All things you need to know about living in the province of Ragusa
The province of Ragusa is home to 188 Argentinians: 0.06% of its 321,300 residents, across 12 comuni.
ISTAT counts 35,206 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 10.96% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (188), Germans (157), Venezuelans (139).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in the province has risen, from 51 to 188 (+269%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 12.8% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 9.7% outside the EU and 3.1% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6,999 | 2.18% |
| Albania | 6,280 | 1.95% |
| Poland | 533 | 0.17% |
| Ukraine | 509 | 0.16% |
| Argentina | 188 | 0.06% |
| Germany | 157 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 139 | 0.04% |
| Brazil | 136 | 0.04% |
| France | 98 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 78 | 0.02% |
| Malta | 76 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 74 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 62 | 0.02% |
| United States | 47 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 33 | 0.01% |
| Bulgaria | 30 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 27 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 21 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 17 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 16 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 13 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 13 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 12 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 12 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 11 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 11 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 7 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 7 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 7 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 6 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 5 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 4 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 2 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 280,027 | 87.15% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 10,052 | 3.13% |
| Born outside the EU | 31,221 | 9.72% |
Argentinians over time
Top 12 comuni by Argentinians share
- Ispica0.21%
- Giarratana0.20%
- Ragusa0.14%
- Santa Croce Camerina0.13%
- Monterosso Almo0.11%
- Pozzallo0.03%
- Chiaramonte Gulfi0.03%
- Vittoria0.02%
- Scicli0.01%
- Acate0.01%
- Modica0.01%
- Comiso0.00%
Quality of life (BES)
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Compare Ragusa with other provinces →See Ragusa against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
8 of Ragusa’s 12 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 67% of the province’s towns, but 30% of the people who live in it.
The two differ because the regime caps comune size: the towns it excludes are the biggest ones. Where you’d actually be living matters more than how many towns are on the list.
Which towns, and how the 7% pensioner regime works →Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 12 comuni of Ragusa are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)5
- Zone 27
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
Counts are comuni, not residents or land area. The zone is the legal classification each Region gave its comuni, not a forecast and not a verdict on any building. It has nothing to do with the 7% pensioner regime’s “seismic” routes, which depend on the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquake areas, not on a comune’s zone. See the map →