Cagliari is the richest Sardinian city, the only one with an average income higher than the national figure. Carbonia the poorest .
The MEF Finance Department has published the data relating to tax returns submitted in 2023 on income accrued in 2022 .
Let's start with regional data. The island is growing little, only Umbria and Liguria are doing worse , while in absolute terms it is positioned in fifteenth place at a national level , ahead of all the regions of the South. And behind all the others.
In Sardinia the average taxable income is 19,411.35 euros, an increase of 4.4% compared to the 18,597.61 of the 2022 declarations (relating to the year 2021). Year-on-year growth is very far from the national average (+7.4%) and far from the figure for Lombardy (+10.8%). In absolute terms, Lombardy always stands out, while the national average is 22,806, approximately 3,400 euros more per capita than the Sardinian figure .
The region with the lowest average income is Calabria. In the first places, behind Lombardy we find the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (above 25 thousand), then Lazio, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont, all above 24 thousand euros in per capita income.
In terms of percentage increase year on year, only Liguria and Umbria are worse than the +4.4% of the island with a +3.9%. In first place, behind the +10.8% of Lombardy, Lazio and Valle d'Aosta, +8.8% and +8.4% respectively. Increases all eroded by inflation .
THE CITIES'
Analyzing the data of the cities, the "richest" in Sardinia is Cagliari, with an average taxable income of 25,315 euros (+741 euros in one year) . Followed by Sassari (21,376, +826 year on year), Oristano (21,361, +716), Nuoro (20,751, +721), Olbia (19,041, +936) and Carbonia (18,513, +609) . In the center of the island and in Sulcis there are also several centers with less than 15 thousand euros .
