Italy

Labor force participation rate

Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.

Labor Force Participation Rate - Italy

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The reading right now

As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for Italy stood at 49.3%. That is down 0.29 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 49.2%, ranging from a low of 48.4% in January 2021 to a high of 49.8% in January 2023. The current reading sits 0.08 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 49.2%.

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