Poverty in Italy at highest level since 2005
Max Civili
Press TV, Rome
A new report suggests that poverty in Italy was dramatically on the rise last year. The report also said the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerability of the new poor in Italy.
Preliminary data released by the national bureau of statistics ISTAT shows that absolute poverty levels in Italy reached a 15-year high in 2020.
Last year, the number of families facing absolute poverty climbed to 7.7 percent from 6.4 percent in 2019, translating into more than two million households not being able to afford the minimum standards of living, which include food, adequate shelter and healthcare.
Statistical body ISTAT also stressed that the monthly spending of the average Italian household dropped by almost 10 percent to about 2,300 euros last year, the lowest value since 2000.
Those without solid job contracts are the most exposed in the COVID-19 crisis that has already killed almost 100,000 people in Italy, the second highest death toll in Europe. Food security is emerging as a key issue for an increasing number of Italians.
Discontent among Italians is also growing over a much-delayed vaccination campaign. So far, 1.5 million people, about three percent of the population, have been inoculated with both COVID vaccine doses amid delays and disputes in the delivery schedule across the whole of the European Union.
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