Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2013, Italy's employment increased by 2.2% compared to 2012, reaching 1,469k.

Italy accounts for 21.5% of the EU-27 total of 6,835k.

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 22.6% (from 1,198k in 2008).

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