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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

Notification of general government deficit and debt according to the excessive deficit procedure – Years 2022/2025

The government deficit to GDP ratio decreases from -3.4% in 2024 to -3.1% in 2025

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20 October 2026

Production in the construction sector – August 2026

In August 2026, the index of production in construction decreased by 2.9% over July and by 2.2% year-on-year

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10 March 2026

Anti-violence centres and women who have started the pathway out of violence – 2024

There are 409 active Centres in 2024, +1.2% compared to 2023 and +45.6% compared to 2017 (the year of the first survey), when there were 281

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16 October 2026

Foreign trade and import prices – August 2026

In August 2026, seasonally adjusted data showed a decline in both exports (-1.5%) and imports (-1.6%); import prices increased by 1.7% on a monthly basis

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16 October 2026

Consumer prices – September 2026

In September 2026 the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +0.7% compared with the previous month and +4.2% on annual basis

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16 October 2026

Non-observed economy in national accounts – Years 2021-2024

In 2024 the non-observed economy (underground and illegal activities) is worth 218.2 billion euro, equal to 9.9% of GDP

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15 October 2026

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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Monthly Demographic Balance of the Population – july 2026

As at 31 July 2026 the resident population of Italy stood at 58,949,500, an increase of 7 thousand units since the beginning of the year

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15 October 2026 Microdata

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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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