Extreme poverty rate in Italy

0.9% of people in Italy lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1977 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Italy, 2023 0.9% % of population
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 0.7%
World, 2023 10.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 0.4% Middle value of 24 countries

Extreme poverty rate in Italy over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ItalyWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 0.9% 10.5%
2022 0.7% 10.9%
2021 0.9% 11.3%
2020 0.9% 11.4%
2019 1.0% –
2018 1.7% 11.1%
2017 1.5% 11.8%
2016 1.8% 12.6%
2015 2.1% 13.4%
2014 1.4% 14.5%
2013 1.6% 15.5%
2012 1.4% 17.8%
2011 1.3% 19.1%
2010 1.4% 21.0%
2009 1.1% 23.1%
2008 0.9% 24.1%
2007 0.8% 25.3%
2006 0.8% 27.0%
2005 0.8% 28.3%
2004 0.8% 30.3%
2003 0.9% 32.2%
2002 1.7% 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 0.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1.6%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1977 to 2023 for Italy
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform