EU 29.49
· European ranking
8 / 30
Down 3 positions compared with previous year
Italy: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
31.00 Index
EU 29.49 · +1.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Gini coefficient tessi190
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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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.