Work & Labour in Italy

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Italy.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment rate 46.2% 2025 up 7.7% 157th
Youth unemployment rate 20.5% 2025 down 49.0% 47th
Population by labor force status 6.89 million people 2025 down 17.0% 57th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 10.9% 2023 down 19.6% 137th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 17.13 2025 up 3.6% 136th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 4,341 2024 down 44.0% 12th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,419 Persons 2022 up 13.1% 19th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,154 Persons 2022 down 16.3% 25th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.4% 2020 down 7.1% 48th
Female labor force by age 294,120 people 2024 up 147.0% 34th
Labor force participation rate by age 24.7% 2024 down 9.0% 170th
Female labor force participation rate by age 19.4% 2024 down 16.0% 158th
Jobs gap 4,329 2024 down 42.3% 7th
Jobs gap rate 15.3 2024 down 39.3% 14th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 2,665 2024 down 37.4% 7th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 9.4 2024 down 34.3% 14th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 20.2% 2024 down 52.6% 50th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0025 units per square kilometre 2023 down 44.0% 82nd
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0026 units per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% 64th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 2.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% 50th
Employment by status 78.8% 2024 up 4.6% 63rd
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 78.8% 2024 up 4.6% 63rd
Employment 24,117 2025 up 7.4% 24th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 0.2869 % change on previous year 2025 up 133.5% 63rd
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 0.2869 % change on previous year 2025 up 133.5% 63rd
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 0.2869 % change on previous year 2025 up 133.5% 63rd
Cases of fatal occupational injury 482 2024 down 7.7% 18th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.1% 2025 up 390.9% 123rd
Unemployment with basic education 9.6% 2024 down 41.5% 45th
Unemployment with basic education, male 8.5% 2024 down 44.3% 44th
Unemployment with intermediate education 6.4% 2024 down 46.7% 58th
Unemployment with basic education, female 11.9% 2024 down 35.9% 37th
Unemployment with advanced education 3.4% 2024 down 57.0% 83rd
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 7.8% 2024 down 42.2% 57th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 down 100.0% 174th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 down 100.0% 175th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 12.0% 2024 down 46.1% 85th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 5.3% 2024 down 50.4% 59th
Labor force with basic education, female 20.2% 2024 down 13.3% 103rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 11.6% 2024 down 46.0% 87th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 12.3% 2024 down 46.2% 65th
Labor force with basic education, male 44.0% 2024 down 6.4% 100th
Labor force with basic education 31.9% 2024 down 8.5% 104th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 53.3% 2024 down 6.5% 78th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 69.8% 2024 down 3.0% 85th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 61.7% 2024 down 4.3% 78th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.7% 2024 down 56.5% 94th
Labor force with advanced education, male 77.7% 2024 up 0.9% 94th
Labor force with advanced education 75.9% 2024 up 1.8% 80th
Labor force with advanced education, female 74.6% 2024 up 2.7% 68th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 38.8% 2025 up 11.7% 138th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 55.4% 2025 up 6.1% 156th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 3.9% 2024 down 57.8% 75th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 46.8% 2025 up 8.5% 149th
Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 44,115 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.1% 6th
Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 44,115 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.1% 6th
Labour force by NUTS 2 region 25,629 Thousand persons 2025 up 0.8% 6th
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 66.7% 2025 up 4.2% 42nd
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 66.7% 2025 up 4.2% 42nd
Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 58.1% 2025 up 3.9% 41st