Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2018, Italy's employment decreased by 2.9% compared to 2017, reaching 1,562k.

Italy accounts for 18.8% of the EU-27 total of 8,309k.

Italy ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.4% (from 1,469k in 2013).

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