Unemployment, the rate dates back to 6%: but in the last year 450 thousand more employed

In March the unemployment rate rises to 6% (+0.1 points compared to the previous month), the 19% youth one (+1.6 points). Istat communicates it,
spreading the temporary data on employed and unemployed. The increase in people looking for work (+2.1%, equal to about 32 thousand units) is observed only for men and under 50s. In March the number of employed is equal to 24 million 307 thousand.

On an annual basis, however, the number of employed exceeds that of March 2024 of 1.9% (+450 thousand people); The increase concerns men, women and those who are at least 35 years old, while for 15-34 years old there is a decrease. And therefore the employment rate, in a year, salt of 0.9 percentage points.

The calculation on inactive

In the same month there was a monthly drop in the inactive, or those who do not have a place and do not seek it (-0.1%, equal to -11 thousand units) which involves men and 35-49 years of an increase between women and other age classeswith the exception of 15-24 years old who recorded stability. The inactivity rate is unchanged to 32.9%. Compared to March 2024, both the number of people looking for work (-11.8%, equal to -208 thousand units) decreases and that of the inactive (-0.9%, equal to -107 thousand).

Poor work risk

At work «The government that declared himself ready since the first days of his settlement completely failed. Today Italian workers earn on average 8 percent less than four years ago « attacks Toni Ricciardi, vice president of the Pd Group in the Chamber, to «Coffee break»On La7. « Istat certifies it, which published the data on the wages of March 2025 – he explained -. We are in the 23rd place OECD for net wages, industrial production has the less sign for twenty -four months. Istat has always certified 194 thousand departures for abroad: people who go, above all, for a wage issue ».

But the government defends itself

While exponents of the majority defend the work of the executive: « The cut of the tax wedge, which the government has made structural and which has affected the wages policy, is the right path. A government is not a company head, it must favor companies to hire and in fact we have an increase in employment, which records 4 percent more in the last three years. The benefits on employment that have been put in place for young people under 30 and women and the participation of workers on the Boards of Directors, an epochal and not insignificant reform»Says Giorgio Mulé, deputy of Forza Italia and vice -president of the Chamber, guest a Sky Start.

« Young people lack hope »

Among young Italians hope is not a widespread feeling, in a historical period marked by conflicts, economic crisis, uncertainty at work. THEn
particular, women hope less than men and the North East hopes less than the South, In general they express feelings of hope in the future less than a young Italian in two, says a research by the Catholic University for theYouth Observatory of the Toniolo Institutewhich explored the theme to which the Jubilee 2025 wanted by Pope Francis is dedicated.

The situation in Europe

In March 2025, the unemployment rate in the euro area instead stood at 6.2%, stable compared to February 2025 and falling compared to 6.5% in March 2024. The unemployment rate in the European Union stood at 5.8% in March 2025, also stable compared to February 2025 and falling compared to 6% of March 2024. These are the data published by Eurostat, the EU statistical office. Eurostat estimates that 12.904 million people were unemployed in March 2025 in the EU, of which 10.818 million in the euro area.