Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Austria
Austria: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.0736 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0736
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
217th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.204
in 1947
All-time low
0.0736
in 2023
Years of data
77
1947–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Austria, 1947–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.0736 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 77 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Austria peaked at 0.204 in 1947 and was at its lowest, 0.0736, in 2023.
That places Austria 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 77 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 0.204 | — |
| 1948 | 0.1909 | -6.4% |
| 1949 | 0.1823 | -4.5% |
| 1950 | 0.1702 | -6.7% |
| 1951 | 0.161 | -5.4% |
| 1952 | 0.1495 | -7.1% |
| 1953 | 0.1454 | -2.8% |
| 1954 | 0.1445 | -0.6% |
| 1955 | 0.1412 | -2.3% |
| 1956 | 0.1389 | -1.7% |
| 1957 | 0.1394 | +0.4% |
| 1958 | 0.1348 | -3.3% |
| 1959 | 0.1348 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.1292 | -4.1% |
| 1961 | 0.1245 | -3.6% |
| 1962 | 0.124 | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.1222 | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1206 | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1184 | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.1184 | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1155 | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.1147 | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1155 | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.1148 | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.1139 | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1136 | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.111 | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1104 | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1083 | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1048 | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1046 | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.1012 | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.1021 | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1013 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0985 | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0987 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0976 | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0971 | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0945 | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0939 | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0929 | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0907 | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0908 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0904 | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0898 | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0897 | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0895 | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0889 | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0865 | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0861 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0844 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0836 | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0837 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0833 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0821 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0809 | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0816 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0808 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0803 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0782 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0781 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0773 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0787 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.078 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0777 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0767 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0761 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0775 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0757 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0762 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0747 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0747 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0747 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0783 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0795 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.075 | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0736 | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.1924 | 0.1823 | 0.204 | 3 |
| 1950s | 0.146 | 0.1348 | 0.1702 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1203 | 0.1147 | 0.1292 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1085 | 0.1012 | 0.1148 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0956 | 0.0907 | 0.1013 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0872 | 0.0836 | 0.0904 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0801 | 0.0773 | 0.0833 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0762 | 0.0747 | 0.078 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0766 | 0.0736 | 0.0795 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 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 1.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,722 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 -4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.54 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Austria?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Austria was 0.0736 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.204 in 1947.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0736 in 2023.
- How does Austria rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Austria ranks 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.