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Business climate in Austria

Austria ranks #44 of 54 on the overall business climate (score 47). Its strongest suit is rule of law, followed by red tape; the weakest is energy prices.

Rule of law67 / 100Red tape55 / 100Business taxes35 / 100Momentum30 / 100Energy prices26 / 100
DriverScoreRankMeasures
Red tape and ease of doing business55 #40 of 54Days to start a business (Doing Business): 21 (2017); Procedures to start a business (Doing Business): 8.00 (2017); Ease of doing business rank (Doing Business, 1 = easiest of 190): 22 (2017)
Rule of law and legal certainty67 #23 of 54Liberal democracy (V-Dem): 0.76 (2025); Corruption perceptions score (higher = cleaner): 69 (2025); Strength of legal rights for borrowers and lenders: 4.00 (2017)
Taxes on business35 #41 of 53Corporate income tax rate (headline): 23 (2026); Total tax and contribution rate on commercial profits: 52 (2017)
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Energy prices for business26 #24 of 31Business electricity price (Eurostat, 500-1,999 MWh a year): 0.20 (2025)
Growth momentum and investment trend30 #46 of 53Real GDP growth, average of the last five years: 1.88 (2025); Growth trend: last three years against 2015-2019: -2.26 (2025); Foreign direct investment, net inflows: 0.60 (2023)
2010: 1.8%102011: 2.9%112012: 0.6%122013: -0.3%132014: 0.8%142015: 1.3%152016: 2.1%162017: 2.3%172018: 2.5%182019: 1.8%192020: -6.3%202021: 4.9%212022: 5.3%222023: -0.8%232024: -0.7%242025: 0.6%25
Real GDP growth by year (World Bank). Green bars: growth; red: contraction.

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Sources as on the business-climate table. Nestlyzer scores each measure 0–100 between the 5th and 95th percentile of the countries it covers. How the method works.