Foreign residents in Abruzzo

4 provinces · Population 1,269,118

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Across Abruzzo's 4 provinces, ISTAT counts 1,406 Venezuelans — 0.11% of the region's 1,269,118 residents.

Across the nationalities we track, Abruzzo counts 8,388 foreign residents in total, 0.66% of the population. The largest groups 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

NationalityCitizensShare
Venezuela1,4060.11%
United Kingdom1,1160.09%
Russia1,0440.08%
Brazil9400.07%
Germany5550.04%
Argentina5540.04%
France4470.04%
Spain4120.03%
United States4100.03%
Belgium2210.02%
Netherlands2100.02%
Greece1780.01%
Portugal1360.01%
Switzerland1190.01%
Canada1110.01%
Ireland1080.01%
Austria790.01%
Mexico730.01%
Japan710.01%
Sweden600.00%
Denmark400.00%
Australia390.00%
Finland320.00%
Norway190.00%
South Korea80.00%

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

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy1,121,75188.39%
Born elsewhere in the EU42,1343.32%
Born outside the EU105,2338.29%

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

Venezuelans over time

Provinces by Venezuelans share

  1. 1stL'Aquila0.14% (409)
  2. 2ndTeramo0.14% (409)
  3. 3rdPescara0.12% (385)
  4. 4thChieti0.05% (203)

Tax regimes

297 of Abruzzo’s 305 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime97% 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 →

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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