Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2021, Italy's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 0.3% compared to 2020, reaching 29.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.7%.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.2% (from 37.7% in 2016).

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