Risk of poverty rate in Italy 2019, by region

In Italy, the share of population at risk of poverty stood at 20.1 percent in 2019. The Southern regions and the Islands were mostly at risk of poverty compared to the northern regions. Indeed, the eight regions which recorded the highest percentages were either Islands or Sothern regions, whereas the northern regions had the lowest rates. In Campania and Sicily, over 40 percent of the population was at risk of poverty in 2019.