Venture capital investments in Italy
Italy: Venture capital investments was 0.0492 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Italy, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for venture capital investments in Italy is 0.0492 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 57.5% on the previous year and up 982.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Italy peaked at 0.0492 Percentage of GDP in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0032 Percentage of GDP, in 2014.
That places Italy 15th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Italy, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0079 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0108 Percentage of GDP | +35.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0058 Percentage of GDP | -46.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0048 Percentage of GDP | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0064 Percentage of GDP | +34.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0062 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0048 Percentage of GDP | -22.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0032 Percentage of GDP | -33.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0045 Percentage of GDP | +42.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0045 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.005 Percentage of GDP | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0095 Percentage of GDP | +88.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0107 Percentage of GDP | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | +93.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0237 Percentage of GDP | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 0.035 Percentage of GDP | +47.8% |
| 2023 | 0.03 Percentage of GDP | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0313 Percentage of GDP | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0492 Percentage of GDP | +57.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0082 Percentage of GDP | 0.0058 Percentage of GDP | 0.0108 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.006 Percentage of GDP | 0.0032 Percentage of GDP | 0.0107 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0316 Percentage of GDP | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | 0.0492 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More economy & growth data for Italy
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.18 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.8337 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.15 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 6,497 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.1328 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 5,750 current LCU per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1126 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,875 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,849 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 6.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Italy?
- Venture capital investments in Italy was 0.0492 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0492 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0032 Percentage of GDP in 2014.
- How does Italy rank for venture capital investments?
- Italy ranks 15th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 982.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org