The employment rate in Italy of workers aged between 15 and 64 in the fourth quarter of 2024 dropped by 0.1 points on the third trimester and increased by 0.2 points over the same period of 2023 at 62.2% but Italy was in last place in the EU for the employment rate, Eurostat said on Sunday.
Italy ranked 8.7 points below the EU average from the 8.6 points recorded over the same period in 2023, Eurostat said.
The gap with the other 27 EU members was even wider in terms of female employment which stood at 53.1% in Italy compared to an EU average of 66.3%, with a gap of 13.2 points, up from the 12.8 points recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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