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Italy — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Italy, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.39%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -36.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Italy was 6.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.68% in 2014. The lowest was 6.08% in 2007 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.34% per year.
Italy ranks 71 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Italy sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 46%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.39%
First (1991)
10.10%
Change
-36.7%
Highest
12.68%
in 2014
Lowest
6.08%
in 2007
Average
9.60%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.34%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.39% |
| 2024 | 6.5% |
| 2023 | 7.63% |
| 2022 | 8.07% |
| 2021 | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 9.19% |
| 2019 | 9.88% |
| 2018 | 10.54% |
| 2017 | 11.21% |
| 2016 | 11.69% |
| 2015 | 11.9% |
| 2014 | 12.68% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.