ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Italy
Italy: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 76.1 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Italy, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 76.1 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Italy peaked at 76.2 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 64 %, in 1994.
Italy ranks 34th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 64.8 % | — |
| 1993 | 64.2 % | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 64 % | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 64.3 % | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 64.8 % | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 64.7 % | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 64.6 % | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 66.4 % | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 67.6 % | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 67 % | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 67.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 68.3 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 69.2 % | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 70.3 % | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 71.2 % | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 71.8 % | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 72 % | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 72.4 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 71.7 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 71.4 % | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 72.9 % | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 72.8 % | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 72.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 73.3 % | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 73 % | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 74.3 % | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 74.5 % | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 74.6 % | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 74.8 % | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 74.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 75.6 % | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 76.2 % | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 76.1 % | -0.1% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 76.1 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.45 %, 91% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Italy's 76.1 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.8 %, 91% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.72 % | 64 % | 66.4 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 69.72 % | 67 % | 72.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.13 % | 71.4 % | 74.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.5 % | 74.8 % | 76.2 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 31 Spain 78.5 % compare
- 31 Switzerland 78.5 % compare
- 33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 77.2 % compare
- 35 Palestine, State of 75.9 % compare
- 36 Romania 74.1 % compare
- 37 Poland 73.9 % compare
More economy & growth data for Italy
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.18 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.8337 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 22.90 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 388.75 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 882.91 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -96.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 14.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 49.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Italy?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Italy was 76.1 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 76.2 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 % in 1994.
- How does Italy rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Italy ranks 34th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.