• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
OECD Infrastructure Toolkit

OECD Infrastructure Toolkit

  • Home
  • Governance
  • Countries
  • Indicators
  • Themes
  • Case studies

Austria

28/10/2021 by

Home | Countries | Austria

Austria

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 58 229 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 107.3% of GDP (2020)
  • Population: 8.9 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 13.2% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 41.26% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 89/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 94.9% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 6.4t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 75/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Austria Data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Fiscally sustainable wind farms (UNEP, 2021)
  • Whistle-Blower tool (European Commission)

Related publications

  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Austria
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Roadmap Personal Mobility (2018)
  • Scenario Report NGI – The Internet for People 2040 (2020)
  • Austria’s recovery and resilience plan (2020)  
  • EU reconstruction plan – Republic of Austria – Federal Chancellery
  • 2030 Mobility Master Plan

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Austria – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Austria, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Austria (2019)

Relevant public institutions

  • Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna
  • Austrian Ministry of Finance

Footer

HOME
GOVERNANCE
COUNTRIES
INDICATORS
THEMES

Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

Follow us on:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

© 2022 OECD. All rights reserved.