🇮🇹Italy unemployment rate
Italy's unemployment rate is 6.2% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 6.0% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 5.4% to 12.0%. That is 0.2 percentage points below the euro-area average of 6.4% — the 9th of 21 member states that report it.
Unemployment rate · Italy
6.2%
vs prev
▲ 0.2 pp
Source: Eurostat (une_rt_m) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-10-01 · modifications: none
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Italy unemployment rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Italy's unemployment rate?
- Italy's unemployment rate is 6.2% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Italy's unemployment rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 9th-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 6.4%.
- Is Italy's unemployment rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 6.0% to 6.2% in the latest reading (August 2026).
Italy — more indicators
- Inflation rate
- Food inflation
- GDP growth
- Industrial production
- Retail sales
- Youth unemployment rate
- Government debt
- Government budget balance
- Mortgage rate
- Business lending rate
- 10-year bond yield
- 10-year Bund spread
- Economic sentiment
- Industrial confidence
- Services confidence
- Retail confidence
- Construction confidence
- Consumer confidence
- Rent inflation
- House price growth
- Food price level
- New home price growth
- Existing home price growth
- Housing cost overburden rate
- Building permit growth
- House price-to-income ratio
- House price-to-rent ratio