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Austria GDP and Economic Data
Country Report 2017 - Includes Austria real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Austria economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Austria best banks and safest banks are also available.
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International Reserves
USD 13.4 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 401.1 billion (2017, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 429.9 billion (2017, estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 3.4% | 3.6% | 1.6% | -3.8% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
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GDP per capita - current prices
USD 45,798.9 (2017, estimate)
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.64% | 0.57% | 0.49% | 0.39% | 0.3% |
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 1.3%
- industry: 28.1%
- services: 70.6%
(2016 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)
3.1% (2015)
OECD, data retrieved January 2017
Inflation
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
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Unemployment rate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 6.4% |
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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 80.8% | 84.3% | 86.2% | 84.9% | 83.7% |
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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -1.3% | -2.7% | -1.2% | -1.6% | -1.5% |
*Estimate
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: AA+
Moody's: Aa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
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Market value of publicly traded shares
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 117.7 billion | USD 96.8 billion | USD 96.1 billion |
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Largest companies
Erste Group Bank, OMV Group, Raiffeisen Bank International, Voestalpine, Uniqa, Vienna Insurance Group, STRABAG, Andritz.
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP
2.7% (2017 estimate)
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
53.1% (2015)
Shares in world total merchandising export
0.9% (2015)
Shares in world total commercial services export
1.2% (2015)
Export commodities
Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
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Import commodities
Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products, natural gas; foodstuffs
Exports - major partners
Germany 29.4%, US 6.4%, Italy 6.1%, Switzerland 5.7%, France 4.4%, Slovakia 4.2% (2015)
Imports - major partners
Germany 41.5%, Italy 6.3%, Switzerland 6%, Czech Republic 4.2% (2015)
FDI inflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 5,720 million | USD 9,324 million | USD 3,837 million |
FDI outflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 15,568 million | USD 5,065 million | USD 12,399 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 1835.4 million | USD 10720.9 million | USD 344.5 million | USD 4771.1 million |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Best countries for doing business
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 19 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 111 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 10 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 30 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 62 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 32 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 1 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 42 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 49 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 20 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 20 out of 190 countries
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Global competitiveness ranking
19 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 28 / Score: 71.67 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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Languages
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in South Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)
Religions
Catholic 73.8% (includes Roman Catholic 73.6%, other Catholic 0.2%), Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8% (includes other Christian), none 12%, unspecified 2% (2001 est.)
Total population
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 7.645 million | 8.012 million | 8.361 million | 8.691 million | 8.991 million |
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 65% | 65% | 66% | 66% |
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
30.5 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
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Freedom House rating
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed 42.18% Mobile 157.41% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)