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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate

Napoli had the highest unemployment rate of 107 areas in 2023, at 20.75%. Bolzano-Bozen had the lowest, at 1.97%. The median was 6.38%. Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

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Highest20.75Napoli
Lowest1.97Bolzano-Bozen
Median6.38107 areas

Top 40 areas, 2023

Napoli: 20.75 %Napoli20.75Messina: 19.35 %Messina19.35Foggia: 17.57 %Foggia17.57Cosenza: 17.48 %Cosenza17.48Caltanissetta: 17.24 %Caltanissetta17.24Palermo: 17.06 %Palermo17.06Siracusa: 16.33 %Siracusa16.33Agrigento: 16.19 %Agrigento16.19Reggio Calabria: 15.88 %Reggio Calabria15.88Catania: 15.31 %Catania15.31Salerno: 15.11 %Salerno15.11Catanzaro: 14.9 %Catanzaro14.9Brindisi: 14.84 %Brindisi14.84Avellino: 14.08 %Avellino14.08Vibo Valentia: 13.97 %Vibo Valentia13.97Enna: 13.9 %Enna13.9Taranto: 13.54 %Taranto13.54Caserta: 13.31 %Caserta13.31Crotone: 12.99 %Crotone12.99Trapani: 12.53 %Trapani12.53Isernia: 11.68 %Isernia11.68Sud Sardegna: 11.42 %Sud Sardegna11.42Cagliari: 11.38 %Cagliari11.38Lecce: 10.74 %Lecce10.74Frosinone: 10.13 %Frosinone10.13Viterbo: 9.72 %Viterbo9.72Sassari: 9.57 %Sassari9.57Ragusa: 9.54 %Ragusa9.54Benevento: 9.54 %Benevento9.54Barletta-Andria-Trani: 9.45 %Barletta-Andria-Trani9.45Pescara: 9.32 %Pescara9.32L’Aquila: 9.19 %L’Aquila9.19Latina: 8.95 %Latina8.95Campobasso: 8.75 %Campobasso8.75Imperia: 8.39 %Imperia8.39Oristano: 8.35 %Oristano8.35Rieti: 8.35 %Rieti8.35Bari: 8.28 %Bari8.28Matera: 7.99 %Matera7.99Rovigo: 7.94 %Rovigo7.94Napoli: 20.75 %Napoli20.75Messina: 19.35 %Messina19.35Foggia: 17.57 %Foggia17.57Cosenza: 17.48 %Cosenza17.48Caltanissetta: 17.24 %Caltanissetta17.24Palermo: 17.06 %Palermo17.06Siracusa: 16.33 %Siracusa16.33Agrigento: 16.19 %Agrigento16.19Reggio Calabria: 15.88 %Reggio Calabria15.88Catania: 15.31 %Catania15.31Salerno: 15.11 %Salerno15.11Catanzaro: 14.9 %Catanzaro14.9Brindisi: 14.84 %Brindisi14.84Avellino: 14.08 %Avellino14.08Vibo Valentia: 13.97 %Vibo Valentia13.97Enna: 13.9 %Enna13.9Taranto: 13.54 %Taranto13.54Caserta: 13.31 %Caserta13.31Crotone: 12.99 %Crotone12.99Trapani: 12.53 %Trapani12.53Isernia: 11.68 %Isernia11.68Sud Sardegna: 11.42 %Sud Sardegna11.42Cagliari: 11.38 %Cagliari11.38Lecce: 10.74 %Lecce10.74Frosinone: 10.13 %Frosinone10.13Viterbo: 9.72 %Viterbo9.72Sassari: 9.57 %Sassari9.57Ragusa: 9.54 %Ragusa9.54Benevento: 9.54 %Benevento9.54Barletta-Andria-Trani: 9.45 %Barletta-Andria-Trani9.45Pescara: 9.32 %Pescara9.32L’Aquila: 9.19 %L’Aquila9.19Latina: 8.95 %Latina8.95Campobasso: 8.75 %Campobasso8.75Imperia: 8.39 %Imperia8.39Oristano: 8.35 %Oristano8.35Rieti: 8.35 %Rieti8.35Bari: 8.28 %Bari8.28Matera: 7.99 %Matera7.99Rovigo: 7.94 %Rovigo7.94
%. 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

RankAreas2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Napoli20.75+0.17 pts
2Messina19.35-1.89 pts
3Foggia17.57+0.68 pts
4Cosenza17.48+1.85 pts
5Caltanissetta17.24-2.36 pts
6Palermo17.06-0.56 pts
7Siracusa16.33+1.91 pts
8Agrigento16.19-2.73 pts
9Reggio Calabria15.88+2.21 pts
10Catania15.31-0.69 pts
11Salerno15.11+0.9 pts
12Catanzaro14.9+1.83 pts
13Brindisi14.84+1.88 pts
14Avellino14.08+0.22 pts
15Vibo Valentia13.97-0.4 pts
16Enna13.9+1.13 pts
17Taranto13.54+0.2 pts
18Caserta13.31-0.89 pts
19Crotone12.99-3.6 pts
20Trapani12.53-0.83 pts
21Isernia11.68+1.7 pts
22Sud Sardegna11.42-0.6 pts
23Cagliari11.38-2.16 pts
24Lecce10.74-2.06 pts
25Frosinone10.13+1.34 pts
26Viterbo9.72+2.29 pts
27Sassari9.57-0.68 pts
28Ragusa9.54-0.19 pts
29Benevento9.54+2.09 pts
30Barletta-Andria-Trani9.45-1.54 pts
31Pescara9.32-1.67 pts
32L’Aquila9.19+0.3 pts
33Latina8.95-0.46 pts
34Campobasso8.75-1.97 pts
35Imperia8.39-0.83 pts
36Oristano8.35-4.79 pts
37Rieti8.35-1.77 pts
38Bari8.28-0.85 pts
39Matera7.99+0.35 pts
40Rovigo7.94-0.41 pts
41Rimini7.43+0.96 pts
42Chieti7.25-3.95 pts
43Potenza7.21+0.43 pts
44Pistoia7.07+0.46 pts
45Torino7.01-0.39 pts
46Asti6.92-0.91 pts
47Nuoro6.71-0.94 pts
48Lucca6.7+0.08 pts
49Teramo6.69+0.42 pts
50Alessandria6.66-0.36 pts
51Vercelli6.63+1.24 pts
52Terni6.52-0.18 pts
53Roma6.47-0.92 pts
54Piacenza6.38-0.1 pts
55Sondrio6.31-0.14 pts
56Gorizia6.27+0.45 pts
57Massa-Carrara6.14-2.82 pts
58Savona6.08+1.07 pts
59Ancona6.01-1.75 pts
60Pisa5.95-0.67 pts
61Genova5.84-0.92 pts
62Perugia5.8-1.49 pts
63Treviso5.66+0.55 pts
64Grosseto5.62-0.25 pts
65Ferrara5.62-2.48 pts
66Novara5.62-0.89 pts
67Macerata5.51-0.52 pts
68Verbano-Cusio-Ossola5.46-0.43 pts
69Como5.46-0.95 pts
70Udine5.38-0.81 pts
71Modena5.33+0.24 pts
72Arezzo5.3+0.13 pts
73Pesaro e Urbino5.24+0.31 pts
74Forlì-Cesena5.15+1.14 pts
75La Spezia5.03-2.98 pts
76Reggio nell’Emilia4.96+0.73 pts
77Mantova4.71+0.26 pts
78Milano4.69-0.76 pts
79Livorno4.69-0.13 pts
80Pavia4.66-1.29 pts
81Ravenna4.62-0.78 pts
82Firenze4.53-1.46 pts
83Venezia4.44+0.19 pts
84Prato4.39-1.88 pts
85Ascoli Piceno4.25-2.45 pts
86Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste4.04-1.31 pts
87Lodi4.02-1.07 pts
88Parma3.98-1.35 pts
89Biella3.97+0.22 pts
90Padova3.84-0.64 pts
91Bologna3.81+0.18 pts
92Trento3.76-0.03 pts
93Vicenza3.59+0.15 pts
94Varese3.58-1.09 pts
95Cuneo3.57-0.07 pts
96Siena3.49-0.98 pts
97Brescia3.44-0.61 pts
98Pordenone3.37+0.38 pts
99Trieste3.34-2.79 pts
100Fermo3.09-1.16 pts
101Lecco3.03+0.22 pts
102Verona3.03-0.06 pts
103Belluno3.01+0.19 pts
104Bergamo2.92-0.47 pts
105Monza e della Brianza2.89-1.45 pts
106Cremona2.62-2.79 pts
107Bolzano-Bozen1.97-0.31 pts

Other periods

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (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, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Napoli, with 20.75% in 2023, according to Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Bolzano-Bozen, with 1.97% in 2023.

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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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