Median Equivalised Net Income in Italy (2025)
Italy's Median Equivalised Net Income: 22,062 EUR per person in 2025, +7.1% YoY, roughly 96% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,062 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 20,605 | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 19,819 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 18,592 | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 17,532 | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 18,067 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 17,165 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 16,844 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,542 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 16,247 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 15,846 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 15,759 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 15,733 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 15,979 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 15,971 | unchanged |
| 2010 | 15,964 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Italy's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 22,062 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 7.1% increase from 20,605 EUR in 2024, the largest single-year gain across the 2010–2025 series.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Italy's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Italy's median income of 15,964 EUR was already about 109.9% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR — a modest premium. That premium eroded steadily through the 2010s, and Italy's ratio slipped below 100% around 2019, reaching a low of roughly 95.4% in 2021 before recovering only slightly to 96.2% in 2025. Italy has typically sat a few percentage points below the EU-27 average for the last several years, a reversal from its earlier above-average position.
Growth has not been linear. Italy's income was nearly flat through the early-to-mid 2010s — 15,964 EUR in 2010 barely moved to 15,846 EUR by 2015 — before accelerating from 2016 onward, rising to 18,067 EUR by 2020. The series then dipped 3.0% in 2021 to 17,532 EUR, likely reflecting a partial unwind of pandemic-era income-support measures that had lifted the 2020 figure, before resuming strong growth: +6.0% in 2022, +6.6% in 2023, +4.0% in 2024, and +7.1% in 2025. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2022–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Italy's national statistical office (Istat) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.