Poverty & Inequality in Australia 101 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys 2025 unchanged 71st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 13.8% 96th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.6% 140th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.64 live births per woman 2023 down 13.0% 146th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,690 kg per hectare 2024 up 34.5% 98th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 12.9% 174th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.0446 % change on previous year 2024 up 99.5% 103rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.36 2022 up 11.7% 41st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% 2022 up 11.7% 41st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 2.3% 169th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.54 % change on previous year 2022 down 148.6% 129th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.056 2023 down 54.1% 150th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.6% 2023 up 45.2% 68th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0712 2023 down 7.9% 225th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0712 2023 down 7.9% 225th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0807 2023 down 11.7% 229th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 70th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2020 up 100.0% 54th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2020 up 83.3% 78th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2020 up 50.0% 101st Prosperity gap 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2020 up 33.3% 95th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1849 2023 down 1.6% 128th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2020 up 75.0% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.6% 2020 up 5.9% 101st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2020 up 66.7% 94th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 down 46.2% 154th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.873 2023 up 3.4% 12th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.873 2023 up 3.4% 12th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.873 2023 up 3.4% 12th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 73rd Three metrics of inequality 49.23 2022 up 1.0% 82nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4923 2022 up 1.0% 82nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 1,106 2023 down 2.5% 7th Income share held by second 20% 12.4% 2020 up 5.1% 49th Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2020 up 2.5% 54th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.6% 2020 down 0.4% 31st Income share held by highest 20% 41.3% 2020 down 1.7% 70th Income share held by highest 10% 25.9% 2020 down 2.3% 71st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.6% 2020 down 3.7% 75th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.2% 2020 down 1.4% 63rd Gini index 33.8 2020 down 2.6% 65th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.3% 2020 up 7.6% 64th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 178.21 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2020 up 116.7% 49th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.6% 2020 up 86.2% 52nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3787 2022 down 2.4% 85th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3787 2022 down 2.4% 85th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 49,266 2017 up 17.6% 9th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.2% 2022 up 0.3% 88th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 11.0% 2022 up 3.4% 87th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 27.0% 2022 up 1.3% 54th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3383 2020 down 2.4% 62nd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 230,843 people 2020 up 109.6% 59th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 25.24 million people 2020 up 16.1% 27th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% 68th Page 1 of 2 Next →