Statistics

Increasing costs in almost all construction branches in December 2020

The construction cost index (CCI 2015) for construction of residential buildings reached 110.2 index points in December 2020. This represents an increase of 1.9% against December 2019. Compared to November 2020, the index increased by 0.4%.

More than 90 000 deaths in Austria in 2020; life expectancy declines in the pandemic

According to first preliminary results, 90 123 deaths have been reported so far for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2020. This number will continue to rise in the upcoming weeks, as the registry offices are expected to report additional deaths from the previous year. Moreover, this figure does not yet include deaths of Austrians that occurred abroad. Comparing these 90 123 deaths in 2020 with the average of the last five years (for consistency reasons also excluding deaths that occurred abroad), there is an increase of 10.9%.

Foreign trade in October 2020: imports declined by 6.0%, exports by 10.7%

The value of imports of goods was at €13.48 bn in October 2020, a decrease of 6.0% compared to October 2019. At the same time, exports of goods decreased by 10.7% to €13.16 bn. The balance of trade thus showed a deficit of €0.32 bn. Working-day adjusted, imports rose by 0.2%, while exports declined by 4.4%. The significant decline due to Corona crisis in March (import: ‑7.8%, export: ‑4.3%), April (import: ‑26.0%, export: ‑23.7%) and May (import: ‑24.6%, export: ‑25.4%) was mainly responsible for the negative development of foreign trade in the current reporting year.

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07.01.2020

Wholesale prices in 2020 on average 4.1% lower than in 2019

The annual average of wholesale prices in 2020 was 4.1% below the previous year's level. In December 2020, the index of wholesale prices (WPI 2015) amounted to 103.1 (preliminary value) and thus decreased by 2.7% against December 2019. Compared to November 2020, wholesale prices rose by 1.2%

04.01.2021

Regional foreign trade first half of 2020: most Austrian federal states with strong declines

In the first half year of 2020, eight out of nine Austrian federal states registered decreases in their foreign trade values, according to preliminary results.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant decline in the overall Austrian foreign trade values (imports -12.6% and exports -11.7%).
The strongest reduction on the export side was registered in Styria (-21.9% or -€2.93 bn), followed by Upper Austria (-13.9% or -€2.77 bn) and Lower Austria (-14.5% or -€1.69 bn).

30.12.2020

Turnover in industry and construction increased by 0.9% in September 2020; January to September 2020: -9.7%; flash estimates for November 2020 show slight year-on-year increases

A total of 66 696 enterprises in the entire industry and construction sector (+1.1% compared to the previous year) turned over €201.8 bn (-9.7%) from January to September 2020. The working-day adjusted turnover for industry and construction decreased by 10.1%. These figures coupled with a slightly decreasing employment (1 006 984 persons, -0.5%). In September 2020, turnover slightly increased by 0.9% compared to the same month of the previous year (working-day adjusted: -2.3%).