The index that summarises the level of digitalisation in Europe (the Digital Economy and Society Index, DESI) places Italy in 25th place in the European Union this year (slide 15). The gap with respect to the other countries is especially large in the use of Internet services as well as in the digital skills of the population. 31.
As a result of these dynamics, GDP per capita has slowed down since the mid-1990s and, after the double-dip recession due to the global financial crisis and the euro-area sovereign debt crises, has never been fully recovered (slide 16). 7  Labour productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked) started to stagnate in the mid-1990s and its weakness persists today. 32.