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Italy Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Oct 31, 2024
Actual
5.8
Units In
%
Previous
6.1
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Jan 09, 2025
Time to Release
1 Months 5 Days 10 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
13.3 Nov 2014 | 5.8 Oct 2024 | 9.38 % | 1983-2024 | National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) |
In Italy, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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The unemployment rate in Italy dropped to 5.8% in October 2024, below market expectations of 6.1% and down from a downwardly revised 6% in the previous month. This marked the lowest level since records began in January 1983, extending the period of tightness in the Italian labor market. The number of unemployed individuals fell by 58,000 to 1,473,000, which was the lowest since June 2007. Meanwhile, the number of net employment rose by 47,000 to 24,092,000. The labor force participation rate held steady at 66.4%, its lowest in nineteen months.
Italy Unemployment Rate History
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