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Austria: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Austria Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Austria

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

18.80 Percent of people

European ranking

16 / 30

Compared with Europe

-1.2 puntos

Austria is 1.2 points below the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 1.73 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 18.80 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Wien

    +56.40

    29.40

  2. 2

    Vorarlberg

    +14.90

    21.60

  3. 3

    Kärnten

    +9.60

    20.60

  4. 4

    Steiermark

    +4.30

    19.60

  5. 5

    Salzburg

    -22.30

    14.60

  6. 6

    Oberösterreich

    -25.50

    14.00

  7. 7

    Niederösterreich

    -27.10

    13.70

  8. 8

    Tirol

    -27.70

    13.60

  9. 9

    Burgenland

    -37.80

    11.70

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Austria

In Austria, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 18.8% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.6 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Austria, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 16.70% in 2020 to 18.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 16.90% in 2024 to 18.80% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Austria

In Austria, Poverty or exclusion shows noticeable regional variation. Across 9 comparable regions, Vienna records the highest value (29.4%) and Burgenland the lowest (11.7%), a gap of 17.7 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Austria, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.