorate general for Italians abroad and migration policies - Uniform schengen Visas (UsV) are valid for all territories of the countries that have signed the schengenTreaty and may be for: A) airport transit; C) transit up to 5 days; D) short term journey up to 90 days. - long Term Visas or National Visas (NV) are valid for over 90 days in Italy and only for transit through schengen

Countries (no longer than 5 days).- restricted Territorial Visas (rTV) are valid only in Italy; in special circumstances they are also valid in other

schengen countries.


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TAble 2.23 – enTrY viSAS: Top 20 CounTrieS for nuMber of iSSued viSAS

2012 2013

russian federation 631 353 russian federation 770 605

people’s republic of China 285 885 people’s republic of China 346 739

Turkey 116 567 Turkey 140 388

India 78 581 India 80 759

Ukraine 53 614 Ukraine 65 185

saudi Arabia 49 433 saudi Arabia 62 248

Belarus 40 015 Belarus 45 118

U.s.A. 36 407 south Africa 37 034

south Africa 35 868 U.s.A. 36 312

Iran 35 192 United Arab Emirates 32 487

Thailandia 29 069 Morocco 26 053

Morocco 28 398 Thailandia 25 813

philippines 25 784 United Kingdom 25 034

Indonesia 24 617 Iran 22 850

United Kingdom 24 472 Indonesia 22 791

Egypt 20 734 lebanon 21 683

United Arab Emirates 20 197 philippines 21 493

lebanon 19 105 Egypt 20 264

Moldova 16 393 Kazakhstan 16 697

Bangladesh 15 658 Moldova 14 353

source: data processed by statistics Office


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developMenT CooperATion

TAble 2.24 – MfAiC CoMMiTMenTS And diSburSeMenTS bY geogrAphiCAl AreA

geogrAphiCAl AreA 2013 (*)

grAnTS loAnS ToTAl

European Union C 148,854.10 148,854.10

D 224,281.64 224,281.64

Europe, non -EU C 3,702,204.82 4,450,152.71 8,152,357.53

D 4,916,265.12 4,450,152.71 9,366,417.83

The Americas C 9,222,909.14 3,016,680.87 12,239,590.01

D 9,155,243.71 3,016,680.87 12,171,924.58

Mediterranean and

Middle East C 38,136,752.05 18,748,193.50 56,884,945.55

D 34,876,897.40 18,748,193.50 53,625,090.90

sub-saharan Africa C 64,724,842.92 21,156,881.90 85,881,724.82

D 53,698,108.95 21,156,881.90 74,854,990.85

Asia and Oceania C 31,851,522.20 18,917,020.48 50,768,542.68

D 46,951,897.85 18,917,020.48 65,868,918.33

Indivisible C 77,473,723.35 77,473,723.35

D 73,687,178.87 73,687,178.87

ToTAl C 225,260,808.58 66,288,929.46 291,549,738.04

d 223,509,873.54 66,288,929.46 289,798,803.00

source: Directorate general for Development Cooperation - (*) provisional dataAmounts in EuroIndivisible indicates that the Development Aid programme concerns projects involving more than one country

of the same area C = Commitments; D = Disbursements


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TAble 2.25 - Top 20 reCipienTS in deCreASing order of CoMMiTMenTS

CounTrY grAnTS+loAnS

Afghanistan C 24,573,829D 41,384,834

Tunisia C 17,736,945D 15,967,647

Mozambique C 15,252,572D 15,416,548

Ethiopia C 15,050,100D 6,262,186

senegal C 13,726,067D 13,763,473

lebanon C 12,462,128D 12,586,099

pakistan C 11,125,869D 11,122,465

ghana C 10,310,084D 10,523,808

palestine C 9,787,371D 7,537,543

philippines C 6,802,667D 6,958,387

Albania C 6,514,421D 6,272,038

syria C 6,129,778D 5,865,693

somalia C 5,623,271D 4,266,354

Iraq C 4,455,284D 5,948,208

sudan C 3,416,668D 2,968,267

Myanmar C 3,405,621D 2,080,715

Bolivia C 3,240,834D 1,944,928

south sudan C 3,088,183D 2,023,800

Burkina faso C 3,012,942D 1,272,569

Jordan C 3,010,309D 1,058,320

source: Directorate general for Development Cooperation provisional data – amounts in EuroC = Commitments; D = Disbursements


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TAble 2.26 – Top 20 reCipienTS in deCreASing order of diSburSeMenTS

CounTrY grAnTS+loAnS

Afghanistan C 24,573,829 D 41,384,834

Tunisia C 17,736,945 D 15,967,647

Mozambique C 15,252,572 D 15,416,548

senegal C 13,726,067 D 13,763,473

lebanon C 12,462,128 D 12,586,099

pakistan C 11,125,869 D 11,122,465

ghana C 10,310,084 D 10,523,808

palestine C 9,787,371 D 7,537,543

philippines C 6,802,667 D 6,958,387

Albania C 6,514,421 D 6,272,038

Ethiopia C 15,050,100 D 6,262,186

Iraq C 4,455,284 D 5,948,208

syria C 6,129,778D 5,865,693

south Africa C 804,036 D 4,767,013

somalia C 5,623,271 D 4,266,354

sudan C 3,416,668 D 2,968,267

honduras C 2,695,832 D 2,697,170

Tanzania C 1,481,172 D 2,618,346

Egypt C 2,104,446D 2,213,907

Cuba C 2,328,592D 2,024,611

source: Directorate general for Development Cooperation provisional data – amounts in EuroC = Commitments; D = Disbursements


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TAble 2.27 - bilATerAl debT reSTruCTuring/CAnCellATion AgreeMenTS Signed

bY iTAlY


European Union

Europe, non - EU

The Americas

Mediterranean and Middle East

sub-saharan Africa 3 522,10 1 49,85

Asia and Oceania 1 4,80

ToTAl 3 522,10 1 49,85 1 4,80

source: Directorate general for global Affairs – amounts in million EuroThe tables containing debt data only concern bilateral agreements signed by Italy in the framework of “paris

Club” multilateral agreements, with the sole exception of ODA debt conversion agreements.

TAble 2.28 - bilATerAl debT ConverSion AgreeMenTS Signed bY iTAlY

AMounTS

2011 Albania 20,0

Algeria 10,0

Jordan 16,0

ToTAl 46,0

2012 Egypt 75,8

philippines 2,9

ToTAl 78,7

2013 Myanmar 2,3

Morocco 15,0

ToTAl 17,3

source: Directorate general for global Affairs – amounts in million EuroBilateral agreements regarding conversion of debt arising from aid credits to fund development projects.


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source Directorate general for global Affairs - amounts in million Euro

TAble 2.30 - foreign debT CAnCelled bY iTAlY

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2011 Comore 0,8

Democratic republic of Congo 519,3

Togo 2,0

ToTAl 522,1

2012

Cote d’Ivoire 49,9

ToTAl 49,9

2013

Myanmar 2,4

ToTAl 2,4

source: Directorate general for global Affairs - amounts in million Euro


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CoMMuniCATion And inforMATion

TAble 2.31 – preSS And inSTiTuTionAl CoMMuniCATion ServiCe

2011 2012 2013

press releases 339 293 311

press notes 65 13 31

press service notices 115 135 124

ToTAl 519 441 466

source: press and institutional Communication service

TAble 2.32 – publiC inforMATion deSk

2011 2012 2013

Visits 367 649 826

Telephone calls 2 022 (*) 12 757 17 015

fax, letters and E-mail 17 324 21 430 21 233

ToTAl 19 713 34 836 39 074

source: press and institutional Communication service(*) partial data

TAble 2.33 – webSiTe www.eSTeri.iT

Section a) accesses by geographical origin

2012 2013 % change

Italy 3 266 495 3 642 844 12%

Abroad 1 387 270 1 896 516 37%

ToTAl 4 653 765 5 539 360 19%

Total page views * 16 726 587

Unique visitors * 3 775 379

source: press and institutional Communication service


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Section b) page views of thematic channels

2012 2013 % change

farnesina flickr * 138 758

farnesina youtube * 190 708

Viaggiare sicuri

(safe Travelling) * 11 890 110 18 100 143 52%

Section c) page views in the most-visited sections

2012 2013 % change

Opportunities 3 012 875 3 390 441 13%

services 765 003 1 836 954 140%

Information 712 345 939 771 32%

News 335 876 550 080 64%

Audio-visual/photos (1) 254 934 222 654 -13%

Travelling(2) 245 987 212 576 -14%

Crisis Unit (3) 198 716 143 216 -28%

Contact information 156 098 140 378 -10%

Italians in the world 98 451

Journalists’ section (4) 27 989 18 891 -33%

source: sTAM – Crisis Unit* figures shown for the first time in this edition of the yearbook(1) = for videos and photos please refer to the data on the farnesina youtube and farnesina flickr channels(2) = for information on citizens travelling abroad please see the website run by ACI and the Crisis Unit, which can be accessed directly from the esteri.it homepage(3) = decrease, since the information is now directly available through the search engine (4) = decrease, since most of the information for journalists is directly available through the esteri.it homepage

TAble 2.34 - librArY And diploMATiC ArChiveS uSerS

2010 2011 2012 2013

library 1 010 1 150 1 110 1 400

Diplomatic Archives 2 500 2 700 2 500 2 700

ToTAl 3 510 3 850 3 610 4 100

source: sEgr – Analysis, programming and historical-Diplomatic Documentation Unit


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eConoMiC diploMACY

TAble 2.35 – MfAiC CoMMerCiAl offiCeS And iCe offiCeS

geogrAphiCAl AreA MfAiC iCe

European Union 31 25 33 13 17 87 162

Europe, non - EU 16 17 13 12 7 59 96

The Americas 24 12 24 13 15 83 134

Mediterranean and

Middle East 13 15 16 16 12 60 103

sub-saharan Africa 16 8 12 2 2 7 29

Asia and Oceania 26 25 19 19 22 114 180

ToTAl 126 102 117 75 75 410 704

source: Directorate general for Country promotionICE = Italian Trade promotion Agency


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geogrAphiCAl diplomatic italian iCe Total

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abroad

European Union 885 166 121 1 256 35 2 262 201

Europe, non- EU 750 126 27 336 109 1 113 235

The Americas 352 45 182 1 427 167 961 213

Mediterranean and Middle East 927 110 16 11 728 1 1 671 122

sub-saharan Africa 292 23 3 49 295 72

Asia and Oceania 618 23 277 867 4 1 762 27

ToTAl 3 824 493 623 12 3 617 365 8 064 870

source: Directorate general for Country promotionICE = Italian Trade promotion Agency

TAble 2.37 – inforMATion ServiCeS for iTAliAn buSineSSeS Seeking To

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“diplomazia economica 2012 2013 % change

italiana” newsletter

Editions published 13 17 31%

subscribers 4 252 10 464 146%

“infomercatiesteri.it” platform * 2012 2013

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page views 688 234

source: Directorate general for Country promotion* figures shown for the first time in this edition of the yearbook


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2012 2013

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inTroduCTion

This chapter contains figures describing the farnesina’s networkabroad and the permanent staff and budgets of the foreign ministries ofa number of other European Union countries. The set of countriesillustrated has changed with respect to previous editions of the yearbook.

france, germany and the United Kingdom were selected to enable acomparison to be made with other European countries with highpopulation numbers, affinities in their foreign policy traditions and akeenly competitive approach in attracting inward investment and in theirtrade policies. The Netherlands were selected as a further term ofreference: while considerably smaller in terms of size and populationnumbers, it has historically been very outward looking.

The decision to use European countries meant that we could draw onEUrOsTAT sources for national budget figures. The data for respectiveMfA budgets were obtained, through our diplomatic missions, from theauthorities of the countries concerned.

As in previous editions, these figures are presented purely forillustrative purposes and are not meant to be “scientific”. reading andinterpreting the data from a strictly comparative perspective could bemisleading, given the inherent difficulties in comparing differentinstitutional frameworks, national accounting systems and humanresource management systems with all their different features1.

It is still interesting, however, to observe the “snapshots” of the foreignMinistries of other countries and their absolute values, as food forreflection on the “weight” afforded to foreign policy in individual nationalsystems.


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1 The national budget figures obtained from EUrOsTAT sources do not coincide exactly with national figures.This is partly because of the data-standardisation processes applied by EUrOsTAT, and partly because ofdifferences in the timing of the publication and consolidation of the data.

TAble 3.1 – SuMMArY overviewS

network permanent budget (1)

abroad staff

france 373 7 891 3 226

germany 386 6 750 3 486

Italy 313 4 103 1 634

Netherlands 144 2 590 1 346

United Kingdom 439 5 657 2 159

source: data from MfA’s(1) forecast Budget 2014 net of Official Development Assistance (in millions of Euro)

orgAniSATion

TAble 3.2 – neTwork AbroAd

france 162 16 4 91 100 373

germany 153 12 1 61 159 386

Italy 127 9 1 86 90 313

Netherlands 108 7 3 24 2 144

United Kingdom 157 8 12 69 193 439

source: data from MfA’s(1) Excluding honorary Consulates


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permanent other staff ToTAl

staff non from other

permanent administrations

france 7 891 5 267 1 060 14 218

germany 6 750 5 500 1 200 13 450

Italy 4 103 2 692 782 7 577

Netherlands 2 590 1 937 330 4 857

United Kingdom 5 657 16 013 3 749 25 419

source: data from MfA’s

TAble 3.4 – huMAn reSourCeS: CenTrAl heAdquArTerS (hq) And AbroAd

permanent staff other staff ToTAl

ToTAl hq Abroad ToTAl hq Abroad ToTAl hq Abroad

france 7 891 3 275 4 616 6 327 285 6 042 14 218 3 560 10 658

germany 6 750 2 100 4 650 6 700 - 6 700 13 450 2 100 11 350

Italy 4 103 1 873 2 230 3 474 569 2 905 7 577 2 442 5 135

Netherlands 2 590 1 659 931 2 267 53 2 214 4 857 1 712 3 145

United Kingdom 5 657 3 771 1 886 19 762 1 764 17 998 25 419 5 535 19 884

source: data from MfA’s


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finAnCiAl reSourCeS

TAble 3.5 - MfA budgeT , gdp, ToTAl generAl governMenT expendiTure

MfA budget gdp Total general % %(net of odA) government (1) (2)

expenditure

france 3 226 2 059 852 1 175 640 0.16 0.27

germany 3 486 2 737 600 1 223 130 0.13 0.29

Italy 1 634 1 560 024 788 987 0.10 0.21

Netherlands 1 346 602 658 300 029 0.22 0.45

United Kingdom 2 159 1 908 540 894 418 0.11 0.24

source: data from MfA’s - EUrOsTATsource: Budget forecast 2014 net of ODA (Official Development Assistance) in million Euro (1) = MfA Budget / gDp(2) = MfA Budget/Total general government expenditure

TAble 3.6 – offiCiAl developMenT ASSiSTAnCe (odA)

odA

france 8 249

germany 10 194

Italy 2 359

Netherlands 3 941

United Kingdom 12 966

source: OECD - amounts in million Euro


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TAble 3.7 – diSburSeMenTS of offiCiAl developMenT ASSiSTAnCe: perCenTAge

of groSS nATionAl inCoMe

2011 2012 2013 *

france 0.46 0.45 0.41

germany 0.39 0.37 0.38

Italy 0.20 0.14 0.16

Netherlands 0.75 0.71 0.67

United Kingdom 0.56 0.56 0.72

Average DAC 0.46 0.39 0.40

g7 0.27 0.25 0.27

source: OECD-DAC (April 2014 – net Official Development Assistance from DAC and other donors in 2013) * preliminary data

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TAble 3.8 – ConTribuTionS To The un ordinArY budgeT: perCenTAge

of ToTAl un budgeT

CounTrieS 2012 2013 2014

france 6.123 5.593 5.593

germany 8.018 7.141 7.141

Italy 4.999 4.448 4.448

Netherlands 1.855 1.654 1.654

United Kingdom 6.604 5.179 5.179

highest contributor 22.000 22.000 22.000

lowest contributor 0.001 0.001 0.001

source: UN


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TAble 3.9 – ConTribuTionS To The europeAn union budgeT

2011 % 2012 % 2013 (1) % 2014 (2)

france 19 617 16.35 21 296 16.45 23 379 16.66 21 796 16.27

germany 23 127 19.27 26 214 20.25 28 460 20.28 28 473 21.25

Italy 16 078 13.40 16 544 12.78 17 424 12.42 16 371 12.22

Netherlands 5 869 4.89 6 080 4.70 6 576 4.69 7 453 5.56

United Kingdom 13 825 11.52 16 178 12.50 17 356 12.37 14 694 10.97

Total contributions

of 25 members 119 995 100 129 430 100 140 326 100 133 960 100

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contributor 23 127 19.27 26 214 20.25 28 460 20.28 28 473 21.25

lowest contributor 66 0.06 69 0.05 78 0.06 75 0.06

source: European Commission – amounts in million Euro2011 - 2012 = final data (financial report 2011-2012)(1) = budget forecast updated to amended EU Budget no.8/2013(2) = budget forecast adopted

TAble 3.10 – SChengen AgreeMenT: viSAS froM MeMber STATeS

2011 % change 2012 % change 2013 % change

france 2 427 735 21.4 2 311 260 -4.8 2 471 220 6.9

germany 1 784 003 1.6 1 956 422 9.7 2 084 213 6.5

Italy 1 714 661 11.1 1 872 394 9.2 2 125 465 13.5

source: Directorate general for Italians abroad and migration policies and European Commission


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editing: federici&Motta srl

data are also available on the website of the Ministry of foreign Affairs

http://www.esteri.it/MAe/en/Ministero/pubblicazioni/Annuario_Statistico/


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