IT
Italy
Italy is the 3rd-most populous EU member state. Member of the European Union since 1958.
28 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
58.9M
2025 · rank 3/27
Country at a glance
Italy is a southern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Rome. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Italy is the EU's third-largest economy, with a strong manufacturing base (machinery, automotive, fashion), a sharp North-South productivity gradient and a long-standing public-debt position above 130% of GDP. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Italian is the official language and the country is divided into 5 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Italy is currently 3rd-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Key insights
How Italy stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.
- Among the top 2 EU destinations for first-time asylum applications (42k)
- 217k acquisitions of citizenship — 3rd highest volume in EU
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Italy, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 739k 2025 ▲1.3%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 2,518k 2025 ▲2.8%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 20,732k 2025 ▲0.2%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 1,779k 2025 ▲3.5%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 23,251k 2025 ▲0.4%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 1,373,870 2025 ▼1.1%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 53,572,213 2025 ▼0.3%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 3,996,856 2025 ▲3.5%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 525 2025 ▲7.4%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 58,943,464 2025 ▼0.0%
Migration & asylum
15 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 217,448 2024 ▲1.8%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 41,795 2026 ▼67.0%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 73,200 2025 ▲45.3%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 31,365 2025 ▲11.3%
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protection migr_asydcfsta 13,945 2025 ▲21.7%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 5,965 2025 ▼0.6%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 11,455 2025 ▲6.8%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 104,560 2025 ▲33.1%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 21,295 2025 ▼23.9%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 4,780 2025 ▲6.7%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 20,679 2024 ▼26.0%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 39,090 2024 ▲2.6%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 110,093 2024 ▼18.9%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 176,549 2024 ▼6.0%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 346,411 2024 ▼11.1%
More data on Italy
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (28 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API
For Italian national-level public data (taxes, benefits, regional comparisons), see dati-pubblici.it .