European ranking
8 / 30
Improved by 3 positions since the previous year
Italy: Gini coefficient
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Italy
Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient
Latest value
31.00 Index
Compared with Europe
+1.5 puntos
Italy is 1.5 points above the European average.
EU: 29.50
Affected population
58.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Gini coefficient
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At a glance
Italy performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Income inequality is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 31.0 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 index points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 32.5 in 2020 to 31.0 in 2025. The latest step, from 32.2 in 2024 to 31.0 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.