Household budget survey

HBS focuses on consumption expenditure behaviors of the Italian resident households. The main target of the HBS is represented by all expenditures incurred by resident […]

Income and living conditions

In 2015, 28.7% of the Italian resident population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion, in accordance with the definition adopted for the Europe […]

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 […]

Household consumptions

In 2015, the average monthly household consumption expenditure, at current values, was 2,499.37 euros (+0.4% compared to 2014 and +1.1% with respect to 2013). Taking […]

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 […]

Income and living conditions

In 2014, 28.3% of the Italian resident population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion, in accordance with the definition adopted for the Europe […]

Poverty in Italy

This Report disseminates estimates based on the renewed Household Budget Survey, that is the result of a long testing period. As deep changes have been […]

Household consumptions

In 2014, the average monthly household consumption expenditure, at current values, was 2,488.50 euros. Taking into account the sampling error (0.5%) and the inflation rate […]

Income and living conditions

In 2013, 28.4% of the Italian resident population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, in accordance with to the definition adopted for the […]

Poverty in Italy

Istat disseminates the relative and absolute poverty estimations for the households residing in Italy, based on data from the 2013 Households Budget Survey. Being sample […]