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16 June 2021 In Italy in 2020, also due to a pandemic, absolute poverty returns to grow, affecting just over two million families (7.7% of the total from 6.4% in 2019) and over 5.6 million individuals ( 9.4% from 7.7% the previous year). This was announced by Istat, highlighting how after the improvement in 2019, absolute poverty increases in the year of the pandemic, reaching the highest level since 2005, when this survey began. As for relative poverty, families below the threshold are just over 2.6 million (10.1%, from 11.4% in 2019).
In 2020, absolute poverty in Italy affects 1 million 337 thousand minors, equal to 13.5%, compared to 9.4% of individuals nationwide. Istat notes this, explaining that the incidence varies from 9.5% in the Center to 14.5% in the South. Compared to 2019, the conditions of minors worsened nationally (from 11.4% to 13.5%) and in particular in the North (from 10.7% to 14.4%) and in the Center (from 7.2% to 9.5%). Disaggregating by age, the incidence is confirmed to be higher in the 7-13 year olds (14.2%) and 14-17 year olds (13.9%, increasing) compared to the 4-6 year olds (12.8%) and 0-3 years (12.0%, up compared to 2019). There are over 767 thousand families with minors in absolute poverty, with an incidence of 11.9% (9.7% in 2019). The greatest criticality of these families also emerges in terms of poverty intensity, with a value equal to 21,0% against 18.7% of the general figure. In addition to being more often poor, families with minors are also in conditions of more marked hardship.