Poverty & Inequality in Italy

162 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Italy.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Subjective poverty by sex and age 22.4% 2025 down 40.9% 11th
Subjective poverty by tenure status 22.4% 2025 down 40.9% 11th
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 27th
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 26.6% 2022 down 7.6% 22nd
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 22.6% 2025 down 21.3% 18th
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 10.1% 2025 down 54.1% 22nd
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 10.1% 2025 down 54.1% 22nd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 26.2% 2025 down 21.1% 18th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 3.9% 2025 down 55.7% 18th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 13,265 Thousand persons 2025 down 23.3% 6th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3247 2023 down 0.0% 13th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.3226 2023 down 1.8% 13th
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 58,625 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 4th
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.5 Average 2025 down 1.2% 7th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 6.3% 2025 up 142.3% 8th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 19.6% 2025 down 21.6% 6th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 19.6% 2025 down 21.6% 6th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 13,265 Thousand persons 2025 down 23.3% 4th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 6.3% 2025 up 142.3% 8th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 4.0% 2025 up 81.8% 32nd
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 3.2% 2025 down 34.7% 12th
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 5.2% 2025 down 57.0% 17th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 3,025 Thousand persons 2025 down 59.0% 6th
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 23.1% 2024 down 18.4% 18th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 13,265 Thousand persons 2025 down 23.3% 4th
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 95.8% 2020 up 2.2% 5th
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 11.7% 2025 up 0.9% 12th
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 3,492 Thousand persons 2020 down 20.7% 5th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 2.0% 2015 up 185.7% 21st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2024 down 3.0% 11th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 5.9% 2020 down 20.3% 17th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 25.3% 2020 up 1.2% 11th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 15.6% 2025 down 22.4% 7th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 1 Thousand persons 2025 down 66.7% 8th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -31 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 83.7% 20th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 25.6% 2019 up 2.4% 13th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 26.6% 2019 down 0.7% 13th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 24.5% 2019 up 6.1% 11th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 27.7% 2019 down 6.1% 11th
Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 2.9% 2020 up 83.9% 8th
Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 1.4% 2020 up 59.7% 12th
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 4.3% 2020 up 75.1% 8th