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Regional economic growth 2019 was strongest in Styria and weakest in Carinthia

Gross Regional Product (GRP) in real terms increased in all Austrian federal states in 2019, according to Regional Accounts data. Real growth rates ranged from 0.8% in Carinthia to 2.0% in Styria. Overall, Austria's GDP grew by 1.4%.

Austrian winter tourism largely depends on German and Austrian guests; Tyrol and Salzburg are most popular destinations

In a typical winter season, more than half of the nights spent in Austria are spent by German and Austrian guests. In the winter season 2018/19, the share of German guests related to the total of 72.9 million nights spent in the whole period from November 2018 to April 2019 was 36.9%, followed by guests from Austria (22.7%) and the Netherlands (8.6%)

Highest number of deaths in a single calendar week in 42 years

In Week 47 (16 to 22 November 2020), 2 431 people died in Austria, according to preliminary results. More deaths were last recorded in the week from 20 to 26 February 1978, when 2 516 people died. There have also been weeks with high death rates in the recent past, for example during the strong flu epidemic at the beginning of 2017: At that time, 2 340 people died between 9 and 15 January 2017.

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04-Dec-2020 Regional economic growth 2019 was strongest in Styria and weakest in Carinthia 04-Dec-2020 Austrian winter tourism largely depends on German and Austrian guests; Tyrol and Salzburg are most popular destinations 03-Dec-2020 Expenditure on social protection amounted to €117 bn or 29.3% of GDP in 2019

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03.12.2020

Turnover of service and trade enterprises decreased in the first three quarters of 2020

In the first three quarters of 2020, turnover of Austrian service enterprises decreased by 14.3% in nominal terms compared to the same period of the previous year. Turnover in trade decreased by 6.0% in nominal terms. Taking inflation into account, sales in trade sunk by 5.3% compared to the period January to September 2019.

03.12.2020

Expenditure on social protection amounted to €117 bn or 29.3% of GDP in 2019

In 2019, social expenditure in Austria totalled €117 bn. This represents 29.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Compared to the previous year, growth of social expenditure (+3.7%) was higher than of GDP (+3.2%). As a result, the social expenditure-to-GDP ratio slightly increased (2018: 29.2%) after reaching its peak in 2015 and 2016 (29.9%).

02.12.2020

Total wage tax revenue for 2019 rose by 4.6%, gross earnings increased by 4.4%

A total of 7 155 815 taxpayers were registered in 2019, 4 681 056 of whom were employees and 2 474 759 were pensioners. The number of taxpayers increased by 1.3% compared to 2018. Gross earnings grew by 4.4% to a volume of €212.3 billion and total wage tax revenue increased by 4.6% to €29.4 billion.