Austria

Country at a glance

Austria is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Vienna. The country joined the European Communities in 1995 in the EFTA-route enlargement (alongside Austria, Finland and Sweden). Economically, Austria is a high-income service economy with strong tourism, machinery exports and a federal political structure. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. German is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Austria is currently 14th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 10th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Austria stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟢R&D expenditure 3.3% of GDP — above the EU 3% target (EU avg 2.2%)

Austria vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Austria's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Austria, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Austria

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Austria (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Austria buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Austria.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Austria.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (400 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API