| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $245.3 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
0.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $30,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 25.7%
services: 70.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
3.9% (1999) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 22.5% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
3.425 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture and forestry 4%, industry and crafts 29%, services 67% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $67 billion
expenditures: $70 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) |
| Industries : |
construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
58.75 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 29.3%
hydro: 67.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 3.5% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
54.85 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
14.25 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
14.47 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber |
| Exports : |
$83.45 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 31.9%, Italy 9.6%, Switzerland 5.2%, US 4.9%, France 4.8%, UK 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$81.59 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 43.2%, Italy 6.7%, Hungary 5.4%, Switzerland 5%, Netherlands 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$15.5 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $520 million (2002) |
| Currency : |
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions of member countries; as of 1 January 2002, the euro became the only legal tender in EMU member countries, including Austria |
| Currency Code : |
EUR |
| Exchange Rates : |
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
