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Italy Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Sep 30, 2024
Actual
6.1
Units In
%
Previous
6.2
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Dec 02, 2024
Time to Release
30 Days 8 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
13.3 Nov 2014 | 5.9 Apr 2007 | 9.39 % | 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 was 6.1% in September of 2024, remaining unchanged from the downwardly revised, 17-year low from the previous month and below market expectations of 6.2% to extend the period of tightness in the Italian labor market. The number of unemployed individuals fell by 14,000 to 1,552,000, also the lowest in 17 years, offsetting the 63,000 drop in net employment to 23,983,000. Consequently, the labor force participation rate fell to 66.3%, the lowest in 19 months.
Italy Unemployment Rate History
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