THE’Istat has spread a report that combines data from 2023 and 2024 to calculate the risk of social exclusion e Poverty in Italy. Last year 23.1% of the population fell in this category, growing compared to 22.8% of 2023
The risk of poverty and global social exclusion is calculated by adding up Three categories of families:
- those at risk of poverty (18.9% of the total);
- those in conditions of serious material deprivation (4.6%);
- those with low work intensity (9.2%).
However, there are important differences between different social and family conditions in these data.
Rich families and poor families: it depends on the children
The first factor that determines the risk of poverty and social exclusion in Italy is the number of members of the family unit. In particular, the number of dependent children has a significant incidence on this data:
- Couples without children, 18.0% (in 2023 it was 18.1%);
- Couples with a child, 18.8% (in 2023 it was 19.0%);
- Couples with two children, 19.1% (in 2023 it was 20.6%);
- Couples with three or more children, 34.8% (in 2023 it was 32.0%).
The data show that having more than two children in Italy increases, more than any other factor, the risk of poverty and social exclusion. The large families are those most in danger of stay on the edge of the company for lack of economic resources. The recent adjustments of the single check are not enough.
THE single They represent another category at risk. Whether they have children, whether they do not have them, the poverty percentages in these families exceed the national average, reaching between 29% and 30%, increasing compared to 2023.
In the ranking of regions at risk of poverty, Calabria excels. In general, the South territories are those with the highest percentages.
Soland elderly, retirement is not enough
The increase in the risk of poverty and social exclusion continues in another category very at risk, the Elderly retired. The couples of people over 65 and without children are the least exposed to poverty, thanks to pensions of an old system, often very high and few expenses. The situation changes radically if you consider the elderly alone.
Families composed of sunny people with 65 years or more have a risk rate of 29.4%, increasing net of 28.8% of 2023. The data is even worse if we consider only the people who they live on pensions or public transfers.
This excludes the families in which the Ultra 65 -year -olds still work, and the report reveals that 33.1% of those who live against the state are at risk of poverty. A figure among those rapid growth, given that in 2023 it stopped at 31.6%.
Highest poverty risk among foreigners
But the real discriminant of the risk of poverty in Italy seems to be citizenship. No other category risks social exclusion like i foreign citizens. 37.5% of families with at least one non -Italian member is in danger, even if the figure is rapidly decreasing compared to the previous year, as much as it had exceeded 40%.
A condition also confirmed by the data on the income of families, which however date back to 2023
