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.
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.043 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0692 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0692 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0819 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2085 (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.