Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Italy
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Italy.
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Overview
By 2017, Italy had achieved a 19.6 % reduction in GHG emissions in ESD sectors compared with the ESD base year, exceeding its national target by 6.6 percentage points. In 2017, the country also surpassed its national targets on renewable energy and primary energy consumption for the fourth and sixth consecutive year, respectively. Regarding education, Italy had exceeded its goals on early leavers from education and training and tertiary education by 2018; nevertheless, the country had the second lowest share of tertiary graduates in the EU in 2018 (27.8 % of 30- to 34-year-olds). R&D expenditure has increased slightly since 2008 and in 2017 the country was closer to its national target than the EU as a whole was to the EU target. In contrast, Italy is still 4.0 percentage points below its national target on employment, despite a gradual increase in the employment rate since 2014. The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has increased considerably between 2008 and 2018; Italy would need to lift more than 3.6 million people out of the risk of poverty to reach its national target by 2020.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics