At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2010, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 1.6% compared to 2009, reaching 18.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.5%.

Italy ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.6% (from 19.2% in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.