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Economy of Austria

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Main article: Austria

Financial system

GDP

2022

GDP size - $0.48 trillion
Countries by GDP size in 2022
Industry's share of GDP is less than 17.5%
Data for 2022

2021

GDP size - $0.48 trillion
GDP countries in the world in 2021 according to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Agriculture's share of GDP - 1.2%
Data for 2021

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

Data for September 2023

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%
Data for November 2022
Inflation in July - 9.2%
Inflation in Europe in July 2022.
UK data - for June, inflation in July - 10.1%

Key rate

2020:0% Rate

Central Bank Interest Rates in Europe, July 2020

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.

As of June 2022

2020: More than 50% of gas supplies received from Russia

Зависимость ряда the European countries from Russian gas, data for 2019 and 2020

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

from
Динамика роста цен на electric power August 1, 2021 to August 1, 2022 in countries Europe

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

2020: Average energy consumption per capita

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Energy consumption per capita, including electricity, transport heating in 2019-2020

Automotive market

2022: Minimum age to drive - 17

Data for 2022

2021:120 thousand cars produced

Data for 2021

Trade

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

Tourism

2022:26 million foreign tourists

2019: More than 45% of the population went on tourist trips. Italy is the most popular country

Data for 2019

2018: Tourism revenue

Data for 2018

R&D

2020: R&D spending - $12.7 billion

R&D expenses as of 2020

Labour market

2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 5%

Data for 2022

Salaries

Average monthly salary

Average monthly salary in Europe and Kazakhstan. Data for 2017

Salaries of the first persons in government management

Salaries of top officials in government in Europe, data at the end of 2018

Unemployment

2023: Youth unemployment - 9.6%

2022: Unemployment rate - 4.3%

Безработица в countries EU and Britain for July 2022

2020: Unemployment rate - 5.8%

Countries around the world in terms of unemployment in 2020

Agriculture

2019: Average use of pesticides in agriculture

As of 2019

Food industry

2021: Cheese production - 24.1 kg per capita

Data for 2021

Consumption

Tea

2018: Per capita tea consumption per kg per year

Потребление tea per capita, population kg per year. Data for 2018

Milk

2018: Milk consumption in litres per year per person

Milk consumption in liters per year per person. Data at the end of 2018

Meat

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.

2019: Pork is the most consumed type of meat

The most consumed type of meat at the end of 2019

Beer

2019: Beer consumption in litres 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

Alcohol market

Minimum age to purchase alcoholic beverages

Data for 2018