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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate

Crotone had the highest unemployment rate of 107 areas in 2020, at 30.08%. Bergamo had the lowest, at 3.07%. The median was 8.17%. Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

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Highest30.08Crotone
Lowest3.07Bergamo
Median8.17107 areas

Top 40 areas, 2020

Crotone: 30.08 %Crotone30.08Foggia: 25.05 %Foggia25.05Messina: 24.51 %Messina24.51Siracusa: 23.81 %Siracusa23.81Napoli: 22.12 %Napoli22.12Agrigento: 22.01 %Agrigento22.01Cosenza: 21.86 %Cosenza21.86Vibo Valentia: 18.81 %Vibo Valentia18.81Catanzaro: 18.13 %Catanzaro18.13Trapani: 17.57 %Trapani17.57Caserta: 17.15 %Caserta17.15Enna: 17.11 %Enna17.11Lecce: 16.25 %Lecce16.25Catania: 16.03 %Catania16.03Reggio Calabria: 15.84 %Reggio Calabria15.84Palermo: 15.75 %Palermo15.75Oristano: 15.21 %Oristano15.21Sassari: 14.83 %Sassari14.83Ragusa: 14.26 %Ragusa14.26Avellino: 14.12 %Avellino14.12Caltanissetta: 14 %Caltanissetta14Barletta-Andria-Trani: 13.71 %Barletta-Andria-Trani13.71Salerno: 13.05 %Salerno13.05Cagliari: 13.01 %Cagliari13.01Sud Sardegna: 12.06 %Sud Sardegna12.06Brindisi: 11.84 %Brindisi11.84Benevento: 11.74 %Benevento11.74Taranto: 11.7 %Taranto11.7Latina: 11.66 %Latina11.66Frosinone: 11.31 %Frosinone11.31Chieti: 10.91 %Chieti10.91Ascoli Piceno: 10.78 %Ascoli Piceno10.78Isernia: 10.65 %Isernia10.65Bari: 10.25 %Bari10.25Imperia: 10.02 %Imperia10.02La Spezia: 10 %La Spezia10Rimini: 9.97 %Rimini9.97Alessandria: 9.83 %Alessandria9.83Nuoro: 9.73 %Nuoro9.73Pescara: 9.72 %Pescara9.72Crotone: 30.08 %Crotone30.08Foggia: 25.05 %Foggia25.05Messina: 24.51 %Messina24.51Siracusa: 23.81 %Siracusa23.81Napoli: 22.12 %Napoli22.12Agrigento: 22.01 %Agrigento22.01Cosenza: 21.86 %Cosenza21.86Vibo Valentia: 18.81 %Vibo Valentia18.81Catanzaro: 18.13 %Catanzaro18.13Trapani: 17.57 %Trapani17.57Caserta: 17.15 %Caserta17.15Enna: 17.11 %Enna17.11Lecce: 16.25 %Lecce16.25Catania: 16.03 %Catania16.03Reggio Calabria: 15.84 %Reggio Calabria15.84Palermo: 15.75 %Palermo15.75Oristano: 15.21 %Oristano15.21Sassari: 14.83 %Sassari14.83Ragusa: 14.26 %Ragusa14.26Avellino: 14.12 %Avellino14.12Caltanissetta: 14 %Caltanissetta14Barletta-Andria-Trani: 13.71 %Barletta-Andria-Trani13.71Salerno: 13.05 %Salerno13.05Cagliari: 13.01 %Cagliari13.01Sud Sardegna: 12.06 %Sud Sardegna12.06Brindisi: 11.84 %Brindisi11.84Benevento: 11.74 %Benevento11.74Taranto: 11.7 %Taranto11.7Latina: 11.66 %Latina11.66Frosinone: 11.31 %Frosinone11.31Chieti: 10.91 %Chieti10.91Ascoli Piceno: 10.78 %Ascoli Piceno10.78Isernia: 10.65 %Isernia10.65Bari: 10.25 %Bari10.25Imperia: 10.02 %Imperia10.02La Spezia: 10 %La Spezia10Rimini: 9.97 %Rimini9.97Alessandria: 9.83 %Alessandria9.83Nuoro: 9.73 %Nuoro9.73Pescara: 9.72 %Pescara9.72
%. Source: Istat, Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Crotone30.08+1.06 pts
2Foggia25.05+4.28 pts
3Messina24.51-1.49 pts
4Siracusa23.81-0.25 pts
5Napoli22.12-1.29 pts
6Agrigento22.01-1.5 pts
7Cosenza21.86+0.47 pts
8Vibo Valentia18.81+1.31 pts
9Catanzaro18.13-2.51 pts
10Trapani17.57-0.18 pts
11Caserta17.15-1.18 pts
12Enna17.11-6.29 pts
13Lecce16.25-1.25 pts
14Catania16.03+0.06 pts
15Reggio Calabria15.84-3.03 pts
16Palermo15.75-3.3 pts
17Oristano15.21-1.97 pts
18Sassari14.83+0.86 pts
19Ragusa14.26-2.16 pts
20Avellino14.12-0.45 pts
21Caltanissetta14-4.47 pts
22Barletta-Andria-Trani13.71-0.54 pts
23Salerno13.05-4.11 pts
24Cagliari13.01-2.89 pts
25Sud Sardegna12.06-3.87 pts
26Brindisi11.84+0.09 pts
27Benevento11.74+1.36 pts
28Taranto11.7-3.67 pts
29Latina11.66-2.04 pts
30Frosinone11.31-2.85 pts
31Chieti10.91-2.56 pts
32Ascoli Piceno10.78+0.31 pts
33Isernia10.65-2.52 pts
34Bari10.25-1.57 pts
35Imperia10.02-3.55 pts
36La Spezia10+1.21 pts
37Rimini9.97+1.99 pts
38Alessandria9.83+0.64 pts
39Nuoro9.73-1.59 pts
40Pescara9.72-2.13 pts
41Campobasso9.65-1.97 pts
42Teramo9.45+0.24 pts
43Viterbo9.21-0.76 pts
44Roma8.97-0.07 pts
45Potenza8.92-2.04 pts
46Matera8.63-2 pts
47Pistoia8.58+0.23 pts
48Perugia8.5+0.64 pts
49Gorizia8.49+0.82 pts
50Torino8.33-0.01 pts
51Genova8.31-1.69 pts
52Vercelli8.23+0.36 pts
53L’Aquila8.23-1.21 pts
54Ancona8.17-2.85 pts
55Pesaro e Urbino7.73+0.93 pts
56Rovigo7.64-0.53 pts
57Terni7.64-2.77 pts
58Lucca7.63-0.22 pts
59Arezzo7.6+0.16 pts
60Massa-Carrara7.54+0.68 pts
61Asti7.2+1.63 pts
62Novara7.05-0.87 pts
63Rieti6.96-3.4 pts
64Ferrara6.95-1.77 pts
65Udine6.93+0.18 pts
66Ravenna6.89+2.28 pts
67Vicenza6.89+2.19 pts
68Siena6.87-0.21 pts
69Prato6.75+0.53 pts
70Biella6.64-1.44 pts
71Padova6.56+0.81 pts
72Pisa6.49+0.41 pts
73Grosseto6.43-0.71 pts
74Savona6.42+0.73 pts
75Venezia6.2+0.22 pts
76Livorno6.18+0.36 pts
77Verbano-Cusio-Ossola6.18+0.33 pts
78Lodi6.16-0.99 pts
79Modena6.06-0.43 pts
80Firenze6.01-0.15 pts
81Milano5.94+0.02 pts
82Piacenza5.86+0.18 pts
83Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste5.85-0.63 pts
84Parma5.8+0.96 pts
85Cremona5.68+0.76 pts
86Macerata5.62-1.89 pts
87Sondrio5.62+0.18 pts
88Pavia5.6-1.01 pts
89Como5.59-0.9 pts
90Treviso5.46-1.5 pts
91Trento5.45+0.42 pts
92Forlì-Cesena5.32-0.28 pts
93Lecco5.3+0.01 pts
94Varese5.27-0.14 pts
95Monza e della Brianza5.06-1.89 pts
96Fermo4.84-0.95 pts
97Reggio nell’Emilia4.8+0.8 pts
98Verona4.72+0.14 pts
99Cuneo4.68-0.11 pts
100Mantova4.65-1.68 pts
101Bologna4.63+0.14 pts
102Trieste4.45-1.31 pts
103Brescia4.36-0.38 pts
104Belluno3.76-0.12 pts
105Bolzano-Bozen3.72+0.84 pts
106Pordenone3.2-1.32 pts
107Bergamo3.07-0.48 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Source: Istat. Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province. https://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,151_914,1.0/A..UNEM_R.9.Y15-74.99.TOTAL.TOTAL?startPeriod=2018. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). No changes made to source values.

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Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy). (2026). Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province (NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,151_914,1.0/A..UNEM_R.9.Y15-74.99.TOTAL.TOTAL?startPeriod=2018

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Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province, NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate, 2020. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy), 12 Oct. 2026, https://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,151_914,1.0/A..UNEM_R.9.Y15-74.99.TOTAL.TOTAL?startPeriod=2018. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/italy-provinces?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy). 2026. Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province. NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,151_914,1.0/A..UNEM_R.9.Y15-74.99.TOTAL.TOTAL?startPeriod=2018. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/italy-provinces?period=2020.

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Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy) (2026) Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province, NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,151_914,1.0/A..UNEM_R.9.Y15-74.99.TOTAL.TOTAL?startPeriod=2018, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/italy-provinces?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Istat, dataflow 151\_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province: NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate, 2020}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Crotone, with 30.08% in 2020, according to Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Bergamo, with 3.07% in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy), Istat, dataflow 151_914 (Tasso di disoccupazione): unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, both sexes, annual, by province. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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