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6.2%August 2026Latest published observation

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History starts
January 2004
History ends
August 2026
Frequency
Monthly observations
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12 observations · January 2019 to December 2019

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Date or periodValue · PercentSource
January 201910.3%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
February 201910.4%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
March 201910.2%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
April 201910.4%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
May 201910.0%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
June 20199.6%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
July 20199.6%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
August 20199.5%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
September 20199.8%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
October 20199.5%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
November 20199.8%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat
December 20199.8%Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat); Eurostat

Italy unemployment rate history by year

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Italy unemployment rate history by year
YearAverageHighLowChange
2026 (to date)5.8%6.2%August 20265.5%January 2026▲ +0.7
20256.0%6.5%January 20255.7%December 2025▼ −0.8
20246.6%7.3%February 20246.1%September 2024▼ −0.7
20237.7%7.9%March 20237.1%December 2023▼ −0.8
20228.1%8.5%January 20227.8%October 2022▼ −0.6
20219.5%10.3%April 20218.9%December 2021▼ −1.2
20209.3%10.2%July 20207.6%March 2020▲ +0.2
20199.9%10.4%February 20199.5%October 2019▼ −0.5
201810.6%11.0%January 201810.3%August 2018▼ −0.7
201711.3%11.7%January 201710.9%December 2017▼ −0.8
201611.7%11.9%November 201611.5%May 2016▲ +0.2
201512.0%12.5%March 201511.4%November 2015▼ −0.7
201412.8%13.1%November 201412.4%June 2014▼ −0.5
201312.3%12.7%December 201312.0%March 2013▲ +0.7
201210.9%11.7%December 20129.7%January 2012▲ +2.0
20118.6%9.7%December 20118.0%April 2011▲ +1.6
20108.5%8.8%April 20108.2%December 2010▼ −0.3
20097.9%8.5%December 20097.2%January 2009▲ +1.3
20086.8%7.1%November 20086.5%March 2008▲ +0.3
20076.2%6.6%December 20075.9%April 2007▲ +0.4
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Italy unemployment rate history by year
YearAverageHighLowChange
20066.9%7.4%January 20066.2%December 2006▼ −1.2
20057.8%7.9%February 20057.5%November 2005▼ −0.2
20048.0%8.3%January 20047.8%August 2004▼ −0.4

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