Just over 2.2 million households in Italy, 8.4% of the total, were living in conditions of absolute poverty in 2023, Istat said in a report.
The national statistics agency said this was stable with respect to 2022.
It added that the incidence of absolute poverty for families with at least one foreign member was 30.4%.
It said the incidence for all-Italian households, on the other hand, was 6.3%.
Istat said 5.7 million individuals, 9.7% of the population, were living in absolute poverty last year.
This was also stable with respect to 2022 as was the figure for the proportion of families in relative poverty – 10.6%.
Via ANSA
