22-05-2025
Young Italians shun Meloni's plan to boost economy and head abroad
As Italy fights to reverse its dipping birth rate and deal with a rapidly ageing population, a report has found that a record number of young people are emigrating to escape the country's moribund job market.
About 21,000 Italians aged 25-34 moved abroad in 2023, an increase of 21 per cent on the previous year and a new record for departures, Italy's national statistics agency Istat reported.
Among the exodus, more than half had university degrees — creating a brain drain that could weaken Italy's drive to turn around its economy.
According to figures from Istat, more than a million Italians emigrated in the decade from 2014 to 2023, including 367,000 young people, of whom 146,000 were graduates.
'Everyone I know is abroad because it
