Unpaid activities to benefit others

The outcomes of the first survey on voluntary work are issued today, as a result of the agreement between Istat, CSVnet (National Coordination of Volunteer […]

Urban environment quality

In 2013, motorisation rates have been declining for the second year in a row. In the provincial capitals as a whole there were 613.2 motor […]

Poverty in Italy

Istat disseminates the relative and absolute poverty estimations for the households residing in Italy, based on data from the 2013 Households Budget Survey. Being sample […]

Health conditions and use of health services

Italy has an ageing population and chronic diseases are increasingly spreading. Compared to 2005, chronic respiratory diseases and arthrosis/arthritis decreased in 2013 – the ageing […]

Household consumptions

In 2013 the average monthly household consumption expenditure, at current values, was 2,359 Euros (with a -2.5% change in comparison with 2012). Taking into account […]

Urban Water Census 2012

This report describes the main results of the 2013 edition of the Urban Water Census, with data related to 2012. Since 1951 Istat has periodically […]

Demographic indicators

Live births were 514 thousands in 2013, decreasing consecutively for five years. The total fertility rate (TFR) is estimated to be 1.39, dropping from 1.42 […]

Separations and divorces in Italy

In 2012 separations were 88,288 and divorces 51,319; compared to the previous year a decrease is observed (-0.6% and -4.6%, respectively). Total separation and divorce […]

Road accidents in Italy (estimates)

During 2013, on the basis of a preliminary estimate, 182,700 road accidents resulting in death or injury were counted. The number of deaths, within thirty […]

National demographic balance

On December 31, 2013 in Italy resided 60,782,668 inhabitants, of which more than 4,900,000 have foreign citizenship (8.1%). The calculation of the resident population has […]