Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Italy
Italy: Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) was 24,117 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in Italy, 1956–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
In 2025, employment by professional status in Italy stood at 24,117 Persons. That is the highest value across all 70 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Italy peaked at 24,117 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18,850 Persons, in 1972.
That places Italy 9th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 70 years of available data.
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Italy, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 20,000 Persons | — |
| 1957 | 20,069 Persons | +0.3% |
| 1958 | 20,111 Persons | +0.2% |
| 1959 | 20,291 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1960 | 20,269 Persons | -0.1% |
| 1961 | 20,366 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 20,270 Persons | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 19,982 Persons | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 19,904 Persons | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 19,432 Persons | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 19,095 Persons | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 19,315 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 19,294 Persons | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 19,112 Persons | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 19,218 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 19,176 Persons | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 18,850 Persons | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 19,006 Persons | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 19,392 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 19,491 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 19,612 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 19,791 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 19,863 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 20,057 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 20,313 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 20,361 Persons | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 20,297 Persons | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 20,350 Persons | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 20,418 Persons | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 20,508 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 20,614 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 20,584 Persons | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 20,818 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 20,833 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 21,215 Persons | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 21,410 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 21,270 Persons | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 20,305 Persons | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 19,972 Persons | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 19,851 Persons | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 19,951 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 20,027 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 20,424 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 20,682 Persons | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 21,073 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 21,507 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 21,821 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 22,047 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 22,362 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 22,407 Persons | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 22,757 Persons | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 22,894 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 23,090 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 22,698 Persons | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 22,526 Persons | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 22,598 Persons | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 22,565 Persons | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 22,190 Persons | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 22,278 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 22,464 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 22,757 Persons | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 23,022 Persons | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 23,214 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 23,360 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 22,903 Persons | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 22,554 Persons | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 23,099 Persons | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 23,580 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 23,932 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 24,117 Persons | +0.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 24,117 Persons is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,200 Persons, 4.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Italy's 24,117 Persons is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,016 Persons, 4.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20,118 Persons | 20,000 Persons | 20,291 Persons | 4 |
| 1960s | 19,704 Persons | 19,095 Persons | 20,366 Persons | 10 |
| 1970s | 19,446 Persons | 18,850 Persons | 20,057 Persons | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,510 Persons | 20,297 Persons | 20,833 Persons | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,511 Persons | 19,851 Persons | 21,410 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,266 Persons | 21,073 Persons | 23,090 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,698 Persons | 22,190 Persons | 23,360 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,364 Persons | 22,554 Persons | 24,117 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More work & labour data for Italy
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.6708 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6794 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.662 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.0094 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 44,671 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 10,422 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 17,512 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 17,865 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 35,377 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in Italy?
- Employment by professional status in Italy was 24,117 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 24,117 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,850 Persons in 1972.
- How does Italy rank for employment by professional status?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.