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How’s Life in Italy?
How’s Life in Italy?
Italy’s current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
                                           CIVIC                                                       INCOME AND
                                        ENGAGEMENT                                                       WEALTH
                                                                    Hav ing     House-
                                                                   no say in      hold House-
                                                          Voter
                                                                                income hold
                                                         turnout gov ernment*          w ealth
                                                                                                   S80/S20
          SOCIAL                              Lack of                                               income
        CONNECTIONS                            social                                             share ratio*
                                              support*                                                                              HOUSING
                                                                                                            Housing
                                    Social                                                                affordability
                                     inter-
                                    actions                                                                         Ov er-
                                                                                                                  crow ding
   WORK-LIFE                 Gender                                                                                 rate*
   BALANCE                    gap in
                              hours                                                                                     Employ -
                             w orked*                                                                                   ment rate
                           Time off                                                                                                       WORK AND
                                                                                                                        Gender
                                                                                                                       w age gap*        JOB QUALITY
                            Gender
                            gap in
                            feeling                                                                                 Long hours
                                                                                                                      in paid
                             safe
     SAFETY                                                                                                            w ork*
                               Homicides*                                                                       Life
                                                                                                            ex pectancy
                                        Negativ e
                                         affect                                                         Gap in life
                                        balance* Life                                                 ex pectancy by
                  SUBJECTIVE                    satisfaction                                Student
                                                                                                        education              HEALTH
                  WELL-BEING                                Ex posure to                    skills in     (men)*
                                                                                  Students
                                                             outdoor air Access             science
                                                                                    w ith
                                                              pollution* to green
                                                                          space low skills*
               AVERAGE
                                                                                                       KNOWLEDGE
              INEQUALITY                   ENVIRONMENTAL                                               AND SKILLS
                                              QUALITY
Note: This chart shows Italy’s relative strengths and weaknesses in well-being compared to other OECD countries. Longer bars always indicate
better outcomes (i.e. higher wellbeing), whereas shorter bars always indicate worse outcomes (lower well-being) – including for negative
indicators, marked with an *, which have been reverse-scored. Inequalities (gaps between top and bottom, differences between groups, people
falling under a deprivation threshold) are shaded with stripes, and missing data in white.

Italy’s resources for future well-being, 2018 or latest available year

               Natural Capital                  Economic Capital                   Human Capital                    Social Capital

                                                                                       Educational
              Greenhouse gas
                                                Produced fixed assets             attainment of young                  Trust in others
             emissions per capita
                                                                                         adults                                          ...
                                                Financial net worth of                                                    Trust in
               Material footprint                                                 Premature mortality
                                                    government                                                          government

               Red List Index of                                                       Labour                       Gender parity in
                                                   Household debt
              threatened species                                                  underutilisation rate                politics

Note: ❶=top-performing OECD tier, ❷=middle-performing OECD tier, ❸=bottom-performing OECD tier. ➚ indicates consistent
improvement; ↔ indicates no clear or consistent trend; ➘ indicates consistent deterioration, and “…” indicates insufficient time series to
determine trends since 2010. For methodological details, see the Reader’s Guide of How’s Life? 2020.

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  For more information
  Access the complete publication, including information about the methods used to determine trends at:
  https://doi.org/10.1787/9870c393-en.
  Find the data used in this country profile at: http://oecd.org/statistics/Better-Life-Initiative-2020-country-
  notes-data.xlsx.

Deprivations in Italy
Deprivations in selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

                                                                         ITALY

                       14%                                                                 27%
                     of the population live in relative                         would be at risk of falling into poverty if they
                             income poverty                                       had to forgo 3 months of their income

                       20%                                                                8%
                   of poor households spend more than                                  of the population report low
                   40% of their income on housing costs                                       life satisfaction

                         8%                                                             15%
                    say they have no friends or family                                  are not satisfied with how they
                        to turn to in times of need                                            spend their time

                                                                           Source: OECD (2020), How’s Life? 2020: Measuring Well-Being

Note: Relative income poverty refers to the share of people with household disposable income below 50% of the national median; financial
insecurity refers to the share of individuals who are not income poor, but whose liquid financial assets are insufficient to support them at the
level of the national relative income poverty line for at least three months; housing cost overburden refers to the share of households in the
bottom 40% of the income distribution spending more than 40% of their disposable income on housing costs; and low satisfaction with life and
with time use refer to the share of the population rating their satisfaction as 4 or lower (on a 0-10 scale).

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Inequalities between men and women in Italy
Gender ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

             Feeling safe              0.72

        Employment rate                 0.73
            Hours worked
        (paid and unpaid)
                                               0.78

       Social interactions                        0.80
             Long-term
      unemployment rate
                                                   0.81

                 Time off                                      0.92

        Perceived health                                        0.93

                Earnings                                           0.94

  Adult skills (numeracy)                                             0.96
          Having a say in
            government
                                                                             0.99

         Life satisfaction                                                   0.99

  Student skills (science)                                                   0.99
        Satisfaction with
   personal relationships
                                                                             1.00

           Social support                                                    1.01

         Life expectancy                                                            1.05

               Job strain                                                                                    1.29
     Long working hours
           (in paid work)
                                                                                                                      // 2.23

        Homicide victims                                                                                              // 3.00
     Deaths from suicide,
          alcohol, drugs
                                                                                                                      // 4.08

                                         Men doing better          OECD average             Women doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between men and women, defined as gender ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between age groups in Italy
Age ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
                                                            A. Younger and middle-aged people

                      Employment rate      // 0.25
                           Long-term
                    unemployment rate
                                           // 0.39
                              Earnings               0.69
                          Voter turnout                         0.79
                Adult skills (numeracy)                                             0.98
                           Feeling safe                                             0.99
                               Time off                                                1.03
                             Job strain                                                1.03
                        Social support                                                  1.04
                       Life satisfaction                                                1.04
                       Satisfaction with
                 personal relationships
                                                                                        1.04
                  Satisfaction with time
                                     use
                                                                                               1.10
                         Having a say in
                            government
                                                                                                                  1.25
                   Long working hours
                          (in paid work)
                                                                                                                             1.35
                    Social interactions                                                                                       // 1.73

                                              Middle-aged people doing better     OECD average          Younger people doing better

                                                               B. Younger and older people
                           Long-term
                    unemployment rate
                                           // 0.24
                      Employment rate      // 0.33
                              Earnings     // 0.60
                          Voter turnout                0.71
                             Job strain                                 0.88
                 Satisfaction with time
                                    use
                                                                                     1.00
                Adult skills (numeracy)                                                     1.06
                      Satisfaction with
                 personal relationships
                                                                                            1.06
                               Time off                                                     1.06
                        Social support                                                      1.07
                       Life satisfaction                                                       1.09
                           Feeling safe                                                                 1.16
                       Having a say in
                           government
                                                                                                                     1.28
                   Long working hours
                         (in paid work)
                                                                                                                              // 1.52
                    Social interactions                                                                                       // 1.73

                                                 Older people doing better      OECD average          Younger people doing better

Note: Age ranges differ according to each indicator and are only broadly comparable. They generally refer to 15-24/29 years for young people,
25/30 to 45/50 years for the middle-aged and 50 years and over for older people. See How’s Life? 2020 for further details. Grey bubbles denote
no clear difference between age groups, defined as age ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between people with different educational attainment in Italy
Education ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

               Job strain    // 0.30

             Long-term
      unemployment rate
                             // 0.56

          Having a say in
            government
                                       0.70

                Earnings                      0.75

        Employment rate                                 0.87

            Voter turnout                                      0.93

         Life satisfaction                                          0.96

   Life expectancy (men)                                              0.97

        Perceived health                                              0.97

        Satisfaction with
   personal relationships
                                                                           0.98

Life expectancy (women)                                                    0.99

             Feeling safe                                                  0.99

           Social support                                                  0.99

    Satisfaction with time
                       use
                                                                           1.00

     Long working hours
           (in paid work)
                                                                                                                  // 1.68

       People with tertiary education doing better   OECD average       People with upper secondary education doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between groups with different educational attainment, defined as education ratios within
0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between top and bottom performers in Italy
Vertical inequalities for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

          Household income of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20%                              Share of wealth owned by the top 10%, percentage
12                                                                                    90

                                                                                      80
10
                                                                                      70

 8                                                                                    60
                                                                                                                    51.7
                            5.9                                                       50
                                        5.4                                                                                                       42.8
 6
                                                                                      40

 4                                                                                    30

                                                                                      20
 2
                                                                                      10

 0                                                                                    0

           Earnings of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%,                             PISA score in science of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%
                           full-time employees
6                                                                                     2

                                                                                                                     1.671.67
5

4
                                  3.4

3                                                                                     1
                                                                                2.3

2

1

0                                                                                     0

           Life satisfaction scores of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20%                      Satisfaction with time use scores of the top 20%
                                                                                                              relative to the bottom 20%
4                                                                                      4

3                                                                                      3                                   2.78 2.77

                                   2.2 2.1

2                                                                                      2

1                                                                                      1

0                                                                                      0

Note: For all figures, countries are ranked from left (most unequal) to right (least unequal).

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in Italy - I

                                          Household income
                               (household net adjusted disposable income,    Average
                                    USD at 2017 PPPs*, per capita)                          ITA              OECD
                                                                                          ~27 800           ~ 28 000
        Income and Wealth

                                         Household wealth
                                                                             Average
                                (median net wealth, USD at 2016 PPPs)                          OECD
                                                                                                                   ITA
                                                                                                                 ~183 000
                                                                                              ~162 000

                                      S80/S20 income share ratio
                                 (the household income for the top 20%,
                                                                             Inequality
                                 divided by the household income for the
                                                                                                                       ITA    OECD
                                               bottom 20%)
                                                                                                                       5.9     5.4

                                          Housing affordability
                               (share of disposable income remaining after   Average
                                              housing costs)                                  ITA          OECD
                                                                                              76.7          79.2
        Housing

                                          Overcrowding rate
                               (share of households living in overcrowded    Inequality
                                                                                                           ITA         OECD
                                              conditions)
                                                                                                            19          12

                                          Employment rate
                               (employed people aged 25-64, as a share of    Average
                                    the population of the same age)                                 ITA                OECD
                                                                                                    65.8                76.5
        Work and Job Quality

                                            Gender wage gap
                               (difference between male and female median    Inequality
                               wages expressed as a share of male wages)                                                     OECD           ITA
                                                                                                                              12.9          5.6

                                       Long hours in paid work
                                (share of employees usually working 50+      Inequality
                                            hours per week)                                                                  OECD           ITA
                                                                                                                               7            4.1

                                            Life expectancy
        Health

                                (number of years a newborn can expect to     Average
                                                  live)                                                             OECD             ITA
                                                                                                                     80.5            83.0

Note: The snapshot depicts data for 2018, or the latest available year, for each indicator. The colour of the circle indicates the direction of
change, relative to 2010, or the closest available year:       = consistent improvement,     = consistent deterioration,     = no clear trend,
and white for insufficient time series to determine trends. The OECD average is marked in black. For methodological details, see the Reader’s
Guide of How’s Life? 2020. * = Purchasing Power Parity.

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in Italy - II
        Environmental Knowledge and

                                               Student skills in science
                          Skills

                                                                                      Average
                                                  (PISA mean scores)
                                                                                                                   ITA         OECD
                                                                                                                   468          489
           Quality

                                         Exposure to outdoor air pollution
                                                                                      Inequality
                                        (share of population > WHO threshold)                      ITA          OECD
                                                                                                   94.7          62.8

                                                   Life satisfaction
         Subjective Well-being

                                                                                      Average
                                              (mean value on a 0-10 scale)
                                                                                                                         ITA    OECD
                                                                                                                         7.1     7.4

                                                Negative affect balance
                                      (share of population reporting more negative    Inequality
                                       than positive feelings and states yesterday)                       ITA                    OECD
                                                                                                           24                     13

                                                       Homicides
                                                                                      Average
                                                (per 100 000 population)                                                                        OECD ITA
                                                                                                                                                 2.4 0.6
         Safety

                                              Gender gap in feeling safe
                                       (percentage difference that women feel less    Inequality
                                       safe than men when walking alone at night)                                   OECD           ITA
                                                                                                                     -16          -15.9

                                                        Time off
      Work-life
      Balance

                                      (time allocated to leisure and personal care,   Average
                                                                                                                  OECD                             ITA
                                                     hours per day)                                                                                16.5
                                                                                                                   15

                                                  Social interactions
                                                                                      Average
         Social Connections

                                                    (hours per week)
                                                                                                                         OECD          ITA
                                                                                                                           6           7.5

                                                 Lack of social support
                                      (share of people who report having no friends
                                                                                      Inequality
                                      or relatives whom they can count on in times
                                                                                                                               OECD          ITA
                                                       of trouble)                                                              8.6          8.0
      Engagement

                                                      Voter turnout
         Civic

                                                                                      Average
                                       (share of registered voters who cast votes)                                                        ITA
                                                                                                                    OECD
                                                                                                                     69                    73

Note: See note on page 7.

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