Poverty and inequality/At-risk-of-poverty rate · Italy
At-risk-of-poverty rate in Italy: 18.6% of the population in 2025
Reference period: 2025 · Published: 20 Oct 2026
- Hash recorded
18.6% of population
−0.3 points on 2024.
At-risk-of-poverty rate · % of population
Values as published by the source, at current prices.
The vertical axis does not start at zero.
Data table
| Status | Crises | Governments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.6 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2024 | 18.9 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2023 | 18.9 | final | Meloni government | |
| 2022 | 20.1 | final | Energy crisis | Draghi government, Meloni government |
| 2021 | 20.1 | final | COVID-19 pandemic | Conte II government, Draghi government |
| 2020 | 20.0 | final | COVID-19 pandemic | Conte II government |
| 2019 | 20.1 | final | Conte I government, Conte II government | |
| 2018 | 20.3 | final | Gentiloni government, Conte I government | |
| 2017 | 20.3 | final | Gentiloni government | |
| 2016 | 20.6 | final | Renzi government, Gentiloni government | |
| 2015 | 19.9 | final | Renzi government | |
| 2014 | 19.4 | final | Letta government, Renzi government | |
| 2013 | 19.3 | final | Monti government, Letta government | |
| 2012 | 19.5 | final | Sovereign debt crisis | Monti government |
| 2011 | 19.8 | final | Sovereign debt crisis | Berlusconi IV government, Monti government |
| 2010 | 18.7 | final | Berlusconi IV government | |
| 2009 | 18.4 | final | Financial crisis | Berlusconi IV government |
| 2008 | 18.9 | final | Financial crisis | Prodi II government, Berlusconi IV government |
| 2007 | 19.5 | final | Prodi II government | |
| 2006 | 19.3 | final | Berlusconi III government, Prodi II government | |
| 2005 | 19.2 | final | Berlusconi II government, Berlusconi III government | |
| 2004 | 18.9 | final | Berlusconi II government | |
| 2001 | 19.0 | final | Amato II government, Berlusconi II government | |
| 2000 | 18.0 | final | D'Alema II government, Amato II government | |
| 1999 | 18.0 | final | D'Alema II government | |
| 1998 | 18.0 | final | ||
| 1997 | 19.0 | final | ||
| 1996 | 20.0 | final | ||
| 1995 | 20.0 | final |
EU comparison · Nominal (% of population)
Same lens as the main chart: changing it here changes it above too. Context layers are those of the main country. Each country is read in the release published on the same date.
Data table
| 2025 | 18.6 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 19.5 | 16.3 |
| 2024 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 19.7 | 16.2 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 20.2 | 16.2 |
| 2022 | 20.1 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 20.4 | 16.5 |
| 2021 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 21.7 | 16.8 |
| 2020 | 20.0 | 16.1 | 14.2 | 21.0 | 16.7 |
| 2019 | 20.1 | 14.8 | 13.6 | 20.7 | 16.5 |
| 2018 | 20.3 | 16.0 | 13.4 | 21.5 | 16.8 |
| 2017 | 20.3 | 16.1 | 13.2 | 21.6 | 16.9 |
| 2016 | 20.6 | 16.5 | 13.6 | 22.3 | 17.5 |
| 2015 | 19.9 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 22.1 | 17.4 |
| 2014 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 22.2 | 17.3 |
| 2013 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 13.7 | 20.4 | 16.8 |
| 2012 | 19.5 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 20.8 | – |
| 2011 | 19.8 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 20.6 | – |
| 2010 | 18.7 | 15.6 | 13.3 | 20.7 | – |
| 2009 | 18.4 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 20.4 | – |
| 2008 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 12.5 | 19.8 | – |
| 2007 | 19.5 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 19.7 | – |
| 2006 | 19.3 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 20.3 | – |
| 2005 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 20.1 | – |
| 2004 | 18.9 | – | 13.5 | 20.1 | – |
| 2002 | – | – | 12.0 | 19.0 | – |
| 2001 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | – |
| 2000 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | – |
| 1999 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | – |
| 1998 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | – |
| 1997 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | – |
| 1996 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | – |
| 1995 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | – |
What it measures
Share of people with an income below 60% of their country's median income (EU-SILC survey). Version published by Eurostat on 20 October 2026.
Methodology
Share of people with an equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median, after social transfers (EU-SILC survey). It is a relative measure: the threshold differs by country and year. Income generally refers to the year before the survey. It differs from the absolute poverty measured by ISTAT.
Source
Eurostat · At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex (EU-SILC)
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Context layers and attribution rules
Crises
Conventional whole-year periods chosen by the editors; each period's source documents the event. They apply to every EU country. They show temporal coincidences, not causes.
4 periods with source
- Financial crisis1 Jan 2008 – 31 Dec 2009
- Sovereign debt crisis1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2012
- COVID-19 pandemic1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021
- Energy crisis1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Governments
Each government covers the period from its swearing-in to the end date given by governo.it. An annual figure is not attributed to a single government: the bands show who was in office during the period, as a temporal coincidence. For public spending, the budget law for year N is passed by the government in office in year N−1.
14 periods with source
- D'Alema II government22 Dec 1999 – 25 Apr 2000
- Amato II government25 Apr 2000 – 11 Jun 2001
- Berlusconi II government11 Jun 2001 – 23 Apr 2005
- Berlusconi III government23 Apr 2005 – 17 May 2006
- Prodi II government17 May 2006 – 6 May 2008
- Berlusconi IV government8 May 2008 – 16 Nov 2011
- Monti government16 Nov 2011 – 27 Apr 2013
- Letta government28 Apr 2013 – 21 Feb 2014
- Renzi government22 Feb 2014 – 12 Dec 2016
- Gentiloni government12 Dec 2016 – 1 Jun 2018
- Conte I government1 Jun 2018 – 4 Sept 2019
- Conte II government5 Sept 2019 – 13 Feb 2021
- Draghi government13 Feb 2021 – 22 Oct 2022
- Meloni government22 Oct 2022 – in office
Release history
Every release stays published as it was. Differences are computed against the release published before it.