# Italy Employment rate, females, age 15-64, % of population, SA

Italy Employment rate, females, age 15-64, % of population, SA was 54.5% in Q2 2026, up 0.2 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.9 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2009.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 47.2% (Q2 2020) to 54.5% (Q2 2026), averaging 50.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.EMPRATE.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/employment-rate-females-age-15-64-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 54.5% |
| Q1 2026 | 54.3% |
| Q4 2025 | 53.8% |
| Q3 2025 | 53.7% |
| Q2 2025 | 53.6% |
| Q1 2025 | 54.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 53.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 53.7% |
| Q2 2024 | 53.2% |
| Q1 2024 | 53.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 53.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 52.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 52.3% |
| Q1 2023 | 52.3% |
| Q4 2022 | 51.8% |
| Q3 2022 | 51.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 51.1% |
| Q1 2022 | 50.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 50.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 49.9% |
| Q2 2021 | 49.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 47.9% |
| Q4 2020 | 48.5% |
| Q3 2020 | 48.0% |

## API

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

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