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

In 2006, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2005, reaching 20.9%.

Italy ranks 4th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.5% (from 20.0% in 2001).

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