Citizens and civil-justice

In 2015, about 5 million 500 thousand persons (11.0% of persons aged 18 and over) were involved in a civil proceeding at least once. More […]

Prisoners in the Italian penal institutions

At December 31, 2013 62,536 persons were held in Italian prisons, 4.8% less than in 2012 (-8% over 2010). There are about 10 million prisoners […]

Prisoners in the Italian Penal Institutions

There are about 10.000.000 prisoners in the world, most of whom are finally sentenced. The Prison population rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 112.6 In Italy, 127.7, […]

Annual Report 2012 - The state of the Nation

FOCUS FOR THE MEDIA Chapter 1 – A tough transition for the Italian economy Chapter 2 – Italy between the 1992 crisis and the current […]

Separations and divorces in Italy

In 2009 there were 85,945 separations and 54,456 divorces, an increase of 2.1 and 0.2% respectively on the previous year. These increases, especially in the […]

Separations and divorces in Italy

Istat presents the main results of surveys on separations and divorces conducted in 2008 in the records of 165 Italian civil courts. Data refer to […]