South Italy

Regional statistics
Composition	Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Molise
Area  - Total	73,223 km2 (28,272 sq mi)
Population  - Total	13,451,861[1] (2021 est.)
Density	184 per sq km
GDP	€273.436 billion (2019)[2]
GDP per capita	€20,327 (2019)

South Italy (Italian: Italia meridionale or just Sud Italia) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. South Italy encompasses six of the country's 20 regions:

• Abruzzo
• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Molise

South Italy is defined only for statistical and electoral purposes. It should not be confused with the Mezzogiorno, or Southern Italy, which refers to the areas of the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (once including the southern half of the Italian peninsula and Sicily) with the usual addition of the Western Mediterranean island of Sardinia. The latter and Sicily form a distinct statistical region, called Insular Italy.

Economy

The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 271.1 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 15.4% of Italy's economic output. The GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 19,300 euros, or 64% of the EU27 average in the same year.^[3]