All things you need to know about living in Abruzzo
Across Abruzzo's 4 provinces, ISTAT counts 1,406 Venezuelans: 0.11% of the region's 1,269,118 residents.
ISTAT counts 90,573 residents with a foreign citizenship in Abruzzo, 7.14% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Venezuelans (1,406), Britons (1,116), Russians (1,044).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Venezuelans in Abruzzo has risen, from 806 to 1,406 (+74%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.6% of Abruzzo's population was born outside Italy: 8.3% outside the EU and 3.3% 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 | 21,253 | 1.67% |
| Albania | 11,177 | 0.88% |
| Ukraine | 5,524 | 0.44% |
| Poland | 1,920 | 0.15% |
| Venezuela | 1,406 | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 1,116 | 0.09% |
| Russia | 1,044 | 0.08% |
| Bulgaria | 1,016 | 0.08% |
| Brazil | 940 | 0.07% |
| Germany | 555 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 554 | 0.04% |
| France | 447 | 0.04% |
| Lithuania | 416 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 412 | 0.03% |
| United States | 410 | 0.03% |
| Slovakia | 240 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 221 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 210 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 178 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 169 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 144 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 136 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 119 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 113 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 111 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 108 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 79 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 77 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 73 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 71 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 60 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 43 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 40 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 39 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 32 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 21 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 19 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 13 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 8 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 7 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,121,751 | 88.39% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 42,134 | 3.32% |
| Born outside the EU | 105,233 | 8.29% |
Venezuelans over time
Provinces by Venezuelans share
Tax regimes
297 of Abruzzo’s 305 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 97% of the region’s towns, but 64% 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 region has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 305 comuni of Abruzzo are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)153
- Zone 2125
- Zone 327
- 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 →