In 2023, minors belonging to families in absolute poverty amounted to 1.3 million, a substantially stable number compared to 2022. This was indicated by Istat, adding however that the incidence of individual absolute poverty for minors is equal to 14%, the highest value in the historical series since 2014.
Compared to 2022, the incidences of poverty are stable among young people aged 18-34 (11.9%) and among those over 65 (6.2%), who remain the segment of the population with least economic hardship.
In general,
families in absolute poverty stand at 8.5% of the total resident families
(they were 8.3% in 2022), corresponding to approximately 5.7 million individuals (9.8%; share almost stable compared to 9.7% in 2022).
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