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

In 2017, Italy's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 1.1% compared to 2016, reaching 79.2.

Italy accounts for 132.0% of the EU-27 total of 60.0.

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 0.8% (from 78.6 in 2012).

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