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Italy August jobless rate edges up to 6.0%, with 57,000 jobs lost
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Posted on October 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Posted on October 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Italy's unemployment rate increased to 6.0% in August, with 57,000 jobs lost. Youth unemployment rose to 19.3%, indicating economic challenges.
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's unemployment rate slightly rose to 6.0% in August from a downwardly revised 5.9% in July, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Thursday, as a net 57,000 jobs were lost during the month.
The number was in line with a Reuters survey of 9 analysts which had forecast an August jobless rate of 6.0%.
The July rate had been originally reported at 6.0%.
In August the youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, increased to 19.3% from 18.6%.
In the period between June and August, employment in the euro zone's third-largest economy was up by 42,000, or 0.2%, compared with the previous three months, ISTAT said.
ISTAT gave the following data:
AUG JULY JUNE
JOBLESS RATE 6.0 5.9r 6.2
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (15-24) 19.3 18.6r 20.0r
EMPLOYMENT RATE (15-64) 62.6 62.8 62.7
r=revised
(Reporting by Antonella Cinelli, editing by Giulia Segreti)
Youth unemployment refers to the unemployment rate among individuals aged 15 to 24. It highlights the challenges young people face in entering the job market.
Economic growth is the increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over time, typically measured by the rise in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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