Individual absolute poverty rate in Italy 2008-2020
risk of poverty between 2011 and 2019.
In 2020, 9.4 percent of individuals in Italy were living below the poverty line. Compared to the previous year, the share of people living in absolute poverty experienced a decrease. However, the lowest rates were registered in the years from 2008 to 2012, when the real impact of the 2008 financial crisis was yet to be recorded. In Italy, around one fifth of the entire population was consistently at