At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2016, Italy's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 0.4% compared to 2015, reaching 80.1.

Italy accounts for 124.8% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

Italy ranks 4th 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 3.1% (from 77.7 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.