European ranking
20 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Austria: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Austria
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
4.20 Ratio
Compared with Europe
-0.2 puntos
Austria is 0.2 points below the European average.
EU: 4.53
Affected population
9.2M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
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1
Wien
+31.005.50
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2
Vorarlberg
+19.005.00
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3
Kärnten
+2.404.30
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4
Steiermark
-7.103.90
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5
Oberösterreich
-9.503.80
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6
Salzburg
-9.503.80
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7
Niederösterreich
-11.903.70
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8
Tirol
-16.703.50
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9
Burgenland
-21.403.30
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Austria
In Austria, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.25 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.48 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.11 in 2020 to 4.25 in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 4.34 in 2024 to 4.25 in 2025, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Regional differences in Austria
In Austria, S80/S20 ratio shows noticeable regional variation. Across 9 comparable regions, Vienna records the highest value (5.5) and Burgenland the lowest (3.3), a gap of 2.2 in the ratio.
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.