Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Italy's unemployment by sex and age increased by 1.5% compared to 2024, reaching 20.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.2%.

Italy ranks 6th 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 30.9% (from 29.8% in 2020).

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