{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"it-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/it-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/it-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Italy (2025)","description":"Italy's Median Equivalised Net Income: 22,062 EUR per person in 2025, +7.1% YoY, roughly 96% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Italy's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Italy's median equivalised net income of roughly 22,062 EUR was about 96.2% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 877 EUR. That position has shifted over time: Italy's income was typically above the EU-27 average through the early 2010s, at roughly 109.9% in 2010, before slipping below the average around 2019 and settling in the mid-90s percentage range since."},{"question":"How much has Italy's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Italy's median equivalised net income rose from about 15,964 EUR in 2010 to approximately 22,062 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 38.2% over 15 years. Growth was nearly flat for most of the early-to-mid 2010s, with the level essentially unchanged between 2011 (15,971 EUR) and 2015 (15,846 EUR), before accelerating markedly from 2016 onward."},{"question":"Did Italy's median income fall at any point in the series?","answer":"Yes — Italy's median equivalised net income declined in two years of the 2010–2025 series: -1.5% in 2013 (to 15,733 EUR from 15,979 EUR in 2012) and -3.0% in 2021 (to 17,532 EUR from 18,067 EUR in 2020). The 2021 dip likely reflects a partial unwind of pandemic-era income-support effects that had lifted the 2020 figure, since Italy's median income resumed strong growth immediately afterward, rising 6.0% in 2022."},{"question":"Has Italy's income gap with the EU-27 average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Widening, typically, over most of the period, though it has stabilized more recently. Italy's ratio to the EU-27 average fell from roughly 109.9% in 2010 to a low of about 95.4% in 2021, before recovering modestly to 96.2% in 2025. That means Italy moved from a premium over the EU-27 average to a persistent discount, with EU-27 peers generally gaining ground in nominal income terms faster than Italy over the 2010s."}]}