WeMed 2024 – Society, Economy and Environment in the Mediterranean, edited by Francesca Abate, Giovanni Canitano, Salvatore Capasso, Stefano Carotenuto, Sandro Cruciani, Francesco di Filippo, Luca Forte, Anna Pia Maria Mirto, Marco Ricci, and Antonio Rossi, is now available online and in digital format. 

Produced as part of the collaboration agreement between the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed), WeMed is an innovative statistical publication offering a detailed and multidimensional analysis of social, economic, environmental and gender dynamics in the countries bordering the Mediterranean, through 146 indicators. 

The book is organised into four thematic areas: Population and Society, Economy, Environment and Natural Resources, and Gender Gaps. The approach integrates a wide range of fields, from demographic change and labour markets to health, education, economics, international relations, agriculture, the environment and infrastructure. Moreover, the platform addresses gender issues transversally through a dedicated section. 

WeMed covers 26 countries mainly bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including 9 EU Member States (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Malta and Cyprus), 6 Western Balkan countries (Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania), 6 Middle Eastern countries (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine), and 5 North African countries (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco). 

This is an innovative publication, available through a platform developed using open-source resources to ensure long-term transparency, accessibility and sustainability. It allows interactive territorial analysis via dynamic charts and geographical maps. 

The 2024 edition of WeMed comprises several information modules: 

• 12 thematic analysis pages 

• A dashboard for direct or guided search of indicators, with interactive maps and charts illustrating the territorial distribution of each indicator and national historical series 

• A methodology section, documenting the extensive work involved in collecting, comparing and selecting data from the most authoritative international statistical sources. 

The indicators are presented based on the most recent data available. 

Table of contents

1. Introduction, Francesca Abate, Giovanni Canitano, Salvatore Capasso, Stefano Carotenuto, Sandro Cruciani, Francesco di Filippo, Luca Forte, Anna Pia Maria Mirto, Marco Ricci, Antonio Rossi
2. Population and society
   • Population, Marco Ricci
   • Labor Market, Giovanni Canitano
   • Other social issues, Marco Ricci
3. Economics
   • Macroeconomics and public finance, Luca Forte
   • International Relations, Luca Forte
   • Other economic topics, Luca Forte
4. Environment and natural resources
   • Environment and territory, Anna Pia Maria Mirto
   • Agriculture, Anna Pia Maria Mirto
   • Infrastructure, transport and energy, Luca Forte
5. Gender gaps
   • Population and gender, Marco Ricci
   • Labor and gender, Giovanni Canitano
   • Other gender issues, Anna Pia Maria Mirto
6. WeMed’s indicators: methodological aspects, Anna Pia Maria Mirto, Marco Ricci
7. Essential bibliography and siteograph
8. Annex: country legend

WeMed. Società, economia e ambiente nel Mediterraneo 
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche 
Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo 
© CNR Edizioni, 2024 
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7 – 00185 Roma 
ISBN (ed. elettronica) 978-88-8080-702-5 
DOI 10.71671/5rg1-jg77

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

For technical and methodological information:

• Press note
• Access to the WeMed platform with link to the full text of the publication