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Italy: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Italy Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Italy

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

5.10 Ratio

European ranking

8 / 30

Improved by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+0.6 puntos

Italy is 0.6 points above the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

58.9M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 5.13 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Calabria

    +15.70

    5.90

  2. 2

    Sicilia

    +11.80

    5.70

  3. 3

    Campania

    +7.80

    5.50

  4. 4

    Sardegna

    +7.80

    5.50

  5. 5

    Lazio

    +2.00

    5.20

  6. 6

    Liguria

    —

    5.10

  7. 7

    Puglia

    -2.00

    5.00

  8. 8

    Piemonte

    -9.80

    4.60

  9. 9

    Toscana

    -13.70

    4.40

  10. 10

    Umbria

    -15.70

    4.30

  11. 11

    Lombardia

    -15.70

    4.30

  12. 12

    Abruzzo

    -17.60

    4.20

  13. 13

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    -19.60

    4.10

  14. 14

    Veneto

    -19.60

    4.10

  15. 15

    Marche

    -21.60

    4.00

  16. 16

    Molise

    -21.60

    4.00

  17. 17

    Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    -21.60

    4.00

  18. 18

    Emilia-Romagna

    -25.50

    3.80

  19. 19

    Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste

    -25.50

    3.80

  20. 20

    Basilicata

    -31.40

    3.50

  21. 21

    Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen

    -39.20

    3.10

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At a glance

Italy performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Italy

In Italy, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 5.13 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.4 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 5.75 in 2020 to 5.13 in 2025. The latest step, from 5.53 in 2024 to 5.13 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Italy

In Italy, S80/S20 ratio shows noticeable regional variation. Across 21 comparable regions, Calabria records the highest value (5.9) and Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen the lowest (3.1), a gap of 2.8 in the ratio.

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.