Immigration/Foreign residents · Italy
Foreign residents in Italy: 9.1% of the population in 2025
Reference period: 2025 · Published: 25 Sept 2026
- Hash recorded
9.1% of population
+0.2 points on 2024.
Foreign residents · % of population
Values as published by the source, at current prices.
Data table
| Status | Crises | Governments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.1 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2024 | 8.9 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2023 | 8.7 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2022 | 8.5 | final | Energy crisis | Draghi government, Meloni government |
| 2021 | 8.7 | final | COVID-19 pandemic | Conte II government, Draghi government |
| 2020 | 8.5 | final | COVID-19 pandemic | Conte II government |
| 2019 | 8.4 | final | Conte I government, Conte II government | |
| 2018 | 8.2 | final | Gentiloni government, Conte I government | |
| 2017 | 8.0 | final | Gentiloni government | |
| 2016 | 8.0 | final | Renzi government, Gentiloni government | |
| 2015 | 8.0 | final | Renzi government | |
| 2014 | 7.9 | final | Letta government, Renzi government | |
| 2013 | 7.7 | final | Monti government, Letta government | |
| 2012 | 7.2 | final | Sovereign debt crisis | Monti government |
| 2011 | 6.8 | final | Sovereign debt crisis | Berlusconi IV government, Monti government |
| 2010 | 6.4 | final | Berlusconi IV government | |
| 2009 | 6.0 | final | Financial crisis | Berlusconi IV government |
| 2008 | 5.3 | final | Financial crisis | Prodi II government, Berlusconi IV government |
| 2007 | 4.6 | final | Prodi II government | |
| 2006 | 4.3 | final | Berlusconi III government, Prodi II government | |
| 2005 | 3.9 | final | Berlusconi II government, Berlusconi III government | |
| 2004 | 3.3 | final | Berlusconi II government | |
| 2003 | 2.6 | final | Berlusconi II government | |
| 2002 | 2.4 | final | Berlusconi II government | |
| 2000 | 2.2 | final | D'Alema II government, Amato II government | |
| 1999 | 2.0 | final | D'Alema II government | |
| 1998 | 1.7 | final |
EU comparison · Nominal (% of population)
Same lens as the main chart: changing it here changes it above too. Context layers are those of the main country. Each country is read in the release published on the same date.
Data table
| 2025 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 9.4 | 14.1 | – |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 14.5 | 8.8 | 13.4 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 9.1 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 8.4 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 11.1 | 8.2 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 7.6 |
| 2017 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 7.3 |
| 2016 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 7.0 |
| 2015 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 6.7 |
| 2014 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 6.5 |
| 2013 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 10.8 | – |
| 2012 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 11.2 | – |
| 2011 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 11.4 | – |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 11.6 | – |
| 2009 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 11.7 | – |
| 2008 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 11.1 | – |
| 2007 | 4.6 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 9.9 | – |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 8.1 | – | 8.9 | – |
| 2005 | 3.9 | 8.8 | – | 7.9 | – |
| 2004 | 3.3 | 8.8 | – | 6.8 | – |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 8.8 | – | 5.7 | – |
| 2002 | 2.4 | 8.8 | – | 4.2 | – |
| 2001 | – | 8.8 | – | – | – |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 8.9 | – | – | – |
| 1999 | 2.0 | 8.8 | – | – | – |
| 1998 | 1.7 | 8.9 | – | – | – |
What it measures
Residents with foreign citizenship as a percentage of the population, computed from the values published by Eurostat. Version published by Eurostat on 25 September 2026.
Methodology
Residents with foreign citizenship or stateless on 1 January, as a percentage of the resident population, computed by Data Super Partes dividing the two values Eurostat publishes for the same year. It counts citizenship, not country of birth: people who become Italian citizens leave the count. It excludes people without a residence permit, who are not registered as residents.
Source
Eurostat · Population on 1 January by broad group of citizenship
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Context layers and attribution rules
Crises
Conventional whole-year periods chosen by the editors; each period's source documents the event. They apply to every EU country. They show temporal coincidences, not causes.
4 periods with source
- Financial crisis1 Jan 2008 – 31 Dec 2009
- Sovereign debt crisis1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2012
- COVID-19 pandemic1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021
- Energy crisis1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Governments
Each government covers the period from its swearing-in to the end date given by governo.it. An annual figure is not attributed to a single government: the bands show who was in office during the period, as a temporal coincidence. For public spending, the budget law for year N is passed by the government in office in year N−1.
14 periods with source
- D'Alema II government22 Dec 1999 – 25 Apr 2000
- Amato II government25 Apr 2000 – 11 Jun 2001
- Berlusconi II government11 Jun 2001 – 23 Apr 2005
- Berlusconi III government23 Apr 2005 – 17 May 2006
- Prodi II government17 May 2006 – 6 May 2008
- Berlusconi IV government8 May 2008 – 16 Nov 2011
- Monti government16 Nov 2011 – 27 Apr 2013
- Letta government28 Apr 2013 – 21 Feb 2014
- Renzi government22 Feb 2014 – 12 Dec 2016
- Gentiloni government12 Dec 2016 – 1 Jun 2018
- Conte I government1 Jun 2018 – 4 Sept 2019
- Conte II government5 Sept 2019 – 13 Feb 2021
- Draghi government13 Feb 2021 – 22 Oct 2022
- Meloni government22 Oct 2022 – in office
Release history
Every release stays published as it was. Differences are computed against the release published before it.
- 25 Sept 2026202516 values revised · 8 new periods
- 22 May 20192018no value changed · 2 new periods
- 14 Sept 20172016First release on record
Values revised since the release of 22 May 2019
| Reference period | Before | After | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.7 | 2.6 | −0.1 pts |
| 2004 | 3.4 | 3.3 | −0.1 pts |
| 2005 | 4.1 | 3.9 | −0.2 pts |
| 2006 | 4.6 | 4.3 | −0.3 pts |
| 2007 | 5.0 | 4.6 | −0.4 pts |
| 2008 | 5.8 | 5.3 | −0.4 pts |
| 2009 | 5.8 | 6.0 | +0.2 pts |
| 2010 | 6.2 | 6.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 2011 | 6.5 | 6.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 6.8 | 7.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 2013 | 7.4 | 7.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 2014 | 8.1 | 7.9 | −0.2 pts |
| 2015 | 8.3 | 8.0 | −0.2 pts |
| 2016 | 8.3 | 8.0 | −0.3 pts |
| 2017 | 8.3 | 8.0 | −0.3 pts |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 8.2 | −0.4 pts |