Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Italy's employment increased by 1.5% compared to 2020, reaching 1,511k.

Italy accounts for 17.2% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.3% (from 1,596k in 2016).

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