« The Sardinian business system has great unexpressed potential : if we were able, in terms of productivity, to bring it closer to the national average, we would recover 10 points of GDP, or 4 billion euros, and 9 would be billions of GDP if we aligned ourselves with the border efficiency of the northern regions".
This is what we read in the report "Strategic scenarios for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises at the time of the PNRR" released this morning by Cna Sardegna: an analysis to take stock of the island's economy, pointing out critical issues and possible improvement strategies .
THE INDICATORS – The data contained in the dossier make us reflect on the gaps faced by island companies and entrepreneurs.
"The last twenty years - underlines Cna - recorded the failure of cohesion policies and convergence with the most dynamic areas of the country and Europe also remains unrealized".
To better provide the picture, the report provides eloquent indicators:
- With the growth expected in 2023 (+0.8%) Sardinia does not recover the pre-pandemic levels of wealth produced
- The share of Sardinian manufacturing exports on GDP, net of the oil sector, is 3.8%, while the national average is 28% and that of the South is 13%
- The manufacturing sector, decisive for promoting and spreading innovation, weighs just 5.7%, against the national average of 16.6% and 11% in the South
- In the relationship between added value and hours worked, Sardinia is third last in Italy, with just 30 euros per hour worked, compared to the national average of 37 euros
- In relation to GDP, the weight and incidence of the PA is 30%, against 19% of the national average
- In terms of the quality of the institutional/administrative context, the island shows a gap of over 10 percentage points with respect to the already deficient Italian situation, 39 points with respect to the average of the regions of northern Italy. Only 10% of European regions show an index lower than that of Sardinia
