Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria
Austria: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3059 in 2017. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria, 2004–2017
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria stood at 0.3059.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Austria peaked at 0.3224 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.3015, in 2015.
That places Austria 100th out of 109 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3153 | 0.3101 | 0.3224 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3124 | 0.3015 | 0.3206 | 6 |
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 0.3059 in 2017, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major 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 0.3224 in 2007.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3015 in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Austria ranks 100th out of 109 countries with data for 2017.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major 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.