IT · 2026 · teilm020
Unemployment rate by sex
Italy, 2026
Unemployment rate by sex
15.8
Italy, 2026
▼ 70.6% vs 2025 (53.7)
Analysis
In 2026, Italy's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 70.6% compared to 2025, reaching 15.8.
Italy accounts for 88.3% of the EU-27 total of 17.9.
Italy ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset teilm020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2026
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2026
88.3%
EU-27: 17.9
Italy timeline (last 15 years)
2025 2026
Source:
Eurostat · teilm020