Foreign residents in Ragusa province

Sicilia · 12 comuni · Population 321,300 · 1,595 became Italian citizens (2024)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Ragusa is home to 188 Argentinians — 0.06% of its 321,300 residents, across 12 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 1,162 foreign residents in total, 0.36% of the population. The largest groups 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

NationalityCitizensShare
Argentina1880.06%
Germany1570.05%
Venezuela1390.04%
Brazil1360.04%
France980.03%
United Kingdom780.02%
Russia740.02%
Spain620.02%
United States470.01%
Belgium330.01%
Netherlands270.01%
Switzerland170.01%
Austria160.00%
Canada130.00%
Greece130.00%
Mexico120.00%
Sweden120.00%
Portugal110.00%
Ireland70.00%
Japan70.00%
Australia60.00%
South Korea40.00%
Denmark20.00%
Norway20.00%
Finland10.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, summed across every comune in the province.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy280,02787.15%
Born elsewhere in the EU10,0523.13%
Born outside the EU31,2219.72%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — see about the data.

Argentinians over time

Top 12 comuni by Argentinians share

  1. 1stIspica0.21% (34)
  2. 2ndGiarratana0.20% (6)
  3. 3rdRagusa0.14% (100)
  4. 4thSanta Croce Camerina0.13% (15)
  5. 5thMonterosso Almo0.11% (3)
  6. 6thPozzallo0.03% (6)
  7. 7thChiaramonte Gulfi0.03% (2)
  8. 8thVittoria0.02% (12)
  9. 9thScicli0.01% (3)
  10. 10thAcate0.01% (1)
  11. 11thModica0.01% (5)
  12. 12thComiso0.00% (1)

Quality of life (BES)

Province-level well-being, Italy’s official BES framework — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Quality of services

49th percentile avg
Medical specialists25.4 Per 10,000 inhabitants
36th · 2023
Overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage78.1 Percentage values
82th · 2024
Hospital beds in high-care wards2.3 Per 10,000 inhabitants
28th · 2022

Environment

37th percentile avg
PM10 Annual average concentration31 Microgram per m3
18th · 2023
Urban green22.6 M2 per inhabitant
43th · 2023
Electricity from renewable sources28.8 Percentage values
51th · 2023

Safety

36th percentile avg
Intentional homicide rate0.9 Per 100,000 inhabitants
24th · 2023
Burglaries reported219.4 Per 100,000 inhabitants
54th · 2023
Road mortality in non-urban roads5.4 Percentage values
29th · 2023

Health

35th percentile avg
Life expectancy at birth83.1 Average number of years
35th · 2024

Work and life balance

31th percentile avg
Employment rate (20-64 years old)64.6 Percentage values
31th · 2024

Economic well-being

27th percentile avg
Average disposable income per capita17,654
27th · 2023

Social relationships

12th percentile avg
Nonprofit organizations49.2 Per 10,000 inhabitants
12th · 2022

Education and training

8th percentile avg
People with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old)53.1 Percentage values
8th · 2024

Landscape and cultural heritage

6th percentile avg
Density and importance of musems' heritage0.1 Per 100 km2
6th · 2022

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Tax regimes

8 of Ragusa’s 12 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime67% 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

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