Austria
- Official Name:
- Republic of Austria (Austria)
- Area:
- 83.870 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 8.199.783 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- No tiene
- Capital:
- Vienna
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: ND
- Exclusive economic zone: ND
- Continental shelf: ND
- Political divisions:
- 9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)
- Language(s):
- German (official nationwide) 88,6%, Turkish 2,3%, Serbian 2,2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1,6%, other (includes Slovene,official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5,3% (2001 census)
- National holiday:
- National Day, 26 October (1955); Note - commemorates the passage of the law on permanent neutrality
- Nationality:
- Austrian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- ACCT (observer), AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .at
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Euro (EUR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD34.600 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 310.100.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 3,3% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2005 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 1,8%
- Industry: 30,4%
- Services: 67,8%
- Labor force:
- 3.880.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2005):
-
- Agriculture 3%
- Industry: 27%
- Services 70%
- Unemployment rate:
- 4,9% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 1,6% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 21% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD155.900.000.000
- Expenditures: USD161.600.000.000
- Public debt:
- 63% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 5.913.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 133.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
- Exports - Partners:
- Germany 31,2%, Italy 8,7%, US 5,8%, Switzerland 5,2%, France 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 134.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
- Imports - partners:
- Germany 45,9%, Italy 6,6%, Switzerland 4,5% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 12.720.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD594.300.000.000 (2006)
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