Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria
Austria: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 49.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of total taxes.
Analysis
Austria recorded 49.8% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria peaked at 49.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 1973.
Austria ranks 34th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 32.1% | — |
| 1973 | 31.0% | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 33.8% | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 33.6% | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 32.5% | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 33.1% | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 36.7% | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 36.3% | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 36.7% | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 37.1% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 36.4% | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 35.8% | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 35.7% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 35.4% | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 35.5% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 33.9% | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 35.4% | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 33.2% | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 34.8% | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 36.0% | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 36.9% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 38.2% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 36.8% | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 45.0% | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 46.5% | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 47.2% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 47.5% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 46.6% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 46.5% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 49.4% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 47.0% | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 46.9% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 46.7% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 46.2% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 46.9% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 47.9% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 48.9% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 45.5% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 45.6% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 45.8% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 46.0% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 46.4% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 47.2% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 48.2% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 45.5% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 46.2% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 47.3% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 47.7% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 46.3% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 47.9% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 49.1% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 49.8% | +1.4% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 49.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 43.9%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Austria's 49.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 39.4%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.6% | 31.0% | 36.7% | 8 |
| 1980s | 35.5% | 33.2% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.5% | 34.8% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.2% | 45.5% | 49.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.6% | 45.5% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.6% | 46.3% | 49.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More public sector data for Austria
- Arms imports 13.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.42 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -23.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 13.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 572.97 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0098 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 5.26 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 206.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Austria was 49.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 1973.
- How does Austria rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Austria ranks 34th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.