OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2024

Basic Statistics of Austria, 2023

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)*

 

LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE
Population (million, 2022)	9.0		Population density per km² (2022)	109.6	(39.0)
Under 15 (%, 2022)	14.4	(17.2)	Life expectancy at birth (years, 2022)	81.1	(79.6)
Over 65 (%, 2022)	19.8	(18.0)	Men (2022)	78.8	(77.0)
International migrant stock (% of population, 2019)	19.9	(13.2)	Women (2022)	83.5	(82.4)
Latest 5-year average growth (%)	0.5	(0.4)	Latest general election	September-2019
ECONOMY
Gross domestic product (GDP)			Value added shares (%, 2022)
In current prices (billion USD)	517.5		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1.5	(2.8)
In current prices (billion EUR)	478.6		Industry including construction	29.1	(28.0)
Latest 5-year average real growth (%)	0.6	(1.6)	Services	69.3	(69.2)
Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2022, OECD: 2022)²	71.0	(56.0)
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP
Expenditure (OECD: 2022)	52.0	(42.9)	Gross financial debt (OECD: 2022)	84.3	(113.3)
Revenue (OECD: 2022)	49.3	(39.6)	Net financial debt (OECD: 2022)	43.5	(67.5)
EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS
Exchange rate (EUR per USD)	0.92		Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2022)
PPP exchange rate (USA = 1)	0.71		Machinery and electronics	25.5
In per cent of GDP			Metals	14.9
Exports of goods and services	59.6	(31.3)	Chemicals	11.8
Imports of goods and services	56.4	(31.4)	Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2022)
Current account balance	2.7	(-0.1)	Machinery and electronics	21.4
Net international investment position	16.9		Fuels	12.6
			Metals	11.8
LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION
Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %)	58.6	(58.0)	Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %)	5.1	(4.8)
Men	63.4	(65.6)	Youth (aged 15-24, %)	10.4	(10.6)
Women	54.0	(50.8)	Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, 2022)	1.2	(1.2)
Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %)	61.7	(60.9)	Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2022)	35.6	(40.7)
Average hours worked per year (OECD: 2022)	1,443	(1,735)	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2021)	3.3	(2.9)
ENVIRONMENT
Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2022)	3.4	(3.8)	CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2022)	6.2	( 7.8)
Renewables (%, 2022)	31.4	(12.0)	Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (1 000 m³, 2020)	6.2
Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 g/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020)	71.5	(56.5)	Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2021, OECD: 2022)	0.8	(0.5)
SOCIETY
Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2021, OECD: latest available)	0.281	(0.316)	Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score)
Relative poverty rate (%, 2021, OECD: 2020)	9.8	(11.7)	Reading	480	(476)
Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2021, OECD: 2020)	37.7	(26.7)	Mathematics	487	(472)
Public and private spending (% of GDP)			Science	491	(485)
Health care (2022)	11.4	(9.2)	Share of women in parliament (%)	41.0	(32.8)
Pensions (2019)	13.7	(9.5)	Net official development assistance (% of GNI)	0.4	(0.4)
Education (% of GNI, 2021)	4.9	(4.4)

Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.

* OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.

Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.