Just under a quarter of the Italian
population, 24.4%, was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in
2022, Istat said on Wednesday.
The national statistics agency said this was down from 25.2% in
2021.
It said the proportion of the population living in conditions of
serious deprivation dropped to 4.5% in 2022 from 5.9% in 2021,
thanks to the recovery of economic activity after the pandemic
and increases in employment and income levels.
Istat said that Italy's wealthy households earned 5.6 times more
than the poorest families in 2021.
The agency said this ratio was stable with respect to 2020.
It said the ratio in favour of wealthy families would have been
even higher, with them earning 6.4 times more in 2021, without
State income-support measures for the poor.
Istat said the average Italian household's income was 33,798
euros in 2021, up 3% in nominal terms and 1% in real terms.
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