The Italian statistical office Istat released its unemployment data on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 11.9% in August from 12.0 in July. It was the lowest level since February 2013.
The number of unemployed people was 3.061 million in August, down by 0.4% from the month before.
The youth unemployment rate climbed to 40.7% in August from 40.4% in July.
The employment rate increased to 56.5% in August from 56.3% in July.