IT · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Italy, 2017
In 2017, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.0% compared to 2016, reaching 15.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.7%.
Italy ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.1% (from 16.1% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.