# Italy Activity (participation) rate, females, age 15-64, % of population, SA

Italy Activity (participation) rate, females, age 15-64, % of population, SA was 58.2% in Q2 2026, up 0.6 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 51.7% (Q2 2020) to 58.3% (Q4 2023), averaging 56.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.ACTRATE.Q.SA.SEX-FEMALE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of population
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/activity-participation-rate-females-age-15-64-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 58.2% |
| Q1 2026 | 57.6% |
| Q4 2025 | 57.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 57.6% |
| Q2 2025 | 57.8% |
| Q1 2025 | 58.3% |
| Q4 2024 | 57.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 57.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 57.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 58.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 58.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 57.6% |
| Q2 2023 | 57.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 57.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 57.1% |
| Q3 2022 | 56.4% |
| Q2 2022 | 56.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 55.9% |
| Q4 2021 | 56.5% |
| Q3 2021 | 56.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 55.1% |
| Q1 2021 | 54.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 54.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 54.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.ACTRATE.Q.SA.SEX-FEMALE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.ACTRATE.Q.SA.SEX-FEMALE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```