Italy – Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 43.7% in June

In June 2014 22.398 million persons were employed, +0.2% compared with May 2014. Unemployed were 3.153 million, -2.4% with respect to the previous month.

Employment rate was 55.7%, +0.2 percentage points with respect to May 2014, unemployment rate was 12.3%, -0.3 percentage points over the previous month, and inactivity rate was 36.3%, unchanged over May.

Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 43.7%, +0.6 percentage points in a month, youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 11.7%, -0.1 percentage points over the previous month.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Employment and unemployment: provisional estimates – June 2014