Austria is the 21 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Austria averaged 18.54 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 23.00 in 2016 and a record low of 14.00 in 2009. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence -15.40 -12.10 points Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization 82.10 83.00 percent Dec 2025
Car Registrations 27721.00 27236.00 Units Feb 2026
Changes in Inventories -218.31 541.19 EUR Million Dec 2025
Corruption Index 69.00 67.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 21.00 25.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 6054.73 5376.18 Gigawatt-hour Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY 0.30 1.10 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production Mom 0.60 -2.40 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production 2.90 5.90 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production -6.40 -4.10 percent Jan 2026
New Orders 105.70 99.40 points Jan 2026


Austria Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
21.00 22.00 23.00 14.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly