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Italy: Unemployment rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

· 2025

6.10% of labour force

EU 6.25 · -0.2 pp vs Europe

European ranking

16 / 34

Down 3 positions compared with previous year

Population

58.9M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

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· 2025 · 21 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +127.87

    13.90

  2. 2

    Sicilia

    +100.00

    12.20

  3. 3

    Puglia

    +63.93

    10.00

  4. 4
    +60.66

    9.80

  5. 5
    +52.46

    9.30

  6. 6

    Abruzzo

    +6.56

    6.50

  7. 7

    Molise

    +1.64

    6.20

  8. 8
    -1.64

    6.00

  9. 9

    Lazio

    -9.84

    5.50

  10. 10
    -13.11

    5.30

  11. 11

    Marche

    -16.39

    5.10

  12. 12

    Liguria

    -22.95

    4.70

  13. 13
    -24.59

    4.60

  14. 13

    Umbria

    -24.59

    4.60

  15. 15

    Toscana

    -29.51

    4.30

  16. 16
    -32.79

    4.10

  17. 17
    -36.07

    3.90

  18. 18

    Veneto

    -44.26

    3.40

  19. 19
    -50.82

    3.00

  20. 20
    -63.93

    2.20

  21. 21
    -70.49

    1.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Italy

In Italy, Unemployment rate is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.1% versus 6.3% in 2025, a gap of 0.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 9.30% in 2020 to 6.10% in 2025. The latest step, from 6.50% in 2024 to 6.10% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Italy

In Italy, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Campania records the highest value (13.9%) and Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen the lowest (1.8%), a gap of 12.1 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Italy, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.