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Sources
Italy’s economy and artificial intelligence
Note 1
3.1%
The ICT sector’s share of Italy’s gross value added, the lowest in the European Union (EU average: 5.2%). The remaining 96.9% is generated outside the ICT sector.
The 96.9% is Morvik Group’s own calculation: 100 minus the 3.1% published by Eurostat. The ICT sector is as defined by the OECD and Eurostat (NACE 26.1–26.4, 26.8, 46.5, 58.2, 61, 62, 63.1, 95.1).
Note 2
1 in 10
Enterprises using at least one artificial intelligence technology: construction 10.4%, transport and storage 11.6%, accommodation and food services 11.7%; information and communication 51.3%. Average across all sectors: 16.4%.
The survey does not cover agriculture or financial services.
Note 3
+0.2–1.1 points
The annual contribution that artificial intelligence could make to labour-productivity growth in Italy over ten years: 0.2 percentage points with slow adoption, 0.7 with intermediate adoption and 1.1 with rapid adoption.
This is a scenario estimate, not a forecast. The same study does not yet find a significant effect on the productivity of individual firms.
Note 4
0.3%
The average annual growth of labour productivity in Italy between 1995 and 2024. The corresponding figure for the EU-27 is 1.5%.
Note 5
58.6%
Among enterprises that considered artificial intelligence but did not adopt it, the share citing a lack of skills among the reasons.
The first sector: civil justice
Note 6
1,789 days
The average time required to resolve a civil case in Italy, across all three instances.
Note 7
2.9 million
Civil cases pending in Italian courts.
Note 9
€111.7 million
Paid by the Italian State in 2025 to about 100,000 people in compensation for the excessive length of proceedings.
Access to justice
Note 8
900,000+
People who gave up a civil case in the last three years; for one in five (21.5%), the expected costs outweighed the anticipated benefits.
Note 10
28%
Only 28% of people involved in a civil case know what it will cost when proceedings begin.
Litigation funding
Note 11
0.8%
In 2019 litigation funding accounted for 0.8% of Europe’s legal-services market, about €1 billion, with a projected €1.6 billion for 2025.
The professions and artificial intelligence
Note 12
27.5%
Italian lawyers using artificial intelligence in their day-to-day work in 2025.
Legislation
Note 13
Law 132/2025
Italy’s artificial intelligence law of 23 September 2025: in the intellectual professions, artificial intelligence is permitted only as a supporting tool and clients must be informed (art. 13); in judicial activity, the interpretation and application of the law remain the responsibility of the judge (art. 15).