Production in construction

In December 2018 construction output continues to rise in the month-on-month series, growing by 0.2%. In Quarter 4 (October to December) production in construction decreased […]

Industrial turnover and orders

In December 2018 the seasonally adjusted turnover index decreased by 3.5% compared to the previous month (-2.7% in domestic market and -4.7% in non-domestic market); […]

Foreign trade and import prices

In December 2018 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to November 2018, decreased both for outgoing flows (-2.3%) and for incoming flows (-1.0%). Exports drop for non EU […]

Pensioners’ living conditions

Istat publishes this Focus on Pensioners’ Living Conditions to disseminate information about pension beneficiaries, integrating three different statistical sources: the administrative archive ‘Pensioners Central Register’; […]

Trips and holidays in Italy and abroad

In 2018, trips with overnight stays made by residents were 78,940 million (+19.5% compared with 2017). The average duration of trips slightly dropped to 5.5 […]

Industrial production

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). With effect from January 2018 the indices are calculated with reference […]

Monthly report on Italian economy

Recent data confirm that the deceleration of the World economy has spilled over into Q4 2018, particularly in the industrial sector, which has experienced a […]

Demographic indicators

On 1st January 2019, the population was estimated to be 60,391,000 and the decrease on the previous year was around 90,000 units (-1.5 per thousand). […]

Retail trade

In December 2018, both value and volume of retail trade contracted by 0.7% when compared with the previous month. Year-on-year growth rate fell by 0.6% […]

Consumer price basket

As every year, Istat reviews the list of items included in the consumer price index basket, and updates as well the survey techniques and the […]