Books production and reading

After the 2010 recovery, 2011 marks another standstill for Italian book production: new titles decrease by 9.4% and copies by 5.9%. Publishers consider as main […]

E-government: use of online services

In July 2012, ISTAT carried out the second survey on the e-government use by enterprises and consumers. In the period from August 2011 to July […]

Italy’s Economic Outlook

Global economic growth has improved since mid-2012, but advanced economies are forecast to recover gradually only in the second half of 2013. As a result, […]

Health problems and limitations at work

In the second quarter of 2011, 6 million 556 thousand people aged 15-64 years (16.5% of the population of this age group) claim to be […]

Citizens and the ICTs

In 2012, the percentage of households owning a personal computer (59.3%) and access to the Internet at home (55.5%) remains stable as compared to 2011, […]

Employment and unemployment

Istat has produced back-recalculated time series, both quarterly and annual from 1977 up today, for the main labour market indicators, thus overcoming the break due […]

Use and abuse of alcohol in Italy

In 2012 the percentage of population aged 14 and over who consumed at least one alcoholic drink during the year was 66.6%. This rate is […]

GDP and General Government net borrowing

The National Institute of Statistics releases the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and General Government debt in accordance with the definitions of the European […]

Trips and holidays in Italy and abroad

Istat presents provisional estimates of the main aggregates of tourism demand in Italy in 2012, based on the survey ‘Trips and holidays’ which has been […]

Integration of disabled students

During 2011-2012 school year about 145 thousand disabled students were enrolled in compulsory education: about 81 thousand in primary school and 63 thousand in lower […]