Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2017, Italy's employment decreased by 0.6% compared to 2016, reaching 778k.

Italy accounts for 12.5% of the EU-27 total of 6,213k.

Italy ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.4% (from 663k in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.