Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria
Austria: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 15.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria, 1994–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria stood at 15.0%.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria peaked at 30.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2022.
That places Austria 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 28.1% | — |
| 1995 | 27.9% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 30.6% | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 30.6% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 30.3% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 27.7% | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 27.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 23.7% | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 21.1% | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 22.5% | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 21.8% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 21.4% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 19.7% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 18.7% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 16.8% | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 14.1% | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 15.0% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.2% | 27.7% | 30.6% | 6 |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 19.2% | 27.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 15.5% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 14.1% | 16.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 113 Belgium 17.2% compare
- 114 Iceland 16.6% compare
- 115 Switzerland 15.3% compare
- 117 Denmark 14.9% compare
- 118 Netherlands 11.8% compare
- 119 Luxembourg 11.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Austria was 15.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 30.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2022.
- How does Austria rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Austria ranks 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.