
The Italians' rating, from one to 10, is 7.2: They are more than satisfied with living conditions in the Belpaese in 2022. And they are also so compared to the main EU partners. In fact, the rating in France is 7, 7.1 in Spain and is much lower in Germany, just slightly above sufficient (6.5).
These are the results of the ranking compiled by Eurostat that sees compatriots among the most optimistic in Europe. In 2022, - Eurostat explains in its regular survey - people in the EU rated their overall life satisfaction on average at 7.1 points on a scale of 0 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied). For 18 of the 27 EU countries, overall life satisfaction was rated higher than or equal to the EU average.
Life satisfaction, explains the European Statistical Office, can be influenced by many factors such as age, level of education, family and financial situation. And precisely on this it turns out that Italians in 2023 earned more, but inflation, now in a downward phase, burned the share of higher pay. In the first 9 months of the year, wages were up 3.7 percent over 2022 (in the previous year the growth trend was 2.8 percent), but purchasing power still suffers from the weight of inflation, which, although at a significantly lower rate than 2022, continues to grow more than wages.