Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Austria
- Data from October 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles based on the Eurostat publication Smarter, greener, more inclusive? - Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy. It provides recent statistics on the Europe 2020 strategy of the European Union (EU), focusing on the situation in Austria.
Main statistical findings
In 2013, Austria continued to meet both of its education targets, with a proportion of early school leavers of 7.3 % and 39.6 % of the 30 to 34 year olds having completed tertiary or equivalent education (referring to ISCED levels 4a, 5 and 6). With an employment rate of 75.5 %, the country was within reaching distance of its respective target of 77–78 %. Austria also performed better than the EU average in terms reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and increasing the share renewable energies in gross final energy consumption. Despite having one of the highest R & D intensities (R&D expenditure as a share of GDP) across the EU, Austria was a similar distance from its national target as the EU average. Similarly, in spite of a 12.5 % reduction in GHG emissions in non-ETS by 2012, the country remained at a slightly larger distance to its target than the EU average.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics