European ranking
20 / 30
Improved by 2 positions since the previous year
Austria: Gini coefficient
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Country overview
Austria
Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient
Latest value
27.80 Index
Compared with Europe
-1.7 puntos
Austria is 1.7 points below the European average.
EU: 29.50
Affected population
9.2M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Gini coefficient
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At a glance
Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Austria
In Austria, Income inequality is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 27.8 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, with a gap of 1.7 index points.
Recent trend
In Austria, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 27.0 in 2020 to 27.8 in 2025. The latest step, from 28.4 in 2024 to 27.8 in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Austria, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.