Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates)- December 2025

In December 2025, employment decreased (-0.1%). Unemployment rate down to 5.6% (-0.1 p.p.)

Contractual wages and salaries – October-December 2025

In December 2025 contractual hourly wages +0.2% over November and +2.9% y-o-y

Consumer and business confidence – January 2026

In January the Consumer confidence climate index from 96.6 to 96.8; the business confidence climate index from 96.6 to 97.6.

Note on Italian economy – November – December 2025

The note on Italian economy for the months of November and December 2025 now online

Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates) – November 2025

In November 2025, employment decreased (-0.1%). Unemployment rate down to 5.7% (-0.1 p.p.)

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 III quarter 2025

Labour Force Survey - cross-sectional quarterly data

The file with the data for the third quarter of 2025 is online

Consumer and business confidence – December 2025

In December the Consumer confidence climate index from 95.0 to 96.6; the business confidence climate index from 96.1 to 96.5

Labour market – Q3 2025

In Q3 2025 the number of employed people decreases by 45 thousand units (- 0.2%) compared to Q2

Employment and unemployment (provisional estimates) – October 2025

In October 2025, employment grew (+0.3%). Unemployment rate down to 6.0% (-0.2 p.p.)