The annual ranking on the quality of life in the 107 Italian provinces confirms the dominance of the North, with Trento, Bolzano and Udine on the podium. The South remains at the bottom of the ranking, while some large cities show signs of improvement.
Walking at night feeling safeparticipate in sporting events, find work with less difficultyare daily experiences that are transformed into the parameters evaluated by Sun 24 Hours in the annual ranking on quality of lifetelling the well being from the 107 provinces Italian. Trent back in summit to the ranking, regaining the primacy lost in 2024: the capital of Trentino-Alto Adige reconfirms itself as a model to follow for services, environment and work and leisure opportunities, followed by Bolzano And Udine both on the podium. The domain of North in the ranking it is reaffirmed, with all the top ten positions occupied by northern provinces, while the Noon remains relegated in the background of the list which includes 107 Italian provinces.
The top 10 of quality of life
As Bolzano salt from third place of 2024 per second, while Udinewinner in 2023, remains among the excellences closing the podium. They follow Bologna in fourth place, gaining five positions compared to 2024, Bergamo which relegates to fifth after the record of the previous year, followed by Treviso in sixth place, Padua at ninth, returning to the top 10 after thirty years, and Beppe Sala’s Milan in the eighth, however penalized byhigh crime rate: it is one of the five with the most crimes in Italy, together with Rome. Verona to the seventh e Parma the best complete the tenth.
Who advances and who stays in the queue
Several metropolises have shown signs of improvement such as Rome which gains 13 positions, placing itself in 46th place, o Genoa which rises 11 positions, reaching 43rd place: a trend that highlights some progresswithout affecting the dominance of the smaller northern provinces.
In the’abyss of the ranking is placed Reggio Calabriaat the end of the 107 Italian provinces: the last twenty positions are almost occupied exclusively from southern territories such as Naples, Palermo And Syracuse. An Italy split in two, with the Noon which remains confined to its critical issues according to the parameters of the ranking.
The ranking indicators
The ranking is based on well 90 certified indicators which cover aspects such as economic well-beingthe market of Workthe environmental qualitythe Health of the population, the safety and the justiceand the cultural opportunities and recreational activities in their free time. Among the indices used there are also more specific parameters such as those of climateOf sportsmanship and of crime. The picture is completed by generational indices for the elderly, young people and children and the indicator Urban Ecosystem composed of qualityaircollection of waste And mobility.
Statistical data are combined with the perception of the quality of life on the part of the citizensshowing in which provinces it is easier to work with dignity, move without fear, take care of oneself and breathe cleaner air, and where instead gaps And shortcomings they remain.
