Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria
Austria: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 1.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria, 1994–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria is 1.0%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria peaked at 1.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2004.
That places Austria 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | -44.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | +40.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | +28.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -44.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -36.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +19.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +65.5% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | +25.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -36.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +57.0% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -48.1% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +67.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -26.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Austria was 1.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2004.
- How does Austria rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Austria ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.