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

In 2021, Italy's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2020, reaching 19.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.1%.

Italy ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.5% (from 19.9% in 2016).

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