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

In 2016, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.4% compared to 2015, reaching 26.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.4%.

Italy ranks 4th 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 3.1% (from 25.9% in 2011).

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