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Italy: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

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

Italy

Latest value

· 2025

5.13 Ratio

EU 4.73 · +0.4 pp vs Europe

European ranking

8 / 30

Down 2 positions compared with previous year

Population

58.9M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11

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· 2025 · 21 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Calabria

    +15.01

    5.90

  2. 2

    Sicilia

    +11.11

    5.70

  3. 3

    Campania

    +7.21

    5.50

  4. 3

    Sardegna

    +7.21

    5.50

  5. 5

    Lazio

    +1.36

    5.20

  6. 6

    Liguria

    -0.58

    5.10

  7. 7

    Puglia

    -2.53

    5.00

  8. 8

    Piemonte

    -10.33

    4.60

  9. 9

    Toscana

    -14.23

    4.40

  10. 10

    Lombardia

    -16.18

    4.30

  11. 10

    Umbria

    -16.18

    4.30

  12. 12

    Abruzzo

    -18.13

    4.20

  13. 13

    Veneto

    -20.08

    4.10

  14. 13

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    -20.08

    4.10

  15. 15

    Molise

    -22.03

    4.00

  16. 15

    Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    -22.03

    4.00

  17. 15

    Marche

    -22.03

    4.00

  18. 18

    Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste

    -25.93

    3.80

  19. 18

    Emilia-Romagna

    -25.93

    3.80

  20. 20

    Basilicata

    -31.77

    3.50

  21. 21

    Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen

    -39.57

    3.10

More context on this indicator

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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.