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

In 2017, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.5% compared to 2016, reaching 20.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9%.

Italy ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.1% (from 19.5% in 2012).

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