Absolute poverty and consumption expenditure

Absolute poverty stable in 2021 According to preliminary estimates, in 2021, the incidence of absolute poverty was 7.5% among households (from 7.7% in 2020) and […]

Consumer and business confidence - April 2022

In April 2022, the consumer confidence index slipped from 100.8 to 100.0. Compared to March, the economic, the personal and the current climate decreased (from […]

Contractual wages and salaries - Q1 2022

The index of wages according to the national collective bargaining agreement measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by […]

Foreign trade with non-EU countries - March 2022

Data on Italy’s foreign trade with non-EU27 countries in March 2022 are preliminary. The results of the survey on total foreign trade in March 2022 […]

Production in the construction sector - February 2022

In February 2022, estimates for construction output increased by 3.9% in the month-on-month series, recording the highest level since December 2011. In the three months […]

Notification of general government deficit and debt

In this release, Istat provides government deficit and debt data based on figures reported in the first 2022 notification by Italy to the EC for […]

Foreign Trade and Industrial import prices – February 2022

In February 2022 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to January 2022, increased by +1.6% for outgoing flows and by +5.4% for incoming flows. Exports raised by +1.3% […]

Consumer prices - March 2022

In March 2022 the rate of change of the Italian consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC) was +1.0% on monthly basis and +6.5% […]

Building permits indicators

The series disseminated on the occasion of this release have been revised since the first quarter 2000. Details are given in the methodological note, page […]

Industrial production - February 2022

The index measures the monthly evolution of the volume of industrial production (excluding construction). From January 2022 the indices are calculated as annual chain-linked indices […]