Mobility trend in retail & recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy 2020-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, May 4, 2023

In March 2020, mobile users in Italy dramatically reduced their visits to retail and recreation facilities during the national lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2022, this scenario improved significantly compared to the first year of the health crisis. As of October 2022, data collected from applications using location trackers revealed that visits to retail and recreation facilities dropped by four percent in Italy. The percentage change was compared to the baseline represented by the average number of visits between January and February 2020. Overall, visits in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the coronavirus, decreased by seven percent in October 2022 compared to the baseline.

Percentage change in visits to retail and recreation facilities by mobile users during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Italy in March 2020, March 2021, and October 2022, by region

Characteristic	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Oct 2022
Aosta Valley	-95%	-75%	-35%
Trentino-South Tyrol	-96%	-79%	-13%
Liguria	-94%	-53%	-11%
Piedmont	-94%	-69%	-8%
Lombardy	-95%	-67%	-7%
Abruzzo	-94%	-65%	-6%
Marche	-95%	-70%	-5%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	-95%	-77%	-5%
Apulia	-94%	-74%	-4%
Lazio	-94%	-67%	-3%
Veneto	-96%	-72%	-2%
Sicily	-95%	-66%	-2%
Tuscany	-94%	-60%	-2%
Campania	-94%	-65%	-1%
Sardinia	-94%	-27%	-1%
Calabria	-94%	-64%	0%
Molise	-91%	-74%	0%
Emilia-Romagna	-96%	-68%	1%
Umbria	-95%	-66%	3%
Basilicata	-91%	-64%	4%

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

March 2020 and 2021; October 2022*

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percentage change compared to the baseline i. e. the median value over one week calculated during the five-week period Jan 3–Feb 6, 2020

Supplementary notes

*As of: March 29, 2020; March 21 2021; October 15, 2022. Data for March 2020 and March 2021 were previously published by the source.

Retail & recreation includes places like restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, theme parks, museums, libraries, and movie theaters.

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