At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2021, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2020, reaching 20.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.8%.

Italy ranks 6th 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 2.4% (from 20.6% in 2016).

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