Italy (2025)
1,575.6
thousands of persons
-5.3% YoY
YoY Change
-5.3%
thousands of persons
Trend
down
Series length
21
years of data

Data

Italy Long-Term Unemployment (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year thousands of persons YoY Change
2025 1,575.6 -5.3%
2024 1,663.6 -14.6%
2023 1,946.9 -4.0%
2022 2,027.5 -14.3%
2021 2,366.8 +3.4%
2020 2,289.5 -9.8%
2019 2,537.5 -6.3%
2018 2,707.5 -6.9%
2017 2,906.9 -3.5%
2016 3,012 -0.7%
2015 3,033.3 -6.3%
2014 3,236 +5.5%
2013 3,068.7 +14.0%
2012 2,691 +30.5%
2011 2,061.3 +0.3%
2010 2,055.7 +7.8%
2009 1,906.6 +14.6%
2008 1,664.3 +12.4%
2007 1,480.9 -10.5%
2006 1,654.3 -11.9%

About this Dataset

Italy recorded 1,575.6 thousands of persons in 2025. The latest change was -88. Across 2005–2025 the series ranges from 1,480.9 in 2007 to 3,236 in 2014.

This page tracks long-term unemployment (jobless 12+ months, thousands of persons) in Italy from 2005 to present. Show structural versus cyclical patterns.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks long-term unemployment (jobless 12+ months, thousands of persons) in Italy from 2005 to present. Show structural versus cyclical patterns. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2005–2025 (21 observations).

The series peaked at 3,236 thousands of persons in 2014 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,480.9 in 2007. The latest reading of 1,575.6 in 2025 represents a change of -88.