Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Italy
1.9% of people in Italy lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023.
Italy, 2023
1.9%
Change from 2022
+0.3percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Italy over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | – |
| 2018 | 3.3% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 1.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3.4%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.
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Income inequality (Gini)
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Severe material and social deprivation
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