Italy's unemployment rate was 12%
in December, steady with respect to November, after ISTAT
revised latter up from 11.9%, and 0.4 of a percentage point
higher than in the same month in 2015, the national statistics
agency said on Tuesday.
The agency said the unemployment rate is at its highest since
June 2015, when it was 12.2%.
The number of unemployment people stood at 3.103 million, up
9,000 on November and 144,000 on December 2015.
The number of people aged 15 to 64 who are not actively on
the labour market dropped by 15,000 with respect to November and
by 478,000 on December 2015.
The 'inactively rate', the proportion of people who are not
either in work or actively looking for a job, is at a record low
of 34.8%.
Indeed, the number of people in employment actually rose in
December, by 1,000 with respect to November and by 242,000
compared to the same month in 2015, a rise of 1.1%, ISTAT said.
In December 2016 22.783 million persons were employed,
according to seasonally adjusted data.
The employment rate stood at 57.3%, flat with respect to
November and up 0.7 of a percentage point on December 2015.
The unemployment rate for 15-to-24-year-olds who are actively
on the labour market went back over the 40% threshold in
December, climbing to 40.1%, up 0.2 of a percentage point on
November, ISTAT.
It is the highest level since June 2015.
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