Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Austria

Austria: Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to was 23 Hours per week in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
23 Hours per week
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
8th
of 31 countries
All-time high
25 Hours per week
in 2022
All-time low
20 Hours per week
in 2005
Years of data
25
2001–2025

Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Austria, 2001–2025

05101520252001201320252001: 22 Hours per week2002: 22 Hours per week2003: 22 Hours per week2004: 22 Hours per week2005: 20 Hours per week2006: 20 Hours per week2007: 22 Hours per week2008: 23 Hours per week2009: 22 Hours per week2010: 22 Hours per week2011: 23 Hours per week2012: 23 Hours per week2013: 23 Hours per week2014: 23 Hours per week2015: 23 Hours per week2016: 22 Hours per week2017: 22 Hours per week2018: 22 Hours per week2019: 22 Hours per week2020: 22 Hours per week2021: 22 Hours per week2022: 25 Hours per week2023: 25 Hours per week2024: 23 Hours per week2025: 23 Hours per week

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Hours per week.

Analysis

Austria recorded 23 Hours per week for hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in 2025.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Austria peaked at 25 Hours per week in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20 Hours per week, in 2005.

Austria ranks 8th of 31 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits in Austria, 2001 to 2025.
Year Hours per week Change
2001 22 Hours per week
2002 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2003 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2004 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2005 20 Hours per week -9.1%
2006 20 Hours per week +0.0%
2007 22 Hours per week +10.0%
2008 23 Hours per week +4.5%
2009 22 Hours per week -4.3%
2010 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2011 23 Hours per week +4.5%
2012 23 Hours per week +0.0%
2013 23 Hours per week +0.0%
2014 23 Hours per week +0.0%
2015 23 Hours per week +0.0%
2016 22 Hours per week -4.3%
2017 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2018 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2019 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2020 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2021 22 Hours per week +0.0%
2022 25 Hours per week +13.6%
2023 25 Hours per week +0.0%
2024 23 Hours per week -8.0%
2025 23 Hours per week +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 21.67 Hours per week 20 Hours per week 23 Hours per week 9
2010s 22.5 Hours per week 22 Hours per week 23 Hours per week 10
2020s 23.33 Hours per week 22 Hours per week 25 Hours per week 6

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 5 Lithuania 19 Hours per week compare
  2. 6 Netherlands 18 Hours per week compare
  3. 8 Türkiye 8 Hours per week compare
  4. 9 Spain 21 Hours per week compare
  5. 10 Italy 20 Hours per week compare
  6. 10 Romania 20 Hours per week compare
  7. 10 Canada 20 Hours per week compare
  8. 10 Hungary 20 Hours per week compare
  9. 10 Portugal 20 Hours per week compare
  10. 10 Switzerland 20 Hours per week compare
  11. 10 OECD 20 Hours per week compare
  12. 10 Bulgaria 20 Hours per week compare

See the full ranking of 42 places →

More economy & growth data for Austria

All data for Austria →

Frequently asked questions

What is hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Austria?
Hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Austria was 23 Hours per week in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 25 Hours per week in 2022.
What is the lowest hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 20 Hours per week in 2005.
How does Austria rank for hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to?
Austria ranks 8th out of 31 countries with data for 2025.
Is hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Austria. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/hours-of-work-needed-to-escape-poverty-working-hours-needed-to-escape-poverty-for-a/austria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/hours-of-work-needed-to-escape-poverty-working-hours-needed-to-escape-poverty-for-a/austria/">Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Austria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits
Unit
Hours per week
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
42 places, 952 data points, 2001–2025
Last refreshed

This indicator measures the working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits. Calculations for families with children assume 2 children aged 4 and 6 who do not use formal childcare.