Wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria
Austria: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 30.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 30.2% for wealth share of the richest 1% in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria peaked at 30.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.4%, in 1992.
That places Austria 54th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 22.4% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.7% | 23.3% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.9% | 29.3% | 30.2% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria was 30.2% in 2024, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.4% in 1992.
- How does Austria rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Austria ranks 54th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Wealth share of the richest 1%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of wealth owned by the richest 1% of the population. Wealth is defined as the total value of non-financial and financial assets (housing, land, deposits, bonds, equities, etc.) held by households, minus their debts.