One out of 10 Italians in absolute poverty last year: report

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One out of 10 Italians in absolute poverty last year: report

STORY: One out of 10 Italians in absolute poverty last year: report SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the report of ISTAT 2. various of homeless people on the streets in Italy STORYLINE: One out of 10 Italians was living in absolute poverty last year, according to preliminary government data released on Monday. Italy's National Statistics Institute, ISTAT, said that 5.75 million Italians were living in absolute poverty in 2023, up from 5.67 million in 2022 and 5.32 million in 2021. Last year, this group amounted to 9.8 percent of the country's population. ISTAT defines a person living in absolute poverty as someone who lacks the resources to meet their basic needs such as food and clean drinking water, clothing, health care and shelter. ISTAT's data shows the highest levels of absolute poverty were reported in the largely agricultural southern regions, while the industrialized north showed the lowest l

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