Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy
Italy: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy, 1991–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy is 0.9%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 35.4% on the previous year and down 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy peaked at 2.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1991.
Italy ranks 64th of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +400.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | -53.3% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | +142.9% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | -23.5% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +30.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | -48.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +26.6% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +30.7% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +41.5% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -39.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -21.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +35.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 2.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Italy's 0.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 2.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +400.0% | 0.3% | 1.5% |
| 1998 | +142.9% | 0.7% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.99 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Italy was 0.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1991.
- How does Italy rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Italy ranks 64th out of 118 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.