Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Austria
Austria: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 6.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Austria, 1994–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 6.4% for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Austria peaked at 6.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
That places Austria 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5.2% | — |
| 1995 | 5.1% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 4.3% | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | +20.9% |
| 1998 | 4.4% | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 3.8% | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | -15.5% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | +37.0% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 6.4% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.7% | 6.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Austria?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Austria was 6.4% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does Austria rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Austria ranks 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.