Main article: Austria
Financial system
GDP
2022
GDP size - $0.48 trillion
Industry's share of GDP is less than 17.5%
2021
GDP size - $0.48 trillion
Agriculture's share of GDP - 1.2%
2018: Tourism's share of GDP
Central European tourism revenues, 2018
Non-financial debt
2022: Aggregate non-financial debt
Source: Spydell Finance, November 2022
Comparison of the 1 quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2008
Non-financial debt from September 2004 to March 2022
National debt
2023: State debt - 78% of GDP
2021: State debt - 83% of GDP
2017: State debt - 79% of GDP
The ratio of public debt to the country's GDP, 2017
Inflation
2022
Inflation in November - 11%
Inflation in July - 9.2%
Key rate
2020:0% Rate
Central bank interest rates in Europe, July 2020
Investments
2023: Reduced foreign investment
Energy carriers
2024:80% of Austrian gas consumption is provided by Gazprom
Over the past 7 months, including March 2024, Gazprom has covered more than 80% of Austrian imports under a long-term contract calculated until 2040.
2023
Austria consumes more than 50% of gas flowing into the EU through Ukraine and for the first time becomes a net exporter of energy resources
Austria overflowing with Russian gas, which allows a longtime customer to Gazprom"" increase sales to their neighbors.
Filling gas storage facilities in Austria
This country has been a hub for Russian flows for more than half a century, where storage facilities and pipelines have historically been set up to pump fuel to, Hungary,, and Germany. Italy Slovenia The state-owned company OMV has a long-term contract with Gazprom that obliges it to buy gas reaching the border.
Austria consumes more than 50% of gas flowing into the EU through Ukraine
Formally, Austria declares its desire to diversify supplies from Russia, but trade data indicate stable supplies through Ukraine, which satisfy more than half of the needs of the country's economy. The transit agreement through Ukraine ends in 2024.
Most of Austria's gas imports still come from Russia
Russia helped Austria to become one of the countries exporting energy resources. OMV says Gazprom delivered the agreed volumes in 2023. For the first time in 20 years, Austria has become a net exporter of energy resources.
Reduced gas consumption
Gas consumption in Austria decreased markedly in 2023
2022
Return to the use of coal after restrictions on gas supplies from Russia
In June 2022, it became known that Austria was returning to the age of coal, reviving the use of the dirtiest fossil fuels for electricity generation.
The state-controlled Verbund AG, Austria's largest utility and most expensive company, was ordered on June 20 to prepare the mothballed Mellach coal plant for operation. The decision was made after Russia restricted natural gas exports amid EU sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation during the conflict in Ukraine.
Refusal to supply oil from Russia
Austria, after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, refused to purchase Russian oil, the Kurier newspaper reports, citing a representative of OMV Group.
"The volume of oil purchases in Russia has always been very low, with the outbreak of war we replaced it with another oil from the market," the newspaper quotes a representative of the Austrian company.
According to the Statistics Office of the country and the Association of the Oil Industry, in 2021 only 7.8% or 596 thousand tons of Austrian oil imports fell on the Russian Federation.
At the same time, Kazakhstan has been the most important oil supplier to Austria "for many years" - it accounts for 38.9% of all imports. Libya is in second place (22.1%), Iraq is in third (20.7%).
Austria is a member of the Three Seas Initiative, aimed at countering Russia.
2020: More than 50% of gas supplies received from Russia
Power
2023: Government contributions to pay for energy by citizens and companies reached 5% of GDP
State donations of European countries to pay for energy by citizens and companies from 2021 to January 2023, caused by the refusal of energy purchases from Russia
2022: Rise in electricity prices due to pressure on Russia. Business demands lifting of sanctions
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In early November 2022, the business community in Austria, including 8896 companies, demanded the immediate lifting of all anti-Russian sanctions. It is noted that the calls are aimed at "preventing the threat of economic destruction and at the prosperity" of Austria.
2021
Oil is the main source of energy in the country
The average price of electricity is €301,7/MVt·ch
Data as of October 7, 2021
2020: Average energy consumption per capita
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Energy consumption per capita, including electricity,
transport heating in 2019-2020
Transport
2021: Average train speed - 106.8 km/h
According to data available for July 2022.
Automotive market
2024: Share of Chinese electric vehicles - 11% of 64 thousand units sold
2022: Minimum age to drive - 17
2021
Driving penalty with phone in hand €50
120 thousand cars produced
Foreign trade
2024
Export of digital products - $38 billion
Digital product exports include cloud services, Digital Signage, finance, online education and streaming. Data for 2024
5th in the EU for car exports to the United States - $1.8 billion
2022
Germany is the largest export destination
According to data available for August 2023.
Trade deficit with China
2019: Computer Device Exports
The volume of exports of computer devices in countries of the world, 2019
2018: Clothing exports - $3.2 billion
Tourism
2022:26 million foreign tourists
2021: Largest outbound tourism destination - Italy
2019
Revenues of international tourism - 10.2% of the total export of goods and services
According to the 2019 World Tourism Organization report.
More than 45% of the population went on tourist trips. Italy is the most popular country
2018: Tourism revenue
R&D
2020: R&D spending - $12.7 billion
Real estate
2021
Average level of population provision with housing
Growth in prices for 11 years for residential real estate by 109%, for rent - by 45%
Labour market
2023: 21.5% of the population is not working full-time
2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 5%
2020: Pension granted from the age of 65, real retirement age for men - 62, for women - 61
2019: Average labor productivity - $65.15 per hour
Salaries
2024: Maximum personal income tax rate - 55%
2021: Average net income per employee - 26.5 thousand euros per year
2019: Average real income of immigrants in the first year of employment in Austria - $11k
2018: Salaries of top officials in government management
Salaries of top officials in government in Europe, data at the end of 2018
2017: Average monthly salary
Average monthly salary in Europe and Kazakhstan. Data for 2017
Unemployment
2023: Youth unemployment - 9.6%
2022: Unemployment rate - 4.3%
2020: Unemployment rate - 5.8%
Countries around the world in terms of unemployment in 2020
Agriculture
2021: 3.7% of workers are employed in agriculture
2019: Average use of pesticides in agriculture
Food industry
2021: Cheese production - 24.1 kg per capita
Consumption
2023: Pork is the most consumed type of meat
The most consumed type of meat (including fish and seafood) according to data available for June 2023.
2021
Prostitution: Legalization. Buying and selling sexual services is legal and regulated
There are 93 pet dogs per 1,000 people
2019
Average coffee consumption - 7.3 kg per year per person
Pork is the most consumed type of meat
The most consumed type of meat at the end of 2019
Beer consumption in liters per year per person
Потребление
beer per capita, data from early 2019
Годовое потребление
beer per capita
population in liters with a 5% strength in 2019
Wine consumption - 31 litres per person
2018
Per capita tea consumption per kg per year
Потребление
tea per capita,
population kg per year. Data for 2018
Milk consumption in liters per year per person
Milk consumption in liters per year per person. Data at the end of 2018
Alcohol market
Minimum age to purchase alcoholic beverages