Editing Basilicata (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Sata Melfi.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fiat Automobiles|FIAT]] plant in [[Melfi]]]]
Cultivation consists mainly of sowables (especially wheat), which represent 46% of the total land. Potatoes and maize are produced in the mountain areas. Olives and wine production is relatively small with about {{Convert|31,000|ha}} under cultivation.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/009/A0007E/A0007e01.pdf FAO.org: Olive production]: ''Olive Production: Extension, Consumption, and Exportation'' (pp.14)- Retrieved 2018-07-03</ref> The terrain is mountainous and hilly with poor transportation routes that hinders harvesting. Most oils are sold unbranded and only 3% is exported. The main olive cultivars are Ogliarola del Vulture, Ogliarola del Bradano, Majatica di Ferrandina and Farasana with only Ogliarola del Vulture having the [[Protected Designation of Origin]] (PDO).<ref>[https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/basilicata-wild-olive-southern-italy/42742 Olive oil Times: Basilicata]- Retrieved 2018-07-03</ref> Other varieties are the Arnasca, Ascolana, Augellina, Cellina, [[Frantoio]], [[Leccino]], Majatica, Nostrale, Ogliarola (Ogliarola Barese), [[Palmarola]] or Fasolina, Rapolese di Lavello, and Sargano (Sargano di Fermo and Sargano di San Benedetto).<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151102230120/http://oliveoilsindia.com/Italian-Olives.htm Italian olives]}}- Retrieved 2018=07-03</ref>

Among industrial activities, the manufacturing sector contributes to the gross value added of the secondary sector with 64% of the total, while the building sector contributes 24%. Within the services sector, the main activities in terms of gross value added are business activities, distributive trade, education and public administration. In the last few years, new productive sectors have developed: manufacturing, automotive, and especially [[Extraction of petroleum|oil extraction]]. In 2009, [[Eni]] employed 230 people in this area (of whom over 50% were from Basilicata), and about 1,800 were employed in activities directly generated by Eni's operations, distributed in 80 companies of which over 50% were from Basilicata.<ref>[http://www.eni.com/en_IT/sustainability/communities/basilicata-model/basilicata-model.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411115622/http://www.eni.com/en_IT/sustainability/communities/basilicata-model/basilicata-model.shtml|date=11 April 2012}}</ref> The region produced about {{convert|100000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}}, meeting 11 percent of Italy's domestic oil demand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fossilfreeeib.org/fp_detail.php?fpID=17|title=Oil Exploration in Basilicata, Italy|publisher=Fossilfreeeib.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726062259/http://www.fossilfreeeib.org/fp_detail.php?fpID=17|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref>

FIAT plant in [[Melfi]] has 7,200 employees and manufactured 229,848 [[Jeep Renegade]], [[Jeep Compass]] and [[Fiat 500X]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/stellantis-cosa-succedera-agli-stabilimenti-fca-di-torino-pomigliano-e-melfi/|title=Stellantis production statistics 2020| date=11 January 2021 |language=it}}</ref>

The [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) of the region was 12.6&nbsp;billion euros in 2018, accounting for 0.7% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 22,200 euros or 74% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 95% of the EU average.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat}}</ref>

The unemployment rate stood at 8.6% in 2020, the lowest rate in [[South Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=lfst_r_lfu3rt&lang=en|title=Unemployment NUTS 2 regions Eurostat|language=en}}</ref>