Summary
This PESTLE country analysis report on Austria provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Austria through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Austria through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Austria through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Austria through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Austria through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Austria through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Austria, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Austria 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to Buy
- What is the outlook in Austria in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Austria perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Austria perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Austria perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
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Table of Contents
1. OVERVIEW
1.1. Catalyst
1.2. Summary
1.2.1. Key findings
1.2.2. PESTLE Highlights
1.3. Recovery of the economy from the COVID-19 crisis
1.2.3.1 Snapshot
1.2.3.2 Vaccination
1.2.3.3 Government measures
1.2.3.4 Lockdown measures
1.2.3.5 Travel restrictions
1.2.3.6 Stimulus measures
1.2.3.7 Impact on the economy
1.3.1. Key fundamentals
2. KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
3. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
4. PESTLE ANALYSIS
4.1. Summary
4.2. Political analysis
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Current strengths
4.2.3. Future prospects
4.2.4. Future risks
4.3. Economic analysis
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Current strengths
4.3.3. Current challenges
4.3.4. Future prospects
4.3.5. Future risks
4.4. Social analysis
4.4.1. Overview
4.4.2. Current strengths
4.4.3. Current challenges
4.4.4. Future prospects
4.4.5. Future risks
4.5. Technological analysis
4.5.1. Overview
4.5.2. Current strengths
4.5.3. Current challenges
4.5.4. Future prospects
4.5.5. Future risks
4.6. Legal analysis
4.6.1. Overview
4.6.2. Current strengths
4.6.3. Current challenges
4.6.4. Future prospects
4.6.5. Future risks
4.7. Environmental analysis
4.7.1. Overview
4.7.2. Current strengths
4.7.3. Current challenges
4.7.4. Future prospects
4.7.5. Future risks
5. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
5.1. Summary
5.2. Evolution
5.3. Structure and policies
5.3.1. Key political figures
5.3.2. Structure of government
5.3.3. Center/federal
5.3.4. State/provincial
5.3.5. Structure of legislature
5.3.6. Composition of legislature
5.3.7. Key policies
5.4. Performance
5.4.1. Governance indicators
5.5. Outlook
6. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
6.1. Summary
6.2. Evolution
6.2.1. Pre-1950
6.2.2. 1950-80
6.2.3. 1981-90
6.2.4. 1991-2007
6.2.5. 2008-20
6.3. Structure and policies
6.3.1. Financial system
6.3.2. Financial authorities/regulators
6.3.3. Stock markets
6.3.4. Insurance
6.3.5. GDP and growth rate
6.3.6. GDP composition by sector
6.3.7. Fiscal Situation
6.3.8. General government gross debt
6.3.9. International trade
6.3.10. International investment position
6.3.11. Key monetary indicators
6.3.12. Interest rate
6.3.13. Unemployment rate
6.4. Outlook
7. SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
7.1. Summary
7.2. Evolution
7.3. Structure and policies
7.3.1. Composition by age and gender
7.3.2. Education
7.3.3. Healthcare
7.3.4. Social welfare
7.4. Performance
7.4.1. Healthcare
7.4.2. Income distribution
7.4.3. Education
7.5. Outlook
8. TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
8.1. Summary
8.2. Evolution
8.3. Structure and policies
8.3.1. Technology agreements/pacts
8.3.2. Intellectual property
8.4. Performance
8.4.1. Opportunity sectors
8.4.2. Telecommunications, broadband, and internet
8.4.3. Research and development
8.5. Outlook
9. LEGAL LANDSCAPE
9.1. Summary
9.2. Evolution
9.3. Structure and policies
9.3.1. Judicial system
9.3.2. Structure of the system
9.4. Performance
9.4.1. Legal indicators
9.5. Outlook
10. ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE
10.1. Summary
10.2. Evolution
10.3. Structure and policies
10.3.1. Environmental regulations
10.4. Performance
10.4.1. Environmental impact
10.5. Outlook
11. APPENDIX
11.1. Ask the analyst
11.2. Disclaimer
List of Tables
Table 1: Austria - Key fundamentals, 2019-26f
Table 2: Austria - Key facts, 2022
Table 3: Analysis of Austria’s political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of Austria's economic landscape
Table 5: Analysis of Austria’s social landscape
Table 6: Austrian healthcare indicators, 2021 or latest available year
Table 7: Analysis of Austria’s technological landscape
Table 8: Analysis of Austria’s legal landscape
Table 9: Analysis of Austria’s environmental landscape
Table 10: Mid-year population as a percentage of the total population, 2021e
Table 11: Patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2015-20
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Austria, 2022
Figure 2: Migration in Austria (thousand), 2005-20
Figure 3: Non-appealable convictions, 1990-2020
Figure 4: Youth unemployment (% of total labor force, aged 15-24), 2020
Figure 5: Household debt (% of net disposable income), 2020
Figure 6: Current account balance in Austria ($ billion/% of GDP), 2017-26f
Figure 7: Bank non-performing loans to total gross loans in Austria (%), 2010-19
Figure 8: Austrian banks’ exposure to CESEE countries and percentage of foreign claims, Q2 2019 and Q3 2019
Figure 9: At-risk-of-poverty rate of children aged 0 to 17 years (%), 2020
Figure 10: Young population not in employment, education or training (NEET) (% of 15-29 years), 2019
Figure 11: Old age dependency ratio, 2050f
Figure 12: University-industry collaboration, 2021
Figure 13: Government researchers (% of national total), 2019
Figure 14: Share of women researchers in select European countries, 2019
Figure 15: Tertiary education attainment of 25-64 years old, 2020
Figure 16: FDI regulatory restrictiveness index, 2020
Figure 17: Tax wedge (% of total labor cost), 2020
Figure 18: Renewable energy’s share of gross final energy consumption (%), 2020
Figure 19: Air pollution in Austria, 2019
Figure 20: Threatened Species, 2018
Figure 21: Austria - Political events timeline
Figure 22: Austria - Key political figures
Figure 23: Austria - Composition of the national council as of November 2021
Figure 24: Austria - Historical GDP growth rate, 2012-21e
Figure 25: Austria (ATX) Stock Market Index, January 2021 - January 2022
Figure 26: GDP and GDP growth rate in Austria ($ billion/%), 2017-26f
Figure 27: GDP composition by sector in Austria, 2021e
Figure 28: Agricultural output in Austria (EUR billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 29: Industrial output in Austria (EUR billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 30: Services output in Austria (EUR billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 31: General government net lending/borrowing in Austria (EUR billion/% of GDP), 2017-26f
Figure 32: General government gross debt in Austria (EUR billion/%), 2017-26f
Figure 33: Total import and export growth of goods and services (%), 2017-26f
Figure 34: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in Austria, 2017-26f
Figure 35: Unemployment rate in Austria (%), 2017-26f
Figure 36: Major religions in Austria (%), 2018
Figure 37: Expenditure on healthcare in Austria ($ billion/%), 2012-20
Figure 38: Government expenditure on education in Austria ($ billion/%), 2017-26f
Figure 39: Number of internet users in Austria (millions/%), 2017-21e
Figure 40: R&D expenditure in Austria ($ billion/% of GDP), 2012-20
Figure 41: Carbon-dioxide emissions in Austria (million tonnes/%), 2012-20
