Employment — national citizens

In 2014, Italy's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2013, reaching 19,534k.

Italy accounts for 11.4% of the EU-27 total of 171,547k.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.9% (from 20,541k in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.