Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia
Australia: Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction was 0.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0% for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia peaked at 0.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2004.
That places Australia 13th out of 42 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 13 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 13 Finland 0.0% compare
- 13 France 0.0% compare
- 13 Ireland 0.0% compare
- 13 Japan 0.0% compare
- 13 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.0% compare
- 13 South Korea 0.0% compare
- 13 United Arab Emirates 0.0% compare
- 13 United States 0.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Australia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,690 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.056 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0712 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0712 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0807 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1849 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia?
- Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia was 0.0% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- How does Australia rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Australia ranks 13th out of 42 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI)