Poverty in Italy

Higher consumption does not compensate for inflation. Absolute poverty keeps stable In 2021, a little more than 1.9 million households (7.5% of the total from […]

Absolute poverty and consumption expenditure

Absolute poverty stable in 2021 According to preliminary estimates, in 2021, the incidence of absolute poverty was 7.5% among households (from 7.7% in 2020) and […]

Poverty in Italy

Absolute poverty growing again In 2020, just over two million households lived in absolute poverty with an incidence of 7.7% (from 6.4% in 2019), for […]

Poverty in Italy

Almost 1.7 million households lived in absolute poverty with an incidence of 6.4% in 2019 (7.0% in 2018), for a total number of about 4.6 […]

Poverty in Italy

In 2018, over 1.8 million households in absolute poverty (with an incidence of 7.0%) were estimated, for a total of 5 million individuals (incidence of […]

Poverty in Italy

Absolute poverty In 2017, the incidence of absolute poverty was 6.9% in terms of residing households (1 million and 778 thousand households) and 8.4% in […]

Residential care facilities

In Italy, residential care facilities, active at 31st December 2015, were 12,828, with 390,689 beds (6.4 for every 1,000 residents). The majority of the residential […]

Poverty in Italy

Absolute poverty In 2016, the incidence of absolute poverty was 6.3% in terms of residing households (1 million and 619 thousands households, that is 4 […]

Poverty in Italy

Absolute poverty In 2015, the incidence of absolute poverty was 6.1% in terms of residing households and 7.6% in terms of individuals. In 2014 the […]

The homeless

In 2014, the second survey on the condition of persons living in extreme poverty was conducted, following an agreement between Istat, the Ministry of Labour […]