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Legend: Definition Field Listing Rank Order    Introduction    Austria Top of Page Background:

Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrian's have called into question this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the European Monetary Union in 1999.    Geography    Austria Top of Page Location:

Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia Geographic coordinates:

47 20 N, 13 20 E Map references:

Europe Area:

total: 83,870 sq km

land: 82,444 sq km

water: 1,426 sq km Area - comparative:

slightly smaller than Maine Land boundaries:

total: 2,562 km

border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km Coastline:

0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims:

none (landlocked) Climate:

temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers Terrain:

in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m

highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m Natural resources:

oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower Land use:

arable land: 16.91%

permanent crops: 0.86%

other: 82.23% (2001) Irrigated land:

457 sq km (2000 est.) Natural hazards:

landslides; avalanches; earthquakes Environment - current issues:

some forest degradation caused by air and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of agricultural chemicals; air pollution results from emissions by coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants and from trucks transiting Austria between northern and southern Europe Environment - international agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants Geography - note:

landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere    People    Austria Top of Page Population:

8,174,762 (July 2004 est.) Age structure:

0-14 years: 15.9% (male 665,680; female 633,560)

15-64 years: 68.1% (male 2,799,411; female 2,764,426)

65 years and over: 16% (male 518,748; female 792,937) (2004 est.) Median age:

total: 40 years

male: 38.8 years

female: 41.2 years (2004 est.) Population growth rate:

0.14% (2004 est.) Birth rate:

8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate:

9.56 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate:

2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female

total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) Infant mortality rate:

total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 78.87 years

male: 76 years

female: 81.89 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate:

1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.3% (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

10,000 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (2003 est.) Nationality:

noun: Austrian(s)

adjective: Austrian Ethnic groups:

German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001) Religions:

Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4% Languages:

German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland) Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: NA

female: NA    Government    Austria Top of Page Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Austria

conventional short form: Austria

local long form: Republik Oesterreich

local short form: Oesterreich Government type:

federal republic Capital:

Vienna Administrative divisions:

9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten, Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien Independence:

1156 (from Bavaria) National holiday:

National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the State Treaty restoring national sovereignty and the end of occupation and the passage of the law on permanent neutrality Constitution:

1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945) Legal system:

civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections Executive branch:

chief of state: President Heinz FISCHER (since 8 July 2004)

head of government: Chancellor Wolfgang SCHUESSEL (OeVP)(since 4 February 2000); Vice Chancellor Hubert GORBACH (since 21 October 2003)

cabinet: Council of Ministers chosen by the president on the advice of the chancellor

elections: president elected by direct popular vote for a six-year term; presidential election last held 25 April 2004 (next to be held NA April 2010); chancellor traditionally chosen by the president from the plurality party in the National Council; vice chancellor chosen by the president on the advice of the chancellor

election results: Heinz FISCHER elected president; percent of vote - Heinz FISCHER (SPOe) 52.4%, Benita FERRERO-WALDNER (OeVP) 47.6%

note: government coalition - OeVP and FPOe Legislative branch:

bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of Federal Council or Bundesrat (62 members; members represent each of the states on the basis of population, but with each state having at least three representatives; members serve a five- or six-year term) and the National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: National Council - last held 24 November 2002 (next to be held in the fall of 2006)

election results: National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 42.3%, SPOe 36.5%, FPOe 10.0%, Greens 9.5%; seats by party - OeVP 79, SPOe 69, FPOe 18, Greens 17 Judicial branch:

Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof Political parties and leaders:

Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Wolfgang SCHUESSEL]; Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Herbert HAUPT]; Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Alfred GUSENBAUER]; The Greens [Alexander VAN DER BELLEN] Political pressure groups and leaders:

Austrian Trade Union Federation (nominally independent but primarily Socialist) or OeGB; Federal Economic Chamber; OeVP-oriented League of Austrian Industrialists or VOeI; Roman Catholic Church, including its chief lay organization, Catholic Action; three composite leagues of the Austrian People's Party or OeVP representing business, labor, and farmers and other non-government organizations in the areas of environment and human rights International organization participation:

AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIK, UNMISET, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Eva NOWOTNY

chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035

telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700

FAX: [1] (202) 895-6750

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador William Lee LYONS BROWN, Jr.

embassy: Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1090, Vienna

mailing address: use embassy street address

telephone: [43] (1) 31339, 31375, 31335

FAX: [43] (1) 5125835 Flag description:

three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red    Economy    Austria Top of Page Economy - overview:

Austria, with its well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's. Membership in the EU has drawn an influx of foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European market and proximity to EU aspirant economies. Slow growth in Germany and elsewhere in the world held the economy to 0.7% growth in 2001, 1.4% in 2002, and again less than 1% in 2003. However, recent data signal that the recovery has started. The government estimates economic growth in 2004 of 1.7-2.1% and of 2.5% in 2005. The government is planning a EURO 500 billion income tax cut in 2004, though some economists doubt it will have stimulative effects in 2004, because it will be offset by higher health insurance contributions and higher taxes on energy. For 2005, Austria plans a tax cut of EURO 2.5 billion and harmonization of the various pension schemes. To meet increased competition from both EU and Central European countries, particularly the new EU members, Austria will need to emphasize knowledge-based sectors of the economy, continue to deregulate the service sector, and lower its tax burden. A key issue is the encouragement of much greater participation in the labor market by its aging population. GDP:

purchasing power parity - $245.3 billion (2003 est.) GDP - real growth rate:

0.7% (2003 est.) GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $30,000 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 3.5%

industry: 25.7%

services: 70.9% (2003 est.) Investment (gross fixed):

22.5% of GDP (2003) Population below poverty line:

3.9% (1999) Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.5%

highest 10%: 22.5% (1995) Distribution of family income - Gini index:

31 (1995) Inflation rate (consumer prices):

1.4% (2003 est.) Labor force:

3.425 million (2003) Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture and forestry 4%, industry and crafts 29%, services 67% (2001 est.) Unemployment rate:

4.4% (2003 est.) Budget:

revenues: $67 billion

expenditures: $70 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) Public debt:

67.6% of GDP (2003) Agriculture - products:

grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber Industries:

construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism Industrial production growth rate:

1.9% (2003 est.) Electricity - production:

58.75 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - consumption:

54.85 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - exports:

14.25 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - imports:

14.47 billion kWh (2001) Oil - production:

20,670 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - consumption:

262,400 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - exports:

35,470 bbl/day (2001) Oil - imports:

262,000 bbl/day (2001) Oil - proved reserves:

85.69 million bbl (1 January 2002) Natural gas - production:

1.731 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - consumption:

7.81 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - exports:

403 million cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - imports:

6.033 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - proved reserves: