Unemployment rate in Italy 2020-2023, by macro-region
In Italy, the unemployment rate in the southern regions has been significantly higher than in the northern ones from 2020 to 2023. In 2021, the peak was reached in the north-west, center and south, due to the COVID-19 crisis. During 2023, the unemployment rate in the south was around 14 percent, more than the double compared to the north-west, where less than five percent of the people in working age were without a job.