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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by unemployment rate

Napoli had the highest unemployment rate of 107 areas in 2024, at 19.96%. Bergamo had the lowest, at 1.56%. The median was 5.66%. Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

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Highest19.96Napoli
Lowest1.56Bergamo
Median5.66107 areas

Top 40 areas, 2024

Napoli: 19.96 %Napoli19.96Foggia: 16 %Foggia16Messina: 15.91 %Messina15.91Agrigento: 15.71 %Agrigento15.71Catanzaro: 15.68 %Catanzaro15.68Siracusa: 15.05 %Siracusa15.05Palermo: 14.28 %Palermo14.28Caltanissetta: 13.94 %Caltanissetta13.94Cosenza: 13.61 %Cosenza13.61Vibo Valentia: 13.32 %Vibo Valentia13.32Catania: 12.52 %Catania12.52Salerno: 12.38 %Salerno12.38Crotone: 11.24 %Crotone11.24Reggio Calabria: 10.71 %Reggio Calabria10.71Brindisi: 10.5 %Brindisi10.5Taranto: 10.5 %Taranto10.5Enna: 10.49 %Enna10.49Lecce: 10.14 %Lecce10.14Caserta: 9.94 %Caserta9.94Latina: 9.39 %Latina9.39Nuoro: 9.26 %Nuoro9.26Teramo: 9.22 %Teramo9.22Oristano: 8.84 %Oristano8.84Cagliari: 8.75 %Cagliari8.75Avellino: 8.72 %Avellino8.72Campobasso: 8.4 %Campobasso8.4Benevento: 8.37 %Benevento8.37Sud Sardegna: 8.14 %Sud Sardegna8.14Trapani: 8.05 %Trapani8.05Sassari: 7.51 %Sassari7.51Pescara: 7.43 %Pescara7.43Rieti: 7.21 %Rieti7.21Matera: 7.11 %Matera7.11Vercelli: 6.84 %Vercelli6.84Ancona: 6.82 %Ancona6.82Barletta-Andria-Trani: 6.65 %Barletta-Andria-Trani6.65Sondrio: 6.64 %Sondrio6.64Isernia: 6.6 %Isernia6.6Potenza: 6.49 %Potenza6.49Pistoia: 6.45 %Pistoia6.45Napoli: 19.96 %Napoli19.96Foggia: 16 %Foggia16Messina: 15.91 %Messina15.91Agrigento: 15.71 %Agrigento15.71Catanzaro: 15.68 %Catanzaro15.68Siracusa: 15.05 %Siracusa15.05Palermo: 14.28 %Palermo14.28Caltanissetta: 13.94 %Caltanissetta13.94Cosenza: 13.61 %Cosenza13.61Vibo Valentia: 13.32 %Vibo Valentia13.32Catania: 12.52 %Catania12.52Salerno: 12.38 %Salerno12.38Crotone: 11.24 %Crotone11.24Reggio Calabria: 10.71 %Reggio Calabria10.71Brindisi: 10.5 %Brindisi10.5Taranto: 10.5 %Taranto10.5Enna: 10.49 %Enna10.49Lecce: 10.14 %Lecce10.14Caserta: 9.94 %Caserta9.94Latina: 9.39 %Latina9.39Nuoro: 9.26 %Nuoro9.26Teramo: 9.22 %Teramo9.22Oristano: 8.84 %Oristano8.84Cagliari: 8.75 %Cagliari8.75Avellino: 8.72 %Avellino8.72Campobasso: 8.4 %Campobasso8.4Benevento: 8.37 %Benevento8.37Sud Sardegna: 8.14 %Sud Sardegna8.14Trapani: 8.05 %Trapani8.05Sassari: 7.51 %Sassari7.51Pescara: 7.43 %Pescara7.43Rieti: 7.21 %Rieti7.21Matera: 7.11 %Matera7.11Vercelli: 6.84 %Vercelli6.84Ancona: 6.82 %Ancona6.82Barletta-Andria-Trani: 6.65 %Barletta-Andria-Trani6.65Sondrio: 6.64 %Sondrio6.64Isernia: 6.6 %Isernia6.6Potenza: 6.49 %Potenza6.49Pistoia: 6.45 %Pistoia6.45
%. 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

RankAreas2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Napoli19.96-0.79 pts
2Foggia16-1.57 pts
3Messina15.91-3.44 pts
4Agrigento15.71-0.48 pts
5Catanzaro15.68+0.78 pts
6Siracusa15.05-1.29 pts
7Palermo14.28-2.79 pts
8Caltanissetta13.94-3.3 pts
9Cosenza13.61-3.87 pts
10Vibo Valentia13.32-0.65 pts
11Catania12.52-2.79 pts
12Salerno12.38-2.73 pts
13Crotone11.24-1.75 pts
14Reggio Calabria10.71-5.17 pts
15Brindisi10.5-4.34 pts
16Taranto10.5-3.04 pts
17Enna10.49-3.41 pts
18Lecce10.14-0.59 pts
19Caserta9.94-3.37 pts
20Latina9.39+0.45 pts
21Nuoro9.26+2.54 pts
22Teramo9.22+2.53 pts
23Oristano8.84+0.48 pts
24Cagliari8.75-2.63 pts
25Avellino8.72-5.36 pts
26Campobasso8.4-0.35 pts
27Benevento8.37-1.16 pts
28Sud Sardegna8.14-3.28 pts
29Trapani8.05-4.47 pts
30Sassari7.51-2.06 pts
31Pescara7.43-1.89 pts
32Rieti7.21-1.14 pts
33Matera7.11-0.88 pts
34Vercelli6.84+0.21 pts
35Ancona6.82+0.82 pts
36Barletta-Andria-Trani6.65-2.8 pts
37Sondrio6.64+0.33 pts
38Isernia6.6-5.08 pts
39Potenza6.49-0.71 pts
40Pistoia6.45-0.61 pts
41Rovigo6.44-1.51 pts
42Asti6.41-0.5 pts
43Torino6.31-0.7 pts
44Massa-Carrara6.17+0.03 pts
45Frosinone6.17-3.96 pts
46L’Aquila6.07-3.13 pts
47Roma5.91-0.55 pts
48Macerata5.87+0.36 pts
49Gorizia5.86-0.41 pts
50Trieste5.85+2.51 pts
51Viterbo5.82-3.9 pts
52Chieti5.77-1.48 pts
53Savona5.76-0.32 pts
54Ragusa5.66-3.89 pts
55Novara5.65+0.03 pts
56Bari5.64-2.64 pts
57Imperia5.62-2.76 pts
58Como5.43-0.02 pts
59Genova5.33-0.51 pts
60Piacenza5.26-1.12 pts
61Grosseto5.24-0.38 pts
62La Spezia5.16+0.13 pts
63Terni5.15-1.38 pts
64Alessandria4.98-1.68 pts
65Ferrara4.94-0.68 pts
66Livorno4.76+0.07 pts
67Udine4.73-0.65 pts
68Perugia4.71-1.09 pts
69Rimini4.71-2.71 pts
70Pisa4.68-1.26 pts
71Milano4.64-0.05 pts
72Lucca4.55-2.15 pts
73Bologna4.51+0.71 pts
74Parma4.48+0.49 pts
75Modena4.23-1.1 pts
76Arezzo4.18-1.12 pts
77Ravenna4.09-0.52 pts
78Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste3.9-0.14 pts
79Venezia3.89-0.55 pts
80Fermo3.79+0.7 pts
81Ascoli Piceno3.71-0.54 pts
82Pesaro e Urbino3.66-1.58 pts
83Varese3.61+0.03 pts
84Pavia3.55-1.11 pts
85Reggio nell’Emilia3.52-1.44 pts
86Mantova3.45-1.26 pts
87Forlì-Cesena3.39-1.76 pts
88Biella3.34-0.63 pts
89Monza e della Brianza3.29+0.4 pts
90Lecco3.08+0.05 pts
91Siena3.01-0.48 pts
92Vicenza2.87-0.72 pts
93Brescia2.84-0.6 pts
94Belluno2.82-0.19 pts
95Verbano-Cusio-Ossola2.81-2.65 pts
96Cuneo2.74-0.83 pts
97Trento2.73-1.03 pts
98Firenze2.67-1.86 pts
99Padova2.58-1.26 pts
100Lodi2.52-1.5 pts
101Prato2.5-1.9 pts
102Verona2.49-0.54 pts
103Treviso2.35-3.31 pts
104Cremona1.96-0.66 pts
105Bolzano-Bozen1.95-0.01 pts
106Pordenone1.78-1.59 pts
107Bergamo1.56-1.36 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.

How to cite

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{istituto_nuts_3_areas_of_2024,
  author = {{Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy)}},
  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, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Napoli, with 19.96% in 2024, according to Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat, Italy).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Bergamo, with 1.56% in 2024.

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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