Public budgets

Austria: public budget

What Austria's government raised and what it spent it on, from the figures its own budget laws or a statistics office publish. Solon places every figure on the same international classification, so it can be compared with any other place.

General government, 2025

Outturn: what came in and was spent

General government: central, state and local government and social security funds together, consolidated so that money passed between them is counted once, as Eurostat's government finance statistics (ESA 2010) count it.

Amounts in USD, converted from EUR at 2025's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue
$295.27B · 50.4% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−)
-$24.15B · -4.1% of GDP

Where the money comes from

Austria, 2025: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Austria, 2025: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
RowValue (%)ShareNote
Social contributions31.8$93.92B
Taxes on sales, production and imports27.6$81.35B
Taxes on income and wealth27.4$80.82B
Sales, fees and charges9.3$27.48B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)2$5.89B
Other transfers received1.6$4.67B
Capital transfers and taxes received0.4$1.14B
Subsidies received0$0
Taxes on sales, production and imports$81.35B
Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
RowValue (%)ShareNote
Value added tax56.2$45.76B
Not broken down, or fitting no category43.8$35.59B

Over the years

49.8 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99551.4 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99650.1 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99749.8 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99849.8 % of GDPRevenue · 1,99949 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00051.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00150.2 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00250 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00349.4 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00449.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00548.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00648.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00748.8 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00849.2 % of GDPRevenue · 2,00948.9 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01048.8 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01149.6 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01250.4 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01350.5 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01450.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01549.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01649 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01749.4 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01849.6 % of GDPRevenue · 2,01949.1 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02050.3 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02149.6 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02249.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02350.7 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02450.4 % of GDPRevenue · 2,02556 % of GDPSpending · 1,99556 % of GDPSpending · 1,99652.7 % of GDPSpending · 1,99752.6 % of GDPSpending · 1,99852.4 % of GDPSpending · 1,99951.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,00051.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,00151.6 % of GDPSpending · 2,00251.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,00354.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,00451.7 % of GDPSpending · 2,00550.9 % of GDPSpending · 2,00649.7 % of GDPSpending · 2,00750.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,00854.6 % of GDPSpending · 2,00953.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,01051.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,01151.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,01252.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,01352.4 % of GDPSpending · 2,01451.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,01550.6 % of GDPSpending · 2,01649.8 % of GDPSpending · 2,01749.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,01849.1 % of GDPSpending · 2,01957.3 % of GDPSpending · 2,02056 % of GDPSpending · 2,02153 % of GDPSpending · 2,02252.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,02355.2 % of GDPSpending · 2,024
Austria: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
Austria: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
PeriodRevenue (% of GDP)Spending (% of GDP)
1,99549.856
1,99651.456
1,99750.152.7
1,99849.852.6
1,99949.852.4
2,0004951.4
2,00151.151.8
2,00250.251.6
2,0035051.8
2,00449.454.3
2,00549.151.7
2,00648.350.9
2,00748.349.7
2,00848.850.4
2,00949.254.6
2,01048.953.4
2,01148.851.3
2,01249.651.8
2,01350.452.4
2,01450.552.4
2,01550.751.2
2,01649.150.6
2,0174949.8
2,01849.449.2
2,01949.649.1
2,02049.157.3
2,02150.356
2,02249.653
2,02349.752.2
2,02450.755.2
2,02550.4
Where these figures come from

Series read from Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) on 2026-11-11.

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