# Italy Activity (participation) rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA

Italy Activity (participation) rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA was 80.1% in Q2 2026, up 0.7 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 73.2% (Q2 2020) to 80.7% (Q4 2023), averaging 78.3%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.ACTRATE.Q.SA.AGE-PRIME`
- 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-prime-age-25-54-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 80.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 79.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 79.1% |
| Q3 2025 | 79.5% |
| Q2 2025 | 80.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 80.4% |
| Q4 2024 | 79.4% |
| Q3 2024 | 79.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 79.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 80.2% |
| Q4 2023 | 80.7% |
| Q3 2023 | 79.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 79.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 79.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 79.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 78.5% |
| Q2 2022 | 78.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 78.2% |
| Q4 2021 | 78.5% |
| Q3 2021 | 78.1% |
| Q2 2021 | 76.9% |
| Q1 2021 | 75.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 76.5% |
| Q3 2020 | 76.8% |

## API

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

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