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Austria: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

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

Austria

Latest value

· 2025

18.80% of people

EU 20.40 · -1.6 pp vs Europe

European ranking

16 / 30

Up 8 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.2M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N

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Regional map

· 2025 · 9 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Vienna

    +56.38

    29.40

  2. 2

    Vorarlberg

    +14.89

    21.60

  3. 3

    Carinthia

    +9.57

    20.60

  4. 4

    Styria

    +4.26

    19.60

  5. 5

    Salzburg

    -22.34

    14.60

  6. 6

    Upper Austria

    -25.53

    14.00

  7. 7

    Lower Austria

    -27.13

    13.70

  8. 8

    Tyrol

    -27.66

    13.60

  9. 9

    Burgenland

    -37.77

    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.