Poverty & Inequality in Italy 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Italy. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.9% 2023 down 44.1% 96th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 50.0% 77th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 down 43.8% 68th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 36.4% 49th Prosperity gap 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 26.3% 84th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 45.0% 89th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.2% 2023 down 1.2% 80th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 38.5% 63rd Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 unchanged 156th Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2023 unchanged 53rd Gini index 34.3 2023 down 1.7% 57th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.6% 2023 up 6.5% 83rd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2023 up 15.0% 84th Income share held by highest 10% 25.8% 2023 down 0.4% 72nd Income share held by highest 20% 41.1% 2023 down 0.7% 69th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.1% 2023 unchanged 12th Income share held by third 20% 17.0% 2023 unchanged 36th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.5% 2023 down 2.0% 36th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2023 down 42.5% 66th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 20.1% 2021 up 3.1% 29th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 2.3% 2023 down 20.7% 18th