Austria
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 9.2M (2025). World rank 97 of 216; in Europe, 17 of 48. Area: 83,871 km². World rank 116 of 249; in Europe, 20 of 52. GDP per person: $62,930 (2025). World rank 20 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 13 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 8.6M → 9.2M, GDP $379.5B → $579.5B, and GDP per person $43,915 → $62,930.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Austria
- Local name
- Österreich
- Capital
- Vienna
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Federal parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Alexander Van der Bellen
- Head of government
- Christian Stocker
- Women in parliament
- 35.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 9,208,163 2025
- Area
- 83,871 km²
- GDP
- $579.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $62,930 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Austro-Bavarian German
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +43
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Agricultural land
- 31.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Grossglockner, 3,798 m
- Lowest point
- Neusiedl Lake, 115 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 910
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 10
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 21°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -2°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,110 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 109.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 69.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +11.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 25.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 55.2%, no religion 22.4%, Muslim 8.3%, other 5.4%, and Orthodox 4.9% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 85.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 74.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 83.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 73.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 83.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $76,778 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $60,360 2025
- Inflation
- +3.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 83 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 24% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 64.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 11% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 55.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 54.7% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 52.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +1.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- -2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 25.8% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 31.2 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.5% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 92.6% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 11.8% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $6,739 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 16.5% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 11.3 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 6.7 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 6 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 45% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 23.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 96% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.9 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 4.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 14.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 74.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 10 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 6.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 7.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 47.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 29.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 6,083 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 8.7% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 91.9% 2025
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 124 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 30.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .at
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 8,050 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 36% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 79.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 16.5% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 46,040,215 2023
- Airports
- 62 2025
- Railways, km
- 6,123 2022
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.3% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 6,634 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 13,846 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,676 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 18.5% 2024