Population by current activity status
The current activity status classifies the population into important social groups like employed, unemployed, students, persons receiving a pension and other currently not economically active people.
Register-based labour market statistics 2019
For the reference date, 31 October 2019, 53.0% of the Austrian population are currently economically active (4 711 596 persons), they are employed or unemployed. The remaining half of the population (47.0% or 4 182 784 persons) consists of currently not economically active persons.
From the group of employed persons, 4 322 125 are at work and 93 777 are temporary absent, 295 694 are unemployed. Among the currently not economically active population 1 904 169 persons are receiving a pension, 1 284 402 persons are below the age of 15, 339 901 persons are students aged 15 years and over and 654 312 are other currently not economically active persons.
Register-based census 2011
According to the Register-based Census held on 31 October 2011, more than half of the Austrian population is currently economically active (4 271 555 or 50.8%). The other half of the population (4 130 385 or 49.2%) consists of persons below the age of 15, persons receiving a pension, students at the age of 15 and over and other currently not economically active people.
Persons receiving a pension represent the largest group within the currently not economically active people (1 855 735 or 22.1%). Because of their higher life expectancy and lower pension age, women receiving a pension (23.7%) constitute a larger share than men (20.4%). Students account for 18.9% of the population (1 585 827 persons).
50.8% of the population are currently economically active
The fraction of the currently economically active people in the population has risen continuously since the census in 1971. In 2011, currently economically active people represent more than half of the Austrian population for the first time.
Labour participation of women is rising continuously
The labour participation of women has increased considerably in the last decades, while the fraction of currently economically active men of the entire population has been slowly decreasing since 1991. However, the labour participation of women (46.5%) is still below that of men (55.4%).
Persons below the age of 15 are declining while persons receiving a pension are increasing
The share of persons below the age of 15 has decreased by almost 10 percentage points from 24.2% in 1971 to 15.6% in 2011, while the number of persons receiving a pension has increased continuously.
Please consult our German website for tables and charts containing further information.
Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2019 | |||
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| Results (overview): population by current activity status and sex 2009 to 2019 |  |  |  |
| Population 2019 by current activity status, age and citizenship | | | |
| Population 2019 by Laender, sex and current activity status | | | |
| Currently economically active persons 2019 by Laender, sex and current activity status including subgroups |  | | |
| Activity rates and employment rates 2019 by Laender, age and sex | | | |
Register-based Census 2011 | |||
| Results (overview): population by current activity status and sex 1971 to 2011 | | | |
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