Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy
Italy: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 37.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy, 1977–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy is 37.1%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy peaked at 81.6% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 35.9%, in 2022.
Italy ranks 99th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 81.6% | — |
| 1978 | 78.4% | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 75.3% | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 73.1% | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 75.8% | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 73.3% | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 72.4% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 70.0% | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 72.7% | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 62.6% | -13.9% |
| 1989 | 57.9% | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 58.3% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 59.7% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 59.7% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 56.3% | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 54.2% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 53.8% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 41.3% | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 38.9% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 39.1% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 37.8% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 36.5% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 38.5% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 37.7% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 39.1% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 40.6% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 43.1% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 44.2% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 42.2% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 41.3% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 40.7% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 39.9% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 37.2% | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 38.4% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 36.0% | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 35.9% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 37.1% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78.4% | 75.3% | 81.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 69.7% | 57.9% | 75.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 58.5% | 56.3% | 59.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 42.0% | 36.5% | 54.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 41.2% | 37.2% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8% | 35.9% | 38.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Italy was 37.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 1977.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.9% in 2022.
- How does Italy rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Italy ranks 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.