Italy
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
52.1composite, 0–100
30 / 45rank · 24 of 27 in EU-27
+3.4change since 2015, time-varying indicators
ItalyEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 56.5 | 27 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 38.4 | 42 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 76.5 | 11 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 52.9 | 28 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 36.0 | 40 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 52.1 | 30 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
ItalyEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Piano d'azione nazionale dell'economia sociale (Ministry of Economy and Finance): draft in public consultation 17 Oct–12 Nov 2025, presented to the Council of Ministers on 2 Jul 2026; metropolitan SE plans in Bologna (2024) and Turin (2025) · source | 1/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Economy and Finance (lead on National Plan) | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Not addressed | 0/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Third Sector legislation (social enterprise recognised within it) · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Legislative Decree 112/2017 on social enterprise (impresa sociale); Law 381/1991 on social cooperatives · source | 2/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 National Competence Centre for Social Innovation; proximity/SE cluster organisations (Torino Social Impact, MIND Milan); cooperative mutual · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 Not documented | 0/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Fondo Italia Economia Sociale (subsidised credit and grants for social enterprises); fund for financing activities of general interest (thir · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 54.2 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Italy: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/italy/