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Istat 100

Counting Italy, counting for the future

We celebrate a century of research, innovation and expertise for the country: our anniversary bears witness to a solid path that looks to the future

Challenges in the measurement of nature in official statistics

The workshop aims to advance official statistical information on ecosystems and their economic importance. Presentation abstracts are available.

Press releases

Structural business statistics: enterprises and enterprise groups – Year 2024

In 2024, the number of enterprises in industrial and services sectors grew modestly (+0.5% compared with the previous year), reaching just over 4.5 million

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9 October 2026

Building permits indicators – Q2 2026

In Q2 2026 the number of dwellings of new residential buildings increased by 8.0% year-over-year

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9 October 2026

Industrial production – August 2026

In August 2026 the industrial production index decreased by 1.3% over July and remained unchanged year-over-year

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05 October 2026

Quarterly National accounts (Time series revision)- Q2 2026

In Q2 2026 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.2% to the previous quarter and by 1.0% year over year, confirming the estimates of the last 1st September

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05 October 2026

Quarterly non-financial sector accounts – Q2 2026

In Q2 2026 the net borrowing/GDP was -2.0%; households gross disposable income +0.4% over Q1

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2 October 2026

Retail trade – August 2026

In August2026 the index was +0.3% over July and +0.5% year-over-year

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1 October 2026

Employment and unemployment (provisional data) – August 2026

In August 2026, employment level remained stable. Unemployment rate up to 6.2% (+0.2 p.p.).

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30 September 2026

Innovation in Enterprises – Years 2022-2024

Over the three-year period 2022–2024, 62.9% of industrial and services enterprises with 10 or more employed persons carried out innovation activities (+ 4.3 percentage points compared with the 2020–2022 period)

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30 September 2026

Consumer prices (provisional data) – September 2026

In September 2026 the CPI +0.7% over the previous month and +4.2% year-over-year

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Press calendar

The calendar complete with press releases for the entire year, is updated on a yearly basis

Journalists

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Other news

Labour Force Survey – cross-sectional quarterly data

The file with the data for the second quarter of 2026 is online

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15 October 2026 Microdata

Labour Force Survey – cross-sectional quarterly data: file for research purposes

Istat releases micro data files for research purposes for the labour force survey untill II quarter 2026

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15 October 2026 Microdata

Trips and holidays: Public use microdata

“Trips and holidays” is a focus included into the Households Budget Survey to collect information on tourist flows of residents

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Consumer prices: data and information

Mortality data

Census population

Events

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20 October 2026

Sixteen Italian Statistics Day

The 16th edition of the Italian Statistics Day (GIS), promoted by the National Institute of Statistics (Istat) and the Italian Statistical Society (SIS), is celebrated on Tuesday 20 October 2026

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10 December 2026

Fifth Workshop on Methodologies for Official Statistics

The fifth edition of the workshop focuses primarily on the impact that new data sources and new methods have on the production of official statistics.

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25 May 2026