Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex

In 2024, Italy's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 23.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.0%.

Italy ranks 7th 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 6.1% (from 24.6% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.