Foreign residents in Taranto province

Puglia · 29 comuni · Population 550,436 · 260 became Italian citizens (2024)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Taranto is home to 223 Germans — 0.04% of its 550,436 residents, across 29 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 1,146 foreign residents in total, 0.21% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (223), Russians (173), Brazilians (143).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in the province has fallen, from 226 to 223 (-1%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.5% of the province's population was born outside Italy — 3.0% outside the EU and 1.5% 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
Germany2230.04%
Russia1730.03%
Brazil1430.03%
United Kingdom1180.02%
Spain780.01%
France650.01%
Venezuela510.01%
United States470.01%
Switzerland430.01%
Greece350.01%
Portugal240.00%
Belgium230.00%
Argentina210.00%
Ireland190.00%
Netherlands150.00%
Austria120.00%
Mexico120.00%
Sweden110.00%
Canada90.00%
Finland50.00%
Japan50.00%
Australia40.00%
South Korea40.00%
Denmark30.00%
Norway30.00%

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

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy525,90595.54%
Born elsewhere in the EU8,0641.47%
Born outside the EU16,4672.99%

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

Germans over time

Top 25 comuni by Germans share

  1. 1stAvetrana0.41% (25)
  2. 2ndManduria0.31% (93)
  3. 3rdMaruggio0.14% (7)
  4. 4thMartina Franca0.07% (33)
  5. 5thPulsano0.06% (7)
  6. 6thFragagnano0.04% (2)
  7. 7thSava0.04% (6)
  8. 8thCarosino0.03% (2)
  9. 9thMontemesola0.03% (1)
  10. 10thSan Giorgio Ionico0.03% (4)
  11. 11thLaterza0.03% (4)
  12. 12thMottola0.03% (4)
  13. 13thCastellaneta0.03% (4)
  14. 14thPalagiano0.02% (3)
  15. 15thGinosa0.01% (3)
  16. 16thTaranto0.01% (21)
  17. 17thLizzano0.01% (1)
  18. 18thCrispiano0.01% (1)
  19. 19thMassafra0.01% (2)
  20. 20thFaggiano0.00% (0)
  21. 21stGrottaglie0.00% (0)
  22. 22ndLeporano0.00% (0)
  23. 23rdMonteiasi0.00% (0)
  24. 24thMonteparano0.00% (0)
  25. 25thPalagianello0.00% (0)

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.

Safety

46th percentile avg
Intentional homicide rate0.5 Per 100,000 inhabitants
61th · 2023
Burglaries reported151.9 Per 100,000 inhabitants
73th · 2023
Road mortality in non-urban roads8.9 Percentage values
4th · 2023

Quality of services

41th percentile avg
Medical specialists23.5 Per 10,000 inhabitants
13th · 2023
Overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage74.4 Percentage values
76th · 2024
Hospital beds in high-care wards2.5 Per 10,000 inhabitants
34th · 2022

Health

26th percentile avg
Life expectancy at birth82.8 Average number of years
26th · 2024

Environment

23th percentile avg
PM10 Annual average concentration33 Microgram per m3
5th · 2023
Urban green19.8 M2 per inhabitant
34th · 2023
Electricity from renewable sources18.9 Percentage values
31th · 2023

Landscape and cultural heritage

14th percentile avg
Density and importance of musems' heritage0.1 Per 100 km2
14th · 2022

Social relationships

9th percentile avg
Nonprofit organizations48.9 Per 10,000 inhabitants
9th · 2022

Education and training

9th percentile avg
People with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old)53.5 Percentage values
9th · 2024

Economic well-being

8th percentile avg
Average disposable income per capita15,666
8th · 2023

Work and life balance

0th percentile avg
Employment rate (20-64 years old)44.2 Percentage values
0th · 2024

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Tax regimes

25 of Taranto’s 29 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime86% of the province’s towns, but 46% 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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