Milan, 26 March (LaPresse) – In 2024 23.1% of the population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion (in 2023 it was 22.8%). This was announced by ISTAT in a report on the living and income conditions of households for the years 2023 and 2024, specifying that this means being in at least one of the following three conditions: at risk of poverty, in severe material and social deprivation or low employment intensity. The share of individuals at risk of poverty remains at the same value as in 2023 (18.9 per cent) and that of those in conditions of severe material and social deprivation also remains almost unchanged (4.6 per cent compared to 4.7 per cent), ISTAT points out, adding that there is a slight increase in the percentage of individuals living in low-labour-intensity households (9.2 per cent and 8.9 per cent in the previous year). In 2023, the average annual household income (EUR 37,511) increases in nominal terms (+4.2%) and decreases in real terms (-1.6%), while the amount of income received by the wealthiest households is 5.5 times that received by the poorest households (up from 5.3 in 2022).