MEF: more disposable income but widening gap between rich and poor

The disposable income of Italians increases, but the gap between the richest and poorest increases slightly and absolute poverty remains stable. These are the main data emerging from the Annex to the Dpfp 2025 published by the MEF and updating the analysis of the trend of Sustainable Fair Welfare indicators. Nominal adjusted gross disposable income per capita - one of the 12 indicators - "continues also in 2024 on the growth path" recording a "significant change of +3.0% compared to 2023" and "at the end of the period, the level of the indicator should be 11.5% higher than in 2024". In real terms, in light of falling inflation, per capita income is estimated to increase by 5.2% in 2025 compared to 2019 and by 8% in cumulative terms over the following three years.

The gap between rich and poor widens: the net income inequality estimate for 2024 worsens slightly (+0.2 points to 5.5 points), while the projection for the period 2025-2028 forecasts substantial stability. Moreover, "the projection scenario prefigures a substantial stability of absolute household poverty over the period 2024-2028".