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Italy, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator Unit Report Time Series 2009 2010 2011

Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Hourly compensation costs

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

34.15 33.41

Hourly pay for time worked

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

19.38 18.96

Hourly directly paid benefits

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

4.99 4.88

Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

9.78 9.57

Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing

Productivity (output per hour)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-6.1 7.0

Output

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-16.0 4.6

Hours worked

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-10.6 -2.3

Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

4.4 -9.2

Labor market

Unemployment rate - Total

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

7.9 8.5 8.5

Unemployment rate - Youth (under 25)

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

25.7 28.2 29.4

Unemployment rate - Men

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

6.9 7.7 7.7

Unemployment rate - Women

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

9.3 9.7 9.6

Employment-population ratio - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

44.6 44.0 44.0

Employment-population ratio - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

55.3 54.4 54.2

Employment-population ratio - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

34.7 34.5 34.7

Labor force participation rate - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

48.4 48.1 48.1

Labor force participation rate - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

59.4 59.0 58.7

Labor force participation rate - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

38.2 38.2 38.4

Women's share of the labor force

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

41.1 41.3 41.6

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

32,723 32,997

GDP per hour

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

44.74 45.51

GDP per employed person

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

79,299 80,917

Prices

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

0.8

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

0.7

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

 

Last Modified Date: June 12, 2012