Overview
- Italy’s three southern regions posted the EU’s highest risk-of-poverty rates: Calabria 37.2%, Campania 35.5% and Sicily 35.3%.
- Each declined versus 2023, with Calabria falling from 40.6% to 37.2%, Campania from 36.1% to 35.5% and Sicily from 38% to 35.3%.
- Sicily’s figure is its lowest since 2003, down from a peak of 44.6% recorded in 2011.
- Calabria remains elevated compared with its pre‑pandemic level, rising from 30.9% in 2019 despite the latest improvement.
- Territorial gaps are stark, with very low rates in Bolzano (5.9%), Trento (6.9%), Emilia‑Romagna (7.3%), Valle d’Aosta (9.2%) and Marche (9.6%), while the EU average stands at 16.2%, unchanged from 2023.