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

In 2014, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2013, reaching 18.4%.

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

Italy ranks 9th 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 8.9% (from 16.9% in 2009).

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