Poverty & Inequality in Austria 157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Austria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 24.9% 44th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.6% 102nd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.32 live births per woman 2023 down 8.3% 209th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,722 kg per hectare 2024 down 4.6% 17th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.8% 133rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.67 % change on previous year 2024 down 122.8% 138th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.54 2023 down 0.2% 5th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.5% 2023 down 0.2% 5th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 17.6% 142nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year 2023 down 170.4% 127th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.033 2023 down 60.2% 160th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% 2023 up 9.6% 98th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0736 2023 down 3.4% 217th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0736 2023 down 3.4% 217th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0906 2023 down 4.6% 205th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 up 66.7% 82nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 up 100.0% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 50.0% 93rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 up 42.9% 106th Prosperity gap 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 up 14.3% 107th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1561 2023 up 2.2% 147th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 up 33.3% 81st Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.2% 2023 up 16.2% 104th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 50.0% 101st Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 152nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.861 2023 up 2.1% 17th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.861 2023 up 2.1% 17th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.861 2023 up 2.1% 17th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.5% 2023 up 66.7% 86th Three metrics of inequality 41.82 2017 down 2.2% 107th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4182 2017 down 2.2% 107th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 1,033 2023 up 0.3% 9th Income share held by second 20% 13.2% 2023 up 0.8% 25th Income share held by third 20% 17.5% 2023 up 1.7% 20th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2023 down 0.9% 37th Income share held by highest 20% 39.0% 2023 up 0.3% 94th Income share held by highest 10% 24.8% 2023 up 2.1% 82nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 9.7% 66th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.7% 2023 down 4.9% 43rd Gini index 31.2 2023 up 1.3% 90th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.0% 2023 up 14.6% 69th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 39.26 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 73.9% 68th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.4% 2023 up 61.5% 67th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 15.9% 2025 up 14.4% 25th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3059 2017 down 5.1% 100th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.4% 2025 down 4.7% 23rd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3059 2017 down 5.1% 100th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 6.3% 2025 down 10.0% 32nd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 42,177 2017 up 12.0% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 18.6% 2025 up 10.1% 25th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.9% 2025 unchanged 30th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 31.6% 2017 down 3.3% 104th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 9.1% 2017 down 7.3% 102nd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.7% 2020 down 37.2% 30th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 17.5% 2020 down 7.4% 31st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 41.3% 2024 up 1.2% 7th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.5% 2023 up 56.3% 78th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.312 2023 up 1.5% 87th Page 1 of 3 Next →