Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy
Italy: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 34.1 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy, 1977–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy stood at 34.1. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy peaked at 80.24 in 1977 and was at its lowest, 34.1, in 2021.
Italy ranks 97th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 76.81 | 73.48 | 80.24 | 3 |
| 1980s | 67.4 | 54.75 | 73.75 | 8 |
| 1990s | 55.8 | 53.73 | 57.48 | 4 |
| 2000s | 39.71 | 34.23 | 52 | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.05 | 34.91 | 41.95 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.24 | 34.1 | 36.37 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.2 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,059 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 41.99 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.043 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 15.75 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0692 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0692 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0819 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2085 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Italy was 34.1 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 80.24 in 1977.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1 in 2021.
- How does Italy rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Italy ranks 97th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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