Turnover in services

The Services Turnover Index measures the quarterly change recorded in sales at current prices by enterprises belonging to the domain of services. Starting from the […]

Adults’ Participation in Learning Activities

In 2012, 51.5 % of people aged 18-74 carried out at least one learning activity in the 12 months preceding the interview. Compared with the […]

Employment and unemployment (quarterly)

Istat estimates that 22,4 million persons were employed in the 3rd quarter 2013, down 2,3% (-522  thousands) from 3rd quarter 2012. The employment rate decreased […]

Employment and unemployment (monthly)

In order to improve the timeliness of statistical information on the Italian labour market and in accordance with the agreements made within the European Union, […]

Consumer prices (provisional)

In November 2013, according to provisional estimates, the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) decreased by 0.4% compared with the previous month […]

Industrial producer prices

The industrial producer price index measures the evolution of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since […]

Business confidence

In November 2013 the composite business confidence climate index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), obtained by summarizing the confidence climates of manufacturing, construction, market services […]

Large firms labour indicators

Labour indicators for large firms (enterprises with 500 employees and more) are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the Ateco 2007 classification […]

Micro-enterprises in Italy

Micro-enterprises (units with 3-9 employees) are using almost exclusively defensive strategies, while only a few are attempting to expand their range of products and services […]

Birth and fertility

According to data on the demographic balance for the resident population, 534,186 births were registered in 2012, over 12,000 fewer than in 2011. The figure […]