Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Austria
- Data from July 2013. 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 2012, Austria had already met both its targets on education, with the proportion of early school leavers at 7.6 %, and 38.2 % of 30 to 34 year olds having completed tertiary-level, or equivalent, education. It was closer to its targets than the EU average for employment, risk of poverty or social exclusion (2011 data) and the share of renewable energies. Despite a 9 % reduction in GHG emissions since 2005, the gap to the target (– 16 % by 2020) was still larger than in most other Member States.
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).
Context
Measures implemented to meet the national targets
- Employment: Special programmes and projects addressing specifically older workers, women, migrants and young people.
- R&D expenditure: Measures include raising the budget for applied research and innovation, launching new funding and RTD initiatives, and supporting research institutions and networks.
- GHG emissions: EUR 100 million of subsidies for thermal renovation of buildings.
- Renewable energies: The ‘Green Electricity Act 2012’ entered into force in July 2012.
- Energy efficiency: A bundle of measures consisting of energy management programmes, audits, counselling etc. has been put in place.
- Early school leaving: Participation in OECD and EU-level work, a new measure ‘Youth Coaching’ provides support to students at the end of their compulsory schooling to decide on a personally suitable education or training pathway.
- Tertiary education: Increasing budgets for higher education, for example through the ‘Austrian Higher Education Plan’ or by raising the global budget of universities.
- Poverty: Measures aimed at improving employability (see employment target) are complemented with better social services, child care facilities, in particular for disadvantaged people and migrants.
The European Commission's 2013 country-specific recommendations
- Employment: Take measures to reduce the gender pay gap by ensuring adequate provision of childcare and long-term care; improve the recognition of qualifications of people of migrant backgrounds; shift the tax burden away from low-income earners; align the retirement age to life-expectancy; ensure effective delivery of the reforms on early retirement and increase older workers employability.
- Education: Step up reforms to improve educational outcomes, particularly for young people from migrant backgrounds; reform higher education to reduce high drop-out rates.
- Others: Increase cost-effectiveness of the health care system while preserving high quality and equal access to services; promote competition in the service sector, in particular by reducing barriers to entry; maintain close supervision of nationalised and partly nationalised banks and accelerate their restructuring.
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