Inequality of income distribution

In 2024, Austria's inequality of income distribution increased by 1.4% compared to 2023, reaching 8.68.

Austria accounts for 93.1% of the EU-27 total of 9.32.

Austria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.1% (from 8.34 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.