IT · 2025 · tesem170

Nominal unit labour cost growth

Italy, 2025

Nominal unit labour cost growth
3.50
Italy, 2025
▼ 20.5% vs 2024 (4.40)
Analysis

In 2025, Italy's nominal unit labour cost growth decreased by 20.5% compared to 2024, reaching 3.50.

Italy accounts for 106.1% of the EU-27 total of 3.30.

Italy ranks 16th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.4% (from 3.20 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#16 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2025
106.1%
EU-27: 3.30
Italy timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2025