Austria
Region Europe & Central AsiaIncome High incomeCapital ViennaISO3 AUT
Human development
0.93
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
63,970.4PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
82yrs
At birth
Governance
78.8/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption74.1Ranked 25th▲ 2· 2024
- Government Effectiveness80.8Ranked 19th▲ 2· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence74.3Ranked 72nd▲ 9· 2024
- Rule of Law85.8Ranked 9th▼ 1· 2024
- Regulatory Quality76.2Ranked 21st▲ 1· 2024
- Voice & Accountability81.4Ranked 16th▲ 2· 2024
- Military spending1%Ranked 106th▼ 14· 2024
- Women in parliament35.5%Ranked 44th▲ 4· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.84Ranked 13th▼ 6· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.76Ranked 18th—· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 21st▼ 1· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 21st▼ 1· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.92Ranked 16th▲ 1· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.58Ranked 16th▼ 4· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.73Ranked 17th▼ 5· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.72Ranked 16th▲ 2· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 20th▼ 3· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.93Ranked 23rd▼ 2· 2025
Economy
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2027Our World in DataCC BY 4.0updated 2027UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2027
GDP
- GDP579.47BRanked 28th▼ 1· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP63,970.4Ranked 16th▼ 4· 2025
- GDP growth0.62%Ranked 167th▼ 17· 2025
- Inflation3.5%Ranked 97th▲ 12· 2025
- Unemployment5.6%Ranked 104th▲ 10· 2025
- Trade openness107%Ranked 38th▼ 11· 2025
- FDI net inflows-2%Ranked 93rd▲ 3· 2025
- Tax revenue25.8%Ranked 11th—· 2024
- Current account balance1.8%Ranked 26th▼ 32· 2025
- Gross savings25.8%Ranked 24th▼ 32· 2025
- Gross capital formation23.7%Ranked 61st▼ 18· 2025
- Government expenditure46%Ranked 6th▼ 2· 2023
- Personal remittances received0.66%Ranked 69th▼ 48· 2025
- R&D expenditure3.3%Ranked 8th▲ 1· 2023
- Researchers in R&D6,633.6Ranked 7th▼ 1· 2023
- High-technology exports18.5%Ranked 31st▼ 12· 2024
- Youth unemployment11%Ranked 82nd▲ 7· 2025
- Agricultural employment2.8%Ranked 146th—· 2025
- Vulnerable employment7.9%Ranked 26th▲ 1· 2025
- Agriculture value added1.3%Ranked 142nd▼ 19· 2025
- Industry value added24%Ranked 86th▼ 2· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)62,930Ranked 14th▼ 4· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker1,438.5Ranked 124th—· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)63,479.2Ranked 20th▲ 4· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)5.6%Ranked 104th▼ 2· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)11%Ranked 76th▼ 8· 2027
- Labour force participation rate59.3%Ranked 106th▲ 3· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio56%Ranked 103rd—· 2027
- Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)0.83Ranked 28th▼ 2· 2019
- Human capital index3.4Ranked 30th—· 2019
- Capital stock per worker578,014.7Ranked 9th—· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy82Ranked 36th▲ 4· 2024
- Infant mortality2.8Ranked 13th▲ 1· 2024
- Maternal mortality6Ranked 6th▼ 1· 2023
- Health spending11.8%Ranked 2nd▼ 12· 2024
- Physicians5.5Ranked 2nd▼ 4· 2023
- Basic sanitation access100%Ranked 3rd—· 2024
- Basic drinking water access100%Ranked 8th▲ 7· 2024
- Undernourishment2.5%Ranked 1st—· 2023
- Measles immunization90%Ranked 10th—· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence4.9Ranked 26th▲ 1· 2024
- Road traffic deaths4.9Ranked 17th▲ 2· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate14.5Ranked 146th▲ 7· 2021
- Smoking prevalence23.8%Ranked 87th▼ 4· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure10Ranked 45th▼ 1· 2023
- Child mortality0.33Ranked 11th▼ 1· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,755.9Ranked 6th▼ 1· 2023
- DTP3 immunization coverage85%Ranked 15th▲ 2· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage90%Ranked 10th—· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate3.3Ranked 22nd▲ 1· 2024
Education
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Secondary enrollment
- Secondary enrollment100.6%Ranked 36th▼ 17· 2024
- Education spending5.3%Ranked 41st▲ 2· 2022
- Primary enrollment101.3%Ranked 52nd▼ 24· 2024
- Tertiary enrollment92.6%Ranked 10th▼ 5· 2024
- Primary completion rate96.7%Ranked 51st▲ 2· 2024
- Expected years of schooling16.3Ranked 41st▼ 1· 2023
- Mean years of schooling12.4Ranked 36th—· 2023
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population9.21MRanked 97th—· 2025
- Population growth0.33%Ranked 153rd▲ 12· 2025
- Urban population69.7%Ranked 80th▼ 2· 2025
- Fertility rate1.3Ranked 177th▲ 5· 2024
- Crude birth rate8.4Ranked 170th▼ 3· 2024
- Median age of population43.1Ranked 24th—· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio52.6Ranked 133rd▼ 3· 2023
- Net migration rate0.53Ranked 81st▲ 64· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)8,724.3Ranked 110th· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)85.9Ranked 29th· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Renewable energy share36%Ranked 62nd▼ 8· 2021
- Forest area47.2%Ranked 58th▲ 1· 2023
- Electric power consumption7,896.8Ranked 11th▼ 8· 2024
- CO₂ per capita6.2Ranked 47th▼ 1· 2024
- CO₂ emissions56.37MRanked 53rd—· 2024
- Renewable electricity83.6%Ranked 12th▼ 9· 2025
- Electricity from coal0%Ranked 1st—· 2025
- Electricity from solar14.1%Ranked 22nd▼ 14· 2025
- Electricity from wind11.3%Ranked 27th—· 2025
- Electricity from hydro51.8%Ranked 16th▼ 13· 2025
- Power-sector CO2 intensity117.2Ranked 17th▼ 5· 2025
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF61.7Ranked 111th▼ 1· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita6.8Ranked 130th▼ 3· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts0Ranked 1st—· 2025
- INFORM risk score2.4Ranked 13th· 2026
- Hazard & exposure1.5Ranked 10th· 2026
- Vulnerability3.2Ranked 21st· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity3Ranked 22nd· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure2.6Ranked 13th· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure0.2Ranked 3rd· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability0.3Ranked 4th· 2026
- Vulnerable groups5.3Ranked 48th· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity4.8Ranked 27th· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0.7Ranked 4th· 2026
- Organized-violence deaths (total)4Ranked 5th· 2020
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index31.2Ranked 15th▲ 2· 2023
- Extreme poverty0.5%Ranked 6th▼ 1· 2023
- Internet users91.9%Ranked 6th▼ 20· 2025
- Homicide rate0.88Ranked 25th▼ 3· 2023
- Female labor participation55.1%Ranked 81st—· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions30.1Ranked 46th▼ 5· 2024
- Life satisfaction6.8Ranked 18th▲ 1· 2025
- Human Development Index0.93Ranked 16th▼ 2· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.03Ranked 9th—· 2023
- Gender Development Index0.99Ranked 39th▼ 1· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.86Ranked 13th▼ 1· 2023
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0.76Ranked 20th▲ 2· 2023
- Youth NEET rate13.1%Ranked 61st▲ 1· 2027
- Poverty headcount at $2.15/day0Ranked 47th▲ 6· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $3.65/day0.01Ranked 42nd▼ 4· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $6.85/day0.01Ranked 33rd▼ 2· 2026
- Poverty gap at $2.15/day0Ranked 104th▼ 1· 2026
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)286,651Ranked 28th▲ 3· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)33Ranked 14th▲ 2· 2025
- Asylum seekers16Ranked 6th▼ 7· 2025