Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Italy
Italy: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3434 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Italy, 1977–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Italy is 0.3434, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Italy peaked at 0.3666 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2923, in 1982.
Italy ranks 56th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3352 | 0.3326 | 0.3401 | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.3153 | 0.2923 | 0.3418 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.345 | 0.3105 | 0.3666 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.3413 | 0.3289 | 0.3525 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3508 | 0.3458 | 0.3592 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3452 | 0.3365 | 0.3524 | 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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Italy?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Italy was 0.3434 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3666 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2923 in 1982.
- How does Italy rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Italy ranks 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.