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 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia, 2000–2024
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 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% on the previous year and down 66.7% 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 2024.
That places Australia 16th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -42.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +66.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -40.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
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% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More poverty & inequality data for Australia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.36 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
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 2024, 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 2024.
- How does Australia rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. 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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About this data
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI).