Austria recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 4.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Budget in Austria averaged -2.77 percent of GDP from 1995 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 0.50 percent of GDP in 2019 and a record low of -8.20 percent of GDP in 2020. source: Statistics Austria

Government Budget in Austria is expected to reach -4.20 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Austria Government Budget is projected to trend around -4.30 percent of GDP in 2027 and -4.40 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.



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Asylum Applications 700.00 775.00 persons Dec 2025
Credit Rating 95.00 Jan 2026
Fiscal Expenditure 13080.00 10337.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Government Budget -4.70 -2.60 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Budget Value -2689.00 2160.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Government Debt 313029.00 308345.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Government Debt to GDP 81.80 77.80 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Revenues 10391.00 12497.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Government Spending 20040.70 20435.92 EUR Million Sep 2025
Government Spending to GDP 55.20 52.20 percent of GDP Dec 2024
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Military Expenditure 5258.70 4452.20 USD Million Dec 2024


Austria Government Budget
The Government Budget to GDP ratio is an itemized accounting of the payments received by the government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by the government (purchases and transfer payments) relative to GDP. A budget deficit occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-4.70 -2.60 0.50 -8.20 1995 - 2024 percent of GDP Yearly
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