# Italy Self-Employed Workers, % of Total Employment

Italy Self-Employed Workers, % of Total Employment was 6,320.6 Thousand persons in Q2 2026, up 0.6% from Q1 2026 and up 2.9% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5,886.6 Thousand persons (Q3 2021) to 6,417.7 Thousand persons (Q2 2016), averaging 6,126.6 Thousand persons.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.SELFEMP.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/self-employed-workers-pct-of-total-employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,320.6 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2026 | 6,280.1 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2025 | 6,217.5 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2025 | 6,190.1 Thousand persons |
| Q2 2025 | 6,145.1 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2025 | 6,038.8 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2024 | 6,023.1 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2024 | 6,076.7 Thousand persons |
| Q2 2024 | 5,997.2 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2024 | 6,039.6 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2023 | 6,043.2 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2023 | 6,006.7 Thousand persons |
| Q2 2023 | 6,012.9 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2023 | 6,036.6 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2022 | 5,971.3 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2022 | 5,960.3 Thousand persons |
| Q2 2022 | 5,950.9 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2022 | 5,940.7 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2021 | 5,953.8 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2021 | 5,886.6 Thousand persons |
| Q2 2021 | 5,927.6 Thousand persons |
| Q1 2021 | 5,918.0 Thousand persons |
| Q4 2020 | 6,023.3 Thousand persons |
| Q3 2020 | 5,978.5 Thousand persons |

## API

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

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