Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria
Austria: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 41.4% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria, 2007–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria stood at 41.4%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria peaked at 44.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 41.4%, in 2023.
That places Austria 7th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.2% | 41.4% | 42.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 43.6% | 43.1% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.8% | 41.4% | 44.9% | 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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0906 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0736 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0736 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1561 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Austria was 41.4% in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 44.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.4% in 2023.
- How does Austria rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Austria ranks 7th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.