The risk of poverty or social exclusion for minors in Italy in 2024 is stable at 27.1% but grows for children with less than six years from 25.9% to 27.7%. This is what emerges from Eurostat tables on poverty and social exclusion According to which the average in Europe for minors who live in a family with an income of less than 60% of the median one, or are in a material deprivation or low working intensity situation is at 24.2%, slightly decreasing compared to 24.8% of 2023
Overall, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Italy in 2024 were ì23.1%, increasing from 22.8% of 2024. People at risk of poverty, or who live in families with an income of less than 60% of the national median are 18.9% on average in Italy but with Almost double values in Calabria (37.2%, down by 40.6%) and in Campania (at 35.5%, down from 36.1%). People in a situation of serious material deprivation, or not able to face at least four of the expenses considered essential as heating the house or being able to eat proteins at least every two days are 4.6% (over double in Campania, 10.3%). People who live in families at low working intensity, or with uses for less than 20% of the full time, are 9.2%, down by 8.9% in 2023. In Campania the percentage rose from 21.2% to 24.4%.
In the calculation of risk of poverty or social exclusion, people are calculated only once even in more than one of the three categories. Returning to minors in a situation of poverty or social exclusion, the Tasso is slightly decreasing among teenagers between 12 and 17 years old in Italy from 28.6% to 27.9%. In the same age group, the EU average is down from 26.2% to 25.5%.