Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria
Austria: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2844 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria, 1994–2023
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.2844 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria peaked at 0.2891 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.2537, in 2000.
That places Austria 37th out of 48 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2656 | 0.2554 | 0.2775 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.271 | 0.2537 | 0.2891 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.2786 | 0.2743 | 0.285 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.28 | 0.2716 | 0.2844 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,722 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.033 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0736 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0736 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0906 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1561 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria was 0.2844 in 2023, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2891 in 2009.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2537 in 2000.
- How does Austria rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Austria ranks 37th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.