With an average of 24 trees per 100 inhabitants, calculated across Italian provincial capitals, Italy shows an insufficient presence of urban greenery in 2024. Detailed data also indicates that further improvement is needed: only eight out of 93 capitals, for which updated data is available, exceed the threshold of 50 trees per 100 inhabitants, and among these, only three exceed 100 trees per 100 residents.

Conversely, 27 capitals count less than 20 trees per 100 inhabitants, and more than half of these do not even reach 10. This picture highlights the uneven distribution of urban greenery in the country and underlines the importance of implementing targeted afforestation interventions in city areas (Ecosistema Urbano 2025 data).

How is Law n. 10/2013 Applied? Based on the information collected, processed using municipal data from 2024, the association provides a comprehensive overview of the state of implementation of Law n. 10/2013, evaluating the application of the main planned measures: the planning and regulation of urban greenery, the preparation of the tree balance sheet at the end of each administrative mandate, and the urban green census.

Among the 93 capitals analyzed, 30 cities (32%) declare having adopted a Green Plan. In 26 cases (28%), an Urban Green Regulation is active. The most common measure is the urban green census, carried out in 75 out of 93 capitals (80%). However, the publication of the municipal Tree Balance Sheet is less widespread: only 44 cities (47%) made it available at the end of the outgoing mayor’s mandate.