Books production and reading

In 2017 about 85% of the 1,459 active publishers published no more than 50 titles per year; more than half (54.0%) were “small” publishers, producing […]

Consumer and business confidence

In December 2018, the consumer confidence index worsened from 114.7 to 113.1. All the components lowered: the economic one from 131.5 to 129.4, the personal […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries

Istat presents preliminary data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU countries in November 2018. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in November […]

Adult education and training

In 2017, in Italy it was noticeable a positive trend of adults participating in learning activities, compared with 2012. In fact, 38.8% of adults between […]

Industrial, construction and services producer prices

In November 2018 the total producer price index decreased by 0.7% compared with the previous month. Domestic producer price index decreased by 0.8%, while producer […]

General Government participations in Italy

In 2016, units owned by general government in Italy were 9,240 with 880,602 employed people (-4.6% and -0.3% respectively compared with 2015). General Government’s control of […]

Sustainable Development Goals

Istat presents the fifth update and extension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations already disseminated: an updated set of 117 UN-IAEG-SDGs indicators […]

Road accidents - preliminary estimates

During the first semester 2018 and with respect to the same period of the previous year, road accidents resulting in death or injury decreased by […]

Production in construction

In October 2018 the seasonally adjusted index of production in construction was estimated to have decreased by 1.6% compared to September 2018. Construction output also […]

Bes report 2018

Now in its sixth edition, the Bes Report offers an integrated picture of the main economic, social and environmental phenomena characterizing our Country, through the […]