Italy Unemployment Rate

Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 10.3 percent in December of 2018 from 10.5 percent in the previous month and below market expectations of 10.6 percent. It was the lowest jobless rate since August of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Italy averaged 9.46 percent from 1983 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 13.10 percent in November of 2014 and a record low of 5.80 percent in April of 2007.

Unemployment Rate in Italy is expected to be 10.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Italy to stand at 9.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Italy Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 8.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-31	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.1%	9.8%	9.9%	9.7%
2018-11-30	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.6%	10.3%	10.1%	9.9%
2019-01-09	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.5%	10.6%	10.1%	10.2%
2019-01-31	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.3%	10.5%	10.6%	10.3%
2019-03-01	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		10.3%		10.2%
2019-04-01	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate				10.2%
2019-04-30	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate				10.1%

Italy Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Falls to 4-Month Low of 10.3%

Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 10.3 percent in December of 2018 from 10.5 percent in the previous month and below market expectations of 10.6 percent. It was the lowest jobless rate since August of 2018, as the number of unemployed declined by 1.6 percent and employment went up 0.1 percent.

The number of unemployed dropped by 44 thousand from the previous month to 2.691 million in December and the number of employed rose by 23 thousand to 23.261 million, while those detached from the labour force fell by 16 thousand to 13.216 million.

Youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, went up to 31.9 percent from an upwardly revised 31.8 percent in November.

The country's overall employment rate, one of the lowest in the Euro Area, edged up to 58.8 percent in December from an upwardly revised 58.7 percent in the prior month. The labour force participation rate

In the three months to December, unemployment surged 63 thousand while employment increased slightly by 12 thousand compared with the previous period and those detached from the labour force dropped by 100 thousand.

On an annual basis, unemployment declined by 137 thousand and employment surged 202 thousand while inactive people decreased by 197 thousand.

Istat | Agna Gabriel | agna.gabriel@tradingeconomics.com
1/31/2019 9:56:36 AM

News

Italy Jobless Rate Falls Less than Expected in November
Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 10.5 percent in November 2018 from 10.6 percent in the previous month but above market expectations of 10.1 percent. The number of unemployed declined by 0.9 percent while employment remained unchanged.
Published on 2019-01-09

Italy Jobless Rate Rises Unexpectedly in October
Italy's unemployment rate rose to 10.6 percent in October 2018 from an upwardly revised 10.3 percent in the previous month and above market expectations of 10.1 percent. The number of unemployed increased by 2.4 percent while employment remained broadly stable.
Published on 2018-11-30

Italy Jobless Rate Rises More than Expected in September
Italy's unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in September 2018 from an upwardly revised 9.8 percent in the previous month and above market expectations of 9.9 percent. The number of unemployed increased by 3.2 percent while employment fell by 0.1 percent.
Published on 2018-10-31

Italy Jobless Rate at Over 6-1/2-Year Low of 9.7%
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Italy fell to 9.7 percent in August of 2018 from a downwardly revised 10.2 percent in the previous month and below market expectations of 10.5 percent. It was the lowest jobless rate since January of 2012.
Published on 2018-10-01

Italy Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	10.30	10.50	13.10	5.80	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	23269.46	23238.29	23347.86	22112.58	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	2682.42	2735.27	3346.03	1412.49	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	35080.58	36415.20	36415.20	19609.13	Hundreds Person	[+]
Full Time Employment	144859.08	144415.16	148487.11	132977.43	Hundreds Person	[+]
Employment Rate	58.80	58.70	58.90	55.30	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.70	65.80	65.90	61.70	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	5.60	6.40	8.00	2.60	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	31.90	31.80	43.30	19.40	percent	[+]
Productivity	104.90	104.60	108.50	24.50	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	107.00	105.00	108.50	44.50	Index Points	[+]
Wages	2434.00	2431.00	2434.00	1165.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	113.70	113.70	113.70	2.20	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	1.70	1.70	15.80	0.30	percent	[+]
Population	60.48	60.59	60.80	50.03	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.58	65.58	65.58	59.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.58	66.58	66.58	59.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1440.00	1460.00	1460.00	1320.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	935.00	950.00	950.00	825.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2340.00	2500.00	2650.00	2340.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Employment Change	-0.30	0.60	1.10	-0.90	percent	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1130.00	1330.00	1390.00	1130.00	EUR/Month	[+]

In Italy, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Italy Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Italy Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	10.30	10.50	13.10	5.80	1983 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.10	Dec/18	27.5	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.45	Dec/18	14.55	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	12.30	Nov/18	11.6	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	11.60	Dec/18	11.6	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.30	Dec/18	10.5	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.00	Sep/18	9.6	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.80	Dec/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.90	Dec/18	7.9	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.10	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Sep/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.80	Jan/19	5.6	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	5.00	Dec/18	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.80	Dec/18	4.8	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.40	Jan/19	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	4.00	Nov/18	4.1	12 : 3.4	%
United States	4.00	Jan/19	3.9	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.80	Dec/18	3.82	4.3 : 3.8	%
Netherlands	3.60	Dec/18	3.5	7.9 : 3.5	%
Mexico	3.40	Dec/18	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Germany	3.30	Dec/18	3.3	11.5 : 0.4	%
Switzerland	2.80	Jan/19	2.7	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.40	Dec/18	2.5	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Dec/18	2.1	6 : 1.4	%