EU 29.09
· European ranking
18 / 30
Down 5 positions compared with previous year
Italy: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
25.60% of people
EU 29.09 · -3.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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Regional map
· 2025 · 21 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+61.72
41.40
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2+59.77
40.90
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3+48.83
38.10
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4+47.66
37.80
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5+5.47
27.00
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6+4.30
26.70
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7-0.78
25.40
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7-0.78
25.40
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9-4.69
24.40
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10-11.33
22.70
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11-14.06
22.00
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12-14.45
21.90
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13-24.22
19.40
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14-27.34
18.60
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14-27.34
18.60
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16-30.47
17.80
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17-36.33
16.30
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18-37.89
15.90
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19-52.34
12.20
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20-55.86
11.30
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21-83.59
4.20
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Unexpected expenses is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 25.6% versus 29.1% in 2025, with a gap of 3.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 32.30% in 2020 to 25.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 29.90% in 2024 to 25.60% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Italy
In Italy, regional differences in Unexpected expenses are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Calabria records the highest value (41.4%) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (4.2%), a gap of 37.2 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.