Italy vs World: Lower-middle income excluding India: LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization

Italy
4,341
in 2024
World: Lower-middle income excluding India
105,190
in 2027
Italy rank
12th
World: Lower-middle income excluding India rank
14th

LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization over time

  • Italy
  • World: Lower-middle income excluding India
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How they compare

World: Lower-middle income excluding India currently reports 105,190 against 4,341 in Italy, a difference of 100,849.

That makes World: Lower-middle income excluding India's figure about 24.2 times Italy's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, World: Lower-middle income excluding India has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 12th and World: Lower-middle income excluding India ranks 14th of 79 countries.

World: Lower-middle income excluding India has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy World: Lower-middle income excluding India Difference Ahead
2000s 4,833 70,098 65,265 World: Lower-middle income excluding India
2010s 6,739 84,646 77,906 World: Lower-middle income excluding India
2020s 5,642 101,076 95,434 World: Lower-middle income excluding India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lu4: composite measure of labour underutilization, Italy or World: Lower-middle income excluding India?
World: Lower-middle income excluding India, at 105,190 against 4,341 in Italy as of 2027.
What is the difference in lu4: composite measure of labour underutilization between Italy and World: Lower-middle income excluding India?
100,849, with World: Lower-middle income excluding India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and World: Lower-middle income excluding India?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Italy and World: Lower-middle income excluding India rank globally for lu4: composite measure of labour underutilization?
Italy ranks 12th and World: Lower-middle income excluding India ranks 14th of 79 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Labour Organization, published as LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
166 places, 3,284 data points, 1991–2027
Last refreshed

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. LU4 represents the share of the extended labour force that are in unemployment, time-related underemployment or the potential labour force. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.