Italy - Unemployment Rate 2022
8.07%
−1.46pp from 2021
Italy's unemployment rate was 8.07% in 2022, decreased +1.46pp from 9.50% in 2021. This was the 135th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.13% | -7.1% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.25% | -38.1% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.40% | -50.0% |
| 4th | Burundi | 0.91% | -18.7% |
| 5th | Moldova | 0.91% | -72.0% |
| 6th | Thailand | 0.94% | -50.5% |
| 7th | Chad | 1.08% | -29.3% |
| 8th | Lao PDR | 1.21% | -41.9% |
| 9th | Bahrain | 1.27% | -78.6% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 1.48% | 67.8% |
| 11th | Timor-Leste | 1.54% | -34.4% |
| 12th | Viet Nam | 1.57% | -50.9% |
| 13th | Tanzania | 1.57% | -16.2% |
| 14th | Benin | 1.69% | -8.1% |
| 15th | Cuba | 1.83% | -13.3% |
| 16th | Togo | 1.97% | -16.2% |
| 17th | Tonga | 2.00% | -5.2% |
| 18th | Andorra | 2.10% | -35.9% |
| 19th | Kuwait | 2.13% | -28.2% |
| 20th | Czechia | 2.22% | -18.8% |
| 21st | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.31% | -11.9% |
| 22nd | Mali | 2.39% | -40.4% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 2.45% | -17.1% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 2.49% | -14.2% |
| 25th | Philippines | 2.60% | -66.6% |
| 26th | Japan | 2.61% | -7.2% |
| 27th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.67% | -11.6% |
| 28th | Papua New Guinea | 2.69% | -11.3% |
| 29th | Poland | 2.81% | -16.7% |
| 30th | Senegal | 2.84% | -17.4% |
| 31st | Korea | 2.86% | -22.3% |
| 32nd | Ghana | 2.87% | -10.3% |
| 33rd | United Arab Emirates | 2.87% | -7.5% |
| 34th | Uganda | 2.89% | -15.5% |
| 35th | Liberia | 2.96% | -23.1% |
| 36th | El Salvador | 3.00% | -52.6% |
| 37th | Seychelles | 3.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Guatemala | 3.05% | 40.3% |
| 39th | Myanmar | 3.06% | -29.4% |
| 40th | Germany | 3.14% | -12.9% |
| 41st | Sierra Leone | 3.14% | -11.7% |
| 42nd | Madagascar | 3.19% | -8.9% |
| 43rd | Norway | 3.23% | -26.7% |
| 44th | Mexico | 3.26% | -21.3% |
| 45th | New Zealand | 3.30% | -12.6% |
| 46th | Oman | 3.30% | 73.7% |
| 47th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.46% | -6.4% |
| 48th | Indonesia | 3.46% | -46.7% |
| 49th | Malta | 3.47% | -7.9% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 3.53% | -16.6% |
| 51st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.55% | -48.8% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 3.57% | -8.2% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 3.58% | -11.5% |
| 54th | Singapore | 3.59% | 35.5% |
| 55th | Cameroon | 3.65% | -8.3% |
| 56th | United States | 3.65% | -31.9% |
| 57th | Israel | 3.70% | -25.6% |
| 58th | Ecuador | 3.71% | -20.7% |
| 59th | Australia | 3.73% | -27.1% |
| 60th | United Kingdom | 3.77% | -17.2% |
| 61st | Iceland | 3.79% | -35.1% |
| 62nd | Nigeria | 3.83% | -29.2% |
| 63rd | Burkina Faso | 3.83% | -15.1% |
| 64th | Russian Federation | 3.87% | -20.0% |
| 65th | Comoros | 3.88% | -11.7% |
| 66th | Malaysia | 3.93% | -14.6% |
| 67th | Slovenia | 4.01% | -15.1% |
| 68th | Turkmenistan | 4.02% | -9.9% |
| 69th | Jamaica | 4.08% | -51.2% |
| 70th | Switzerland | 4.12% | 37.7% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | 4.15% | -21.0% |
| 72nd | Peru | 4.29% | -60.0% |
| 73rd | Aruba | 4.30% | -51.1% |
| 74th | Maldives | 4.30% | -14.2% |
| 75th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.32% | -20.2% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.38% | -18.2% |
| 77th | Denmark | 4.43% | 23.4% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 4.46% | -53.7% |
| 79th | Ireland | 4.47% | -28.6% |
| 80th | Sri Lanka | 4.53% | -11.2% |
| 81st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.54% | -14.2% |
| 82nd | Luxembourg | 4.59% | -20.1% |
| 83rd | Bangladesh | 4.59% | -15.8% |
| 84th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.77% | -12.7% |
| 85th | India | 4.82% | -34.5% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 4.86% | -0.8% |
| 87th | Nicaragua | 4.97% | 35.3% |
| 88th | China | 4.98% | -2.7% |
| 89th | Austria | 4.99% | -19.2% |
| 90th | Malawi | 5.02% | -11.2% |
| 91st | Samoa | 5.05% | -24.2% |
| 92nd | Vanuatu | 5.08% | 6.3% |
| 93rd | San Marino | 5.14% | -20.2% |
| 94th | Guinea | 5.17% | -11.0% |
| 95th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.19% | -28.9% |
| 96th | Canada | 5.28% | -29.5% |
| 97th | Pakistan | 5.29% | -16.0% |
| 98th | Guam | 5.38% | -10.3% |
| 99th | Fiji | 5.40% | -40.0% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 5.50% | -25.5% |
| 101st | Kenya | 5.57% | -2.2% |
| 102nd | Belgium | 5.57% | -11.2% |
| 103rd | Estonia | 5.57% | -9.8% |
| 104th | Saudi Arabia | 5.59% | -8.8% |
| 105th | Romania | 5.61% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Azerbaijan | 5.65% | -6.4% |
| 107th | Channel Islands | 5.92% | -10.8% |
| 108th | Bhutan | 5.95% | 23.9% |
| 109th | Mongolia | 5.95% | -28.3% |
| 110th | Lithuania | 5.96% | -16.3% |
| 111th | Zambia | 5.99% | 15.3% |
| 112th | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.00% | -25.0% |
| 113th | Eritrea | 6.03% | -7.0% |
| 114th | Gambia, The | 6.07% | -2.3% |
| 115th | Portugal | 6.14% | -8.7% |
| 116th | Slovak Republic | 6.14% | -9.9% |
| 117th | European Union | 6.16% | -12.3% |
| 118th | Central African Republic | 6.29% | -6.2% |
| 119th | Mauritius | 6.32% | -30.5% |
| 120th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.55% | -10.2% |
| 121st | Finland | 6.72% | -11.7% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | 6.76% | -10.1% |
| 123rd | Mozambique | 6.79% | 25.4% |
| 124th | Argentina | 6.81% | -22.2% |
| 125th | Cyprus | 6.81% | -4.8% |
| 126th | Croatia | 6.81% | -15.8% |
| 127th | Latvia | 6.82% | -9.8% |
| 128th | Tajikistan | 7.05% | -8.3% |
| 129th | Barbados | 7.26% | -48.5% |
| 130th | France | 7.30% | -7.2% |
| 131st | Sweden | 7.42% | -16.6% |
| 132nd | Sudan | 7.53% | -73.4% |
| 133rd | Uruguay | 7.88% | -16.0% |
| 134th | Suriname | 7.97% | -28.8% |
| 135th | Italy | 8.07% | -15.3% |
| 136th | Panama | 8.09% | -28.4% |
| 137th | Chile | 8.25% | -6.9% |
| 138th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.33% | -5.5% |
| 139th | Serbia | 8.44% | -24.0% |
| 140th | Belize | 8.68% | -15.3% |
| 141st | Honduras | 8.77% | 2.4% |
| 142nd | São Tomé and Principe | 8.96% | -6.3% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.09% | -1.0% |
| 144th | Brazil | 9.23% | -30.2% |
| 145th | Bahamas, The | 9.25% | -46.8% |
| 146th | Morocco | 9.41% | -23.5% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 10.09% | 5.7% |
| 148th | Türkiye | 10.47% | -12.8% |
| 149th | Mauritania | 10.52% | -5.5% |
| 150th | Colombia | 10.54% | -23.6% |
| 151st | Nepal | 10.66% | -12.9% |
| 152nd | New Caledonia | 10.71% | -7.5% |
| 153rd | Albania | 10.79% | -6.2% |
| 154th | Lebanon | 11.11% | -12.3% |
| 155th | Costa Rica | 11.33% | -17.2% |
| 156th | Georgia | 11.62% | -43.6% |
| 157th | French Polynesia | 11.79% | -6.1% |
| 158th | Guyana | 11.91% | -18.3% |
| 159th | Virgin Islands (US) | 12.09% | -10.5% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 12.24% | 44.0% |
| 161st | Algeria | 12.38% | -9.3% |
| 162nd | Greece | 12.43% | -15.9% |
| 163rd | South Sudan | 12.48% | -10.6% |
| 164th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.66% | -27.1% |
| 165th | Spain | 13.03% | -12.6% |
| 166th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.25% | -11.0% |
| 167th | Armenia | 13.45% | -13.2% |
| 168th | Afghanistan | 14.10% | 17.4% |
| 169th | Angola | 14.12% | -10.6% |
| 170th | North Macedonia | 14.48% | -6.2% |
| 171st | Haiti | 14.54% | -4.9% |
| 172nd | Montenegro | 14.85% | -10.2% |
| 173rd | Rwanda | 15.08% | -4.4% |
| 174th | Tunisia | 15.30% | -5.6% |
| 175th | Iraq | 15.41% | -4.7% |
| 176th | St. Lucia | 15.93% | -22.3% |
| 177th | Lesotho | 16.62% | -8.7% |
| 178th | Yemen, Republic of | 17.22% | -5.9% |
| 179th | Jordan | 18.20% | -24.4% |
| 180th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.11% | -2.8% |
| 181st | Libya | 19.24% | -2.7% |
| 182nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.28% | -5.3% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 19.62% | -6.3% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 20.13% | -8.5% |
| 185th | Gabon | 20.32% | -4.3% |
| 186th | Botswana | 23.62% | 2.2% |
| 187th | West Bank and Gaza | 24.42% | -7.5% |
| 188th | Ukraine | 24.53% | 149.4% |
| 189th | Djibouti | 26.27% | -4.9% |
| 190th | South Africa | 33.27% | -3.0% |
| 191st | Eswatini | 36.47% | 6.8% |
FAQ
What was Italy's unemployment rate in 2022?▾
Italy's unemployment rate in 2022 was 8.07%. This ranked 135th globally.
How did Italy's unemployment rate change in 2022?▾
Italy's unemployment rate decreased by 15.3% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2022?▾
Eswatini had the highest unemployment rate in 2022 at 36.47%.
What is the unemployment rate of Italy in 2022?▾
The unemployment rate of Italy in 2022 was 8.07%. This ranked 135th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Italy's unemployment rate?▾
Italy's unemployment rate went from 9.50% in 2021 to 8.07% in 2022, a 15.3% decrease.
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