Between 2018 and 2024, the unemployment rate in Italy slightly decreased. As of July 2024, the rate stood at 6.5 percent, reaching the lowest figure since at least 2008. However, regional differences existed within the country. In 2023, seven southern Italian regions recorded the highest unemployment rates nationwide. In particular, Campania, Calabria, and Sicily registered the largest unemployed population. On the contrary, most of the regions recording the lowest unemployment rates were in the north. In Lombardy, the share of unemployed people was only four percent. Unemployment mostly affects young people Nationwide, the youth unemployment rate for the last quarter of 2023 was 24 percent, one of the highest rates in Europe. Southern regions also registered the highest unemployment rates among the young population. In 2022, more than two fifths of the people in Sicily and Campania aged between 15 and 24 years were unemployed, while in Calabria, Apulia, and Molise, around 30 percent of the youth were out of work. Many young adults living with their parents  A consequence of the country's high unemployment rate could be seen in the percentages of young adults living with their parents. In 2022, more than 70 percent of young men were living with their parents, whereas the share of young women was slightly lower. In Europe, most young adults often stay with their parents in areas affected by the financial crisis. High unemployment, low wages for career starters, and lack of financial resources, impact this lifestyle choice of many young Italians.

Unemployment Rate in Italy increased to 6.50 percent in May from 6.10 percent in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Italy Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

According to a forecast from May 2024, the unemployment rate in Italy could reach 7.5 percent by the end of the year, two percentage points less than 2021, when the COVID-19 outbreak had a disastrous impact on the labor market. The rate is then expected to drop to 7.3 percent in 2025. Weak employment situation Unemployment in Italy started increasing after the 2008 financial crisis and peaked at 12.7 percent in 2014. It mostly affected the young population. Similarly, the youth unemployment rate also increased significantly during the same period, reaching over 40 percent in 2014. Even if the figures decreased in the following years, in 2022 the rates were still particularly high in the southern regions. Indeed, the youth unemployment rate in the regions of Sicily and Campania stood at around 43 percent. COVID-19 impact on the economy The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak had a serious impact on Italy’s economy. In June 2020, most Italian respondents declared that the coronavirus pandemic had impacted or would impact their personal incomes in the future. In addition, the fear of losing the job due to the pandemic has been increasing in the country, with more than half of respondents worrying about this in July 2020.

Italy - Unemployment rate was 6.30% in March of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Italy - Unemployment rate reached a record high of 13.10% in December of 2014 and a record low of 5.90% in December of 2024.

As of June 2024, there were 1.75 million unemployed people in Italy. This was the lowest figure since at least 2008. The 2011 Great Recession and Eurozone crisis significantly impacted on the Italian labor market, as the number of people without a job grew by 64 percent from 2011 to 2014, reaching beyond three million unemployed. Since then, a constant decrease has been recorded.

Between 2018 and 2024, the share of people aged between 15 and 74 without employment for one year or more decreased. As of June 2024, the long-term unemployment rate reached 3.6 percent. Substantial regional differences exist within the country's unemployment rate. In particular, Campania, Calabria, and Sicily registered the largest unemployed population. On the contrary, most of the regions recording the lowest unemployment rates are in the North. For instance, in Trentino-South Tyrol the share of unemployed people was less than four percent in 2023.

Italy - Unemployment rate: From 55 to 64 years was 3.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Unemployment rate: From 55 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Italy - Unemployment rate: From 55 to 64 years reached a record high of 5.80% in December of 2017 and a record low of 2.40% in December of 2007.

Italy - Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data was 3.30 % of population in the labour force in March of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Italy - Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data reached a record high of 8.50 % of population in the labour force in December of 2014 and a record low of 2.40 % of population in the labour force in September of 2024.

As of June 2024, there were 1.75 million unemployed people in Italy, 901,000 men and 850,000 women. The largest gap between the male and female unemployed was recorded in the third quarter of 2013, when the number of unemployed men exceeded the number of jobless women by 328,000 individuals. Since then, the gap has been gradually closing.

Between April and June 2024, in Trentino-South Tyrol 72.5 percent of the residents aged 15 to 64 years were employed, the highest employment rate nationwide. By contrast, the southern regions of Calabria, Campania, and Sicily had the lowest employment rates in the country.

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The Italian Labour Force Survey is the most important survey about the labour situation in Italy. The main topic of this survey is the employment condition (professions, kind of working activity, job experience, ecc.), unemployment condition and inactivity broken down by sex, age and territorial unit (regions).

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Italy - Unemployment rate: From 15 to 74 years was 6.50% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Unemployment rate: From 15 to 74 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Italy - Unemployment rate: From 15 to 74 years reached a record high of 12.90% in December of 2014 and a record low of 6.10% in December of 2007.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues – occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: the number of contacts, the reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year. 98,622 individuals, 45,826 families. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year. 42,631 families, 94,179 individuals. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

Italy is the European country with the lowest employment rate in 2024. As of June 2024, 62.2 percent of the population in working age had a job. In 2013, the lowest figure was recorded since 2004, with almost half of the population being unemployed. This occurred because of the austerity measures and hard labor policies enacted to cope with the 2011 Great Recession. Since then, the employment rate gradually increased, before recording another drop following the COVID-19 crisis. After the pandemic, the rate grew at a steady pace. However, there is a large inequality between men and women, with the male employment rate being 71 percent, while the rate for females is 53 percent only. Nevertheless, the gap has declined since 2004, when the difference surpassed 24 percent, rather than the 18 percent it is today.

Italy - Unemployment rate: Females was 7.30% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Unemployment rate: Females - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Italy - Unemployment rate: Females reached a record high of 13.90% in December of 2014 and a record low of 7.30% in December of 2024.

The job vacancy rate is the percentage ratio between the number of job vacancies and the sum of job vacancies and occupied posts. As of June 2024, two percent of the total job vacancies in Italy were not filled. In early 2020, the ratio was at its lowest level since at least 2016, due to the contraction of supply in the labor market following the COVID-19 pandemic. Italy's job vacancies ratio was slightly lower than the average one in the European Union in 2024.

Among European Union countries in March 2025, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 10.9 percent, followed by Finland at 9.4 percent. By contrast, Czechia has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, at 2.6 percent. The overall rate of unemployment in the European Union was 5.8 percent in the same month - a historical low-point for unemployment in the EU, which had been at over 10 percent for much of the 2010s.