(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 20 - The proportion of the Italian
population at risk of poverty was 18.9 % in 2023, a drop of 1.2
percentage points on 2022 and the lowest level since it was 18.7
% in 2010, according to Eurostat data.
This was still well above the EU average of 16.2%.
The risk-of-poverty threshold regards people who earn less than
60% of the national median disposable income.
Eurostat said that, in absolute terms, 11.12 million people were
at risk of poverty in Italy in 2023, a fall of 676,000 with
respect to the previous year. (ANSA).