Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy
Italy: Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income was 8.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Italy recorded 8.6% for persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy peaked at 12.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2025.
Italy ranks 16th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12.3% | — |
| 2005 | 11.0% | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 10.2% | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 9.5% | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 10.0% | +5.3% |
| 2025 | 8.6% | -14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 9.2% | 12.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 10.0% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 8.6% | 11.7% | 6 |
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- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 26,434 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9807 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 42,472 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy?
- Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in Italy was 8.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons living in households with very low work intensity by income recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest persons living in households with very low work intensity by income recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2025.
- How does Italy rank for persons living in households with very low work intensity by income?
- Italy ranks 16th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons living in households with very low work intensity by income rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income quantile and household composition (population aged 0 to 59 years) - EU 2020 strategy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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