Table 5

Number of WCs, their employees and value added per sector (absolute and percent values)

SectorNo. of WCs and percentages*No. of employees and percentagesValue added (EUR)
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries2,24710.4% (0.5%)15,9053.1% (1.7%)332,416,917
Mining, energy and water1480.7% (0.7%)3,8660.8% (1.2%)166,771,223
Manufacturing1,8838.7% (0.5%)24,3744.8% (0.7%)996,221,447
Construction and real estate3,50016.2% (0.5%)50,2439.9% (3.0%)1,098,904,074
Wholesale and retail trade1,5567.2% (0.1%)39,4417.8% (1.2%)182,134,680
Transportation and storage3,15614.6% (2.7%)147,42129.1% (13.1%)3,807,728,312
Accommodation and food service activities1,1715.4% (0.4%)33,5006.6% (2.4%)493,519,957
Information and communication1,3006.0% (1.2%)5,9231.2% (1.0%)174,657,769
Professional, scientific and technical activities1,3046.0% (0.2%)15,4123.0% (1.2%)194,873,454
Administrative and support service activities3,12014.4% (2.0%)133,00226.3% (9.8%)2,693,735,485
Human health and social work activities3641.7% (0.1%)4,3340.9% (0.5%)98,461,644
Education4902.3% (1.4%)3,0600.6% (2.6%)63,060,332
Arts, entertainment and recreation8594.0% (1.2%)17,1293.4% (9.9%)199,517,133
Other services4602.1% (0.2%)12,0662.4% (2.6%)177,836,639
Others500.2% (0.1%)1710.1% (0.3%)5,711,460
Unclassified140.1%700.1%1,108,197
Total21,622100% (0.6%)505,917100% (2.8%)10,686,658,723

Note(s): Data available for 21,622 out of 23,989 WCs. *, in brackets, WCs as a share of all Italian active companies per economic sector. †, in brackets, the share of the Italian employees in WCs per economic sector

Source(s): Our elaboration on Aida-Bureau Van Dijk, Centro Studi Legacoop, CRMED and Eurostat data, November 2021

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