Income share held by lowest 10% in Austria
Austria: Income share held by lowest 10% was 2.8% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Income share held by lowest 10% in Austria, 1994β2023
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income share held by lowest 10% in Austria is 2.8%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 10% in Austria peaked at 3.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2009.
Austria ranks 66th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.32 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 6,722 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 42.54 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.033 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 19.28 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0736 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0736 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0906 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1561 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 10% in Austria?
- Income share held by lowest 10% in Austria was 2.8% in 2023, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2009.
- How does Austria rank for income share held by lowest 10%?
- Austria ranks 66th out of 122 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income share held by lowest 10% rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 10%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.