Work & Labour in Italy

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Italy.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Temporary employees by country of birth - % of total employees 13.5% 2025 down 3.6% 13th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, country of birth 2,517 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.1% 5th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, citizenship and 2,517 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.1% 5th
Youth employment rate by country of birth 3.3% 2025 up 17.9% 42nd
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 632 2024 up 3,226.3% 9th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 1.06 2024 up 3,433.3% 24th
Average monthly earnings of employees 1,365 2020 up 6.2% 33rd
Care employment 4,607 2020 up 4.1% 5th
Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 13.4 Year 2025 up 3.9% 1st
Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 7.6% 2025 down 29.0% 40th
Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 7.6% 2025 down 29.0% 40th
Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 26,692 Million euro 2024 down 4.3% 3rd
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 52.8% 2025 down 11.1% 7th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 52.8% 2025 down 11.1% 7th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 208.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 42.3% 7th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 208.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 42.3% 7th
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 1,137 2023 down 22.6% 27th
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 8.35 2025 up 118.0% 24th
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,071 2025 up 141.0% 9th
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 8.35 2025 up 118.0% 24th
Informal employment rate 8.35 2025 up 118.0% 24th
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 84.83 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2023 up 7.7% 10th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,091 2025 up 78.8% 8th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 8.43 2025 up 61.8% 22nd
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 34.2% 2025 down 43.4% 13th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 11.9 2020 up 10.4% 31st
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 11.9 2020 up 10.4% 31st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2023 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 82.83 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2023 down 3.9% 8th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 8.2% 2025 down 44.2% 20th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 912.1 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 17.8% 4th
Labour input in construction - annual data 116.9 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 27.9% 7th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 5.5% 2025 up 450.0% 35th
Informal employment, female 10.8% 2024 up 169.4% 18th
Informal employment, male 10.7% 2024 up 284.4% 20th
Informal employment 10.8% 2024 up 225.4% 19th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 85.99 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 13.1% 38th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 8.32 2025 down 50.5% 15th
Unemployment rate 8.32 2025 down 50.5% 15th
Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 103.9 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 5.9% 14th
Fatal occupational injury rates 2.01 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 13.0% 47th
Informal employment 16.0% 2024 up 55.0% 30th
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2023 unchanged 1st
Collective bargaining coverage rate 99 2019 unchanged 1st
Employment in STEM occupations 3,157 2020 up 8.5% 5th
Informal employment, male 16.6% 2024 up 121.2% 29th
Employees working shifts - % of total employees 16.8% 2025 down 9.2% 29th
Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 8.1% 2025 down 3.6% 42nd
Employed persons working on Sundays by professional status - % of 5.9% 2025 up 1.7% 42nd
Employed persons working at nights by professional status - % of 4.4% 2025 up 57.1% 43rd
Job tenure by professional status and occupation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Long working hours in the main job by professional status and 7.0% 2025 down 34.0% 13th
Employed persons working in the evenings by professional status - % 7.2% 2025 up 56.5% 44th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, quarterly 111.6 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 5.4% 35th
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 70.8% 2025 up 25.1% 40th
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 70.8% 2025 up 25.1% 40th
Unemployment rates of young persons not in education and training by 11.5% 2025 down 51.1% 10th
Labour force participation rates of young persons not in education 80.0% 2025 up 8.3% 41st
Labour force non-participation rates of young persons not in 20.0% 2025 down 23.4% 5th
Participation rate of young persons in education and training by 98.4% 2025 up 4.3% 8th