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🇦🇹 Austria in official data

How Austria is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.

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Where it stands in the EU

• R&D expenditure (GERD): Austria has the 2nd highest value in the EU (3.34 % GDP, 2024).
• Perceived independence of the justice system: Austria has the 2nd highest value in the EU (87 %, 2025).
• Public transport share of passenger travel: Austria has the 2nd highest value in the EU (23.8 %, 2024).
• Rail share of passenger travel: Austria has the 2nd highest value in the EU (13.7 %, 2024).
• Business R&D expenditure (BERD): Austria has the 3rd highest value in the EU (2.30 % GDP, 2024).
• Government budget for R&D (GBARD): Austria has the 3rd highest value in the EU (0.94 % GDP, 2025).
• Disability employment gap: Austria has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (18.8 pp, 2025).

Brain: Education, research & innovation

Eyes: Information & Digital Access

Ears: Civic Participation

Jaw: Justice & Institutions

Neck: Government & Public Administration

Heart: Economy & Financial Stability

Left lung: Healthcare

Right lung: Environment & Climate

Stomach: Cost of Living

Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare

Left kidney: Housing

Right kidney: Essential Utilities

Left arm: Employment

Right arm: Job Quality

Left hand: Youth Opportunities

Right hand: Workplace Safety

Left leg: Roads & Transport

Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility

Left foot: Regional Accessibility

Right foot: Digital Infrastructure

Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion

Researched context (not official statistics)

For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:

• Scientific research outcomes: Research in Austria is cited more often than the EU average (9th in the EU), and much of it is co-written with foreign researchers: co-publications are well above the EU average (8th).
• Public voice: CIVICUS rates civic space in Austria as "open", the best of its five levels; it was "narrowed" until 2019.
• Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Austria 19th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, up from 22nd in 2025.
• Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Austria 12th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 16th for civil justice.
• Court efficiency: Courts in Austria took an estimated 132 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, among the shortest times in the EU.
• Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Austria’s government at 83.9 out of 100 in 2025, slightly down from 85.3 in 2023.
• Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Austria’s roads 6th of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.9 out of 5.
• Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Austria took 24 minutes on average, slightly shorter than the EU average of 25.
• Access to services: Most people in Austria can reach work or study without a car: 70.1% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, close to the EU average.

Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.

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