Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Austria
Austria: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 7.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in Austria stood at 7.0%.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Austria peaked at 14.7% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2022.
Austria ranks 114th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $30 a day in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13.0% | — |
| 1995 | 13.7% | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 14.7% | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 14.1% | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 12.2% | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 10.2% | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 9.2% | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 8.6% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +2.8% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 7.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 36% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Austria's 7.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 17% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.5% | 11.6% | 14.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 9.6% | 8.6% | 12.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 7.4% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Austria?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Austria was 7.0% 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 $30 a day recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2022.
- How does Austria rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Austria ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.