Employment rate in Emilia-Romagna

The employment rate in Emilia-Romagna was 77.0% of people aged 20 to 64 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Employment rate, ages 20 to 64, by region Unit: % of people aged 20 to 64 Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Emilia-Romagna, 2025 77.0% % of people aged 20 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.4percentage points 2024: 75.6%
Italy, 2025 67.6% Country total
Position in 2025 146th of 289 See the full ranking

Employment rate in Emilia-Romagna over time

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% of people aged 20 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment rate, ages 20 to 64, by region (% of people aged 20 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period Emilia-RomagnaItaly
2025 77.0% 67.6%
2024 75.6% 67.1%
2023 75.9% 66.3%
2022 74.8% 64.8%
2021 73.5%b (break in time series) 62.7%b (break in time series)
2020 73.8% 62.5%
2019 75.4% 63.6%
2018 74.5%b (break in time series) 63.0%b (break in time series)
2017 73.3% 62.3%
2016 73.0% 61.6%
2015 71.2% 60.5%
2014 70.7% 59.9%
2013 70.6% 59.7%
2012 71.8% 60.9%
2011 72.1% 61.0%
2010 71.5% 61.0%
2009 72.5% 61.6%
2008 74.2% 62.9%
2007 74.0% 62.7%
2006 73.0% 62.4%
2005 72.0%b (break in time series) 61.5%b (break in time series)
2004 – 61.7%b (break in time series)
2003 – 60.1%
2002 – 59.2%
2001 – 58.2%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 75.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 71.2%, the figure has changed by +5.8 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Emilia-Romagna has the 146th highest value.
  • The figure for Italy in 2025 was 67.6%.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
lfst_r_lfe2emprt · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y20-64 unit=PC
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Emilia-Romagna
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat