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, Istat publishes monthly estimates of the main labour market indicators resulting from the \u201cLabour force survey\u201d.<\/p>\n
In April 2018, 23.200 million persons were employed, +0.3% over March. Unemployed were 2.912 million, +0.6% over the previous month.<\/p>\n
Employment rate was 58.4%, +0.1 percentage points over the previous month, unemployment rate was 11.2%, steady over March 2018 and inactivity rate was 34.0%, -0.2 percentage points in a month.<\/p>\n
Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 31.1%, +0.6 percentage points over the previous month and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 8.9%, +0.3 percentage points over March 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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