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12 January 202015.17 In Italy the gap between rich and poor is growing. This is confirmed by the new Eurostat statistics which compares different types of income. 20% of the population with the highest incomes can count on income in excess of six times that of those in the most difficult quintile. And the gap in 2018 increased from 5.92 to 6.09. The top was reached in 2016 with 6.27. Italy has the worst ratio among the most populous countries: Germany at 5.07, France 4.23, the United Kingdom at 5.95 and Spain at 6.03.