The poverty rate was stable between
2013 and the following year, ISTAT national statistics agency
said Thursday. "Relative and absolute poverty rates remained
substantially stable," the agency said. "Relative poverty
affects approximately one-tenth of families, while absolute
poverty affects 5.7%". In the South, four million people
suffered grave material deprivation in 2014, down to 11.6% from
12.3% in 2013, ISTAT said. In the central and northern regions,
that figure affected almost three million individuals or 7.2%.
As well, ISTAT said public administration spends some 13,500
euros a year on Italian citizens per capita, slightly above the
EU-28 average. Britain, France and Germany spend more while
Spain spends less.
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