Work & Labour in Italy

1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Italy.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 46,042 Hours 2025 up 12.2% 6th
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 5.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 44.9% 3rd
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 3,614 Persons 2025 up 6.7% 7th
Gender wage gap -2.52 2020 down 354.9% 55th
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 30.83 2020 down 7.4% 63rd
Part-time employment - Regions 3.79 million Persons 2025 down 8.9% 6th
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,607 2020 up 4.1% 10th
Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2025 3rd
Dentists — Health and social employment 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 14.3% 14th
Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 1.54 million 2020 down 5.6% 2nd
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.3 Factor of decile 1 2024 down 8.5% 36th
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 22,904 2020 down 0.3% 19th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 16,902 National currency 2025 up 707.8% 13th
Employees 17,812 2020 up 2.0% 16th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita -2.5% 2020 down 354.7% 53rd
Gender wage gap -2.5% 2020 down 354.7% 53rd
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation -2.5% 2020 down 354.7% 53rd
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita -2.5% 2020 down 354.7% 53rd
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 -2.5% 2020 down 354.7% 53rd
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 12.15 2020 up 27.0% 15th
Hospital employment 11.94 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 14.3% 21st
Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 1.58 million 2019 down 3.5% 1st
Gender wage gap 2.66 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2022 down 20.2% 33rd
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 11.6 2020 down 14.7% 13th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.82 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 22.1% 6th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 35.71 2020 down 3.6% 61st
Annual working hours per person employed 1,725 Hours 2016 down 4.8% 21st
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 34.46 2020 down 2.7% 65th
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 10.59 2020 up 22.9% 58th
Average hourly earnings of employees 10.59 2020 up 22.8% 47th
Average hourly earnings of employees 10.59 2020 up 22.8% 47th
Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.282 2020 up 14.2% 50th
Median hourly earnings of employees 8.65 2020 up 15.4% 47th
Median hourly earnings of employees 8.65 2020 up 15.4% 47th
Median hourly earnings of employees 8.65 2020 up 15.4% 47th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 26.18 2020 down 2.7% 61st
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 26.2 2020 down 1.4% 61st
Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,157 2020 up 8.5% 7th
Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 69.6% 2011 up 4.8% 15th
Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 104.1 Index 2026 up 3.3% 12th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 91.1% 2024 down 0.5% 46th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 77.8% 2024 down 5.4% 38th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 6.13 2025 down 48.4% 31st
Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 6.13 2025 down 48.4% 31st
Unemployment rate 8.32 2025 down 50.5% 15th
Unemployment 2,250 2025 down 50.4% 6th
Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,782 2025 down 11.2% 12th
Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 45.39 2025 down 8.1% 43rd
Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,550 2025 up 4.4% 6th
Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,064 2025 up 11.6% 14th
Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 36.77 2025 up 15.4% 50th
Working-age population 51,003 2025 down 1.1% 6th
Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 18.98 2025 down 46.5% 8th
Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 8.62 2025 down 50.9% 9th
Labour force participation rate 53.02 2025 up 1.4% 52nd
Labour force 27,044 2025 up 0.3% 9th
Persons outside the labour force 23,959 2025 down 2.6% 4th
Employment-to-population ratio 48.61 2025 up 11.7% 50th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 8.32 2025 down 50.5% 15th
Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 58,948 Thousand persons 2026 down 1.9% 6th