What is the unemployment rate in Catania?
Eurostat reports 16.71% for 2023 (series break), for the Catania greater-city area.
Catania Unemployment Rate: 16.71% (Greater City, 2023)
The unemployment rate in Catania was 16.71% in 2023, counting the Catania greater-city area as Eurostat defines it. The source series changed method or coverage, so earlier years are not directly comparable.Series break
Updated September 2026. We last refreshed these figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each figure shows its own year.
These figures are for the Catania greater-city area: the area Eurostat uses when a city's urban centre stretches beyond its administrative boundary. Figures for the municipality alone or the wider metro area can differ.
Unemployment and jobs in Catania
Unemployment is the share of the labour force without work, as reported to Eurostat. National definitions and sources can differ, and the registered-unemployment rate a national agency publishes may differ too. Jobs are counted where people work, so a city with many commuters can have more jobs than residents.
Unemployment rate
16.71%
Jobs located in the area
118,609jobs
- Series break (Eurostat flag
b): The source series changed method or coverage, so earlier years are not directly comparable.
Source: Eurostat, Labour market - cities and greater cities (2023); Labour market - cities and greater cities (2022) · years 2022–2023
About this data
- Labour market - cities and greater cities (urb_clma)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 31 August 2026; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Unemployment rate (EC1020I), 2023, unit: percent, Eurostat flag b. Share of the labour force without a job; national definitions can differ.
- Labour market - cities and greater cities (urb_clma)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 31 August 2026; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Total employment/jobs (workplace based) (EC2020V), 2022, unit: jobs, Eurostat flag b. Jobs located in the area, not the number of employed residents or job openings.
- Area
- the Catania greater-city area, as defined by Eurostat (Eurostat provider code IT010C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
- Treatment
- Values are shown as published, with digit grouping; counts, euro amounts and lengths drop a decimal part that is all zeros. Each figure keeps its own year, so this is not a like-for-like comparison or ranking.
Catania unemployment rate FAQ
Why is this different from the national unemployment rate?
This is the share of the labour force without work in the Catania greater-city area. A city's rate usually differs from the national rate. National agencies also often publish a registered-unemployment rate, which counts people signed up at job centres and can be higher, and they may report a different area or month.
How many jobs are there in Catania?
Eurostat counts 118,609 jobs located in the area in 2022 (series break). Jobs are counted where people work, so they include commuters who live elsewhere.
About this page's data
These figures come from Eurostat's City Statistics, the EU's official statistics for cities. They describe the Catania greater-city area, as Eurostat defines it (Eurostat provider code IT010C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
Missing figures stay missing. We never fill a gap with a regional or national average.
Source: Eurostat. Cities of Europe selected and reformatted these figures; Eurostat is not responsible for this presentation. Read the methodology, the full source list and our corrections log.