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

In 2009, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 6.2% compared to 2008, reaching 19.6%.

Italy ranks 15th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.2% (from 20.9% in 2004).

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