Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Italy's employment increased by 3.5% compared to 2024, reaching 1,779k.

Italy accounts for 13.9% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Italy ranks 3rd 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 19.5% (from 1,489k in 2020).

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