Austria vs Germany: Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index

Austria
0.5%
in 2023
Germany
0.7%
in 2022
Austria rank
78th
Germany rank
75th

Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index over time

  • Austria
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Austria, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Germany ahead.

Austria ranks 78th and Germany ranks 75th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index
Unit
%
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.