Poverty & Inequality in Italy 162 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Italy. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 18.2% 87th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.1% 133rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.2 live births per woman 2023 down 13.2% 220th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 kg per hectare 2023 down 3.9% 43rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 10.7% 168th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.51 % change on previous year 2023 up 785.6% 41st Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.99 2023 down 3.7% 6th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% 2023 down 3.7% 6th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 10.5% 168th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -0.2786 % change on previous year 2023 down 158.1% 115th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.043 2023 down 49.4% 154th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.8% 2023 down 5.1% 131st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0692 2023 down 4.8% 232nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0692 2023 down 4.8% 232nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0819 2023 down 5.5% 223rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 down 43.8% 70th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 36.4% 51st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 50.0% 79th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.9% 2023 down 44.1% 98th Prosperity gap 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 26.3% 86th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2085 2023 up 1.2% 111th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 38.5% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.2% 2023 down 1.2% 82nd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 45.0% 91st Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 unchanged 156th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.817 2023 up 4.7% 35th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.817 2023 up 4.7% 35th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.817 2023 up 4.7% 35th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.9% 2023 down 43.8% 73rd Three metrics of inequality 43.4 2015 up 1.5% 102nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.434 2015 up 1.5% 102nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 776.42 2023 up 8.7% 20th Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2023 unchanged 53rd Income share held by third 20% 17.0% 2023 unchanged 36th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.1% 2023 unchanged 14th Income share held by highest 20% 41.1% 2023 down 0.7% 71st Income share held by highest 10% 25.8% 2023 down 0.4% 72nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2023 up 15.0% 84th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.6% 2023 up 6.5% 83rd Gini index 34.3 2023 down 1.7% 59th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.5% 2023 down 2.0% 38th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 425.03 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 40.5% 40th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.7% 2023 down 39.2% 51st At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 18.6% 2025 down 6.5% 17th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3367 2015 down 2.7% 93rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.8% 2025 up 5.5% 10th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3367 2015 down 2.7% 93rd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 10.1% 2025 down 54.1% 20th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 34,027 2017 down 2.4% 28th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 22.6% 2025 down 20.4% 14th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 5.2% 2025 down 57.0% 17th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 30.8% 2015 up 0.3% 106th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 7.8% 2015 down 4.3% 111th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.9% 2020 down 20.3% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 25.3% 2020 up 1.2% 11th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 39.3% 2023 down 4.0% 12th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2023 down 42.5% 66th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3434 2023 down 1.6% 56th Page 1 of 3 Next →