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Government at a Glance 2017
www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm
Country Fact Sheet
Austria
The fiscal deficit in Austria has decreased below the OECD average
After experiencing a 5.4% deficit in 2009, fiscal consolidation has brought the deficit to 1.1% of GDP in
2015, while the OECD average deficit reached 2.8% of the GDP. This is also reflected by the state of the
primary balance, which measures the overall balance excluding net interest payments on government debt,
as it reached a surplus of 0.8% of GDP in 2015. In 2016, the deficit increased slightly to 1.6% of GDP and
the primary balance fell to a surplus of 0.1% of GDP. However, the structural primary balance is expected to
remain positive in 2017 and 2018.
Chapter 2. Public finance and economics
General government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDP
General government primary balance and net interest spending as a percentage of GDP
General government structural primary balance as a percentage of potential GDP
General government projected structural primary balance as a percentage of potential GDP
Austria has one of the most comprehensive performance budgeting frameworks
among OECD countries
The framework was introduced as part of far reaching budget reforms in 2013 which sought to improve
budgetary decision-making. In particular, the reforms focussed on designing the federal budget as a compre-
hensive steering instrument for resources, outputs and outcomes. These reforms are one of the reasons why,
between 2011 and 2016 Austria improved the most on the OECD performance budgeting indicator among
all OECD countries.
Chapter 5. Budgeting practices and procedures
Features of performance budgeting framework
Use of performance budgeting practices at the central level of government
The share of women occupying cabinet positions fell below OECD average
Between 2015 and 2017 the share of women ministers in Austria decreased from 31% to 23%, while the av-
erage among all OECD countries remained around 28%. During this period, the share of women parliamen-
tarians in Austria remained above the OECD average, reaching 31% in 2017 while the OECD average was
29%. At the same time in the federal civil service 29% of senior civil servants are women, slightly below
the OECD average of 33%.
Chapter 3. Public employment and pay
Share of women ministers
Share of women parliamentarians and legislated gender quotas
Share of public sector employment filled by women
How to read the figures:
Range of OECD country Values have been rounded.
Country value in blue Average of OECD countries
values in grey n.a. refers to
(not represented if not available) in red
Austria data not available
Public Finance and Economics
Fiscal balance* Government expenditures Government investment Government gross debt*
(2015, 2016) (2015, 2016) (2015, 2016) (2015)
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP % of GDP
101.1% 100%
-1.6% -1.1% Austria Austria Austria
0%
51.1% 3.0%
2016 Austria 2015 2016 2016
40.9% 3.2%
112% 100%
-2.8%
51.7% 3.0%
2015 2015
2015 2015 2015 0%
-10% -5% 0% +5% +10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250%
Source: OECD Source: OECD
* See Notes National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts * SNA definition, see Notes National Accounts
Public Employment
General government employment Women in the civil service ... Percentage of central government
as % of total employment (2015) employees aged 55 years or older
44.9% 53.0%
Austria (2015)
15.9%
Austria
Austria
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
... and in senior positions (2015)
28.8% 32.4% 26.1% 24.9%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
G@G /data Austria
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
18.1% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in
Source: OECD National Accounts Central/federal Governments Central/federal Governments
Public Sector Compensation
Annual compensation across central government positions (2015)
Secretarial Senior Middle Managers Senior Managers
Positions Professionals (D3 positions) (D1 positions)
2015
USD PPP
Austria 450,000
300,000
231,500
201,200
94,600 121,200 134,500 26
150,000
88,700
50,400 52,700
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the compensation of employees in central / federal governmentsHuman Resource Management
Composite indicators on HRM practices in central government (2016)
Extent of the use Use of separate
Extent of delegation of performance Extent of the use HRM practices Collection
of HRM practices assessments of performance for senior of administrative
in line ministries in HR decisions related pay civil servants data
Composite index 1
from 0 lowest to 1 highest
0.68 0.70 0.68
0.75
0.62 0.64 0.64 0.66 0.65
0.55
Austria 0.49
0.50
0.25
0
Source: OECD (2016) Strategic Human Resources Management Survey
Budgeting Regulatory governance
Performance budgeting Composite indices on regulatory governance for primary laws*
practices at the central level (2014)
of government (2016)
Stakeholder Regulatory Impact
1 engagement in Assessment for Ex post evaluation
developing regulations developing regulations of regulations
0.58 0.8
Composite index
from 0 lowest to 4 highest
4
Austria
3
0.6 2.50
Composite index Austria 2.09 2.05 1.88
from 0 lowest to 1 highest
0.4 2
1.54
Women in Government
1.36
0.2 1
0.41
0 0
Source: OECD (2016) Survey of Performance Budgeting * See Notes Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG)
Public Procurement
General government Strategic public procurement - Objectives
procurement expenditures G@G /data
(2016)
(2015)
% of government expenditures
Support for green Support for Support for innovative
public procurement SMEs goods and services
Austria
Austria
26.1% 29.1% 11 25 1 0 8 24 0 1 9 19 0 6
Some procuring entities have developed an internal strategy/policy
A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% A strategy/policy has been rescinded
There has never been a strategy/policy in place
Source: OECD National Accounts G@G /data Source: OECD (2016) Survey on Public ProcurementOpen Data Digital Government
OURdata Index: Individuals using the Internet for sending filled
Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data forms via public authorities websites
(2017) in the past 12 months (2016)
Composite index: from 0 lowest to 1 highest
Austria
Austria
1.0 1.0
Government
0.68 0.55 support
0.8 0.8 to re-use
0.6 0.6
Data 33.0% 35.6%
accessibility
0.4 0.4 Data
availability
0.2 0.2
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
0.0 0.0
Source: OECD (2017) Survey on Open Government Data Source: OECD, ICT database; and Eurostat, Information Society database
Core Government Results
Satisfaction and confidence across public services Differences in income inequality pre and post-tax
(2016) and government transfers (2013)
% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction 0.6 0.6
Higher Higher
inequality inequality
National government 0.5 0.50 0.47
0.5
43% 42% 0.4 fers nsf
ers 0.4
100
trans tra
Austria nd sand
es a axe
tax t
80
Austria 0.3
0.28 0.32 0.3
60
Lower Lower
Police 40
Health care inequality 0.2 0.2 inequality
86% 77% 88% 70% Before After Before After
20
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Average
Limited government powers (2016)
Range
Judicial system Education system 0.86 0.75
68% 55% 72% 67% Austria
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Source: Gallup World Poll Source: The World Justice Project
Notes
Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures.
Regulatory governance indicators: The results for stakeholder engagement and Regulatory Impact Assessment apply exclusively to processes for developing primary laws initiated by the executive. Data is not applicable to the
United States, where all primary laws are initiated by Congress. In the majority of countries, most primary laws are initiated by the executive, except for Mexico and Korea, where a higher share of primary laws are initiated by parliament/
congress (respectively 90.6% and 84%).
Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which differs from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the
debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt.
Government at a Glance 2017
Government at a Glance provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international
comparison of public sector productivity and performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are presented,
alongside key output and outcome data for education, health and justice. Information on key enablers to increase productivity including on digital
government, budget procedures, strategic human resource management, open government data and innovative practices are also included. In
a context of tight budget constraints in many member countries, good indicators are needed more than ever, in order to help governments make
informed decisions regarding resource allocation and to help restore confidence in government institutions.
The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance 2017 are available
via the StatLinks provided throughout the publication:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/gov_glance-2017-en
For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes)
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