Austria (2025)
5.4
% of total employment
+0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
18
years of data

Data

Austria Employment in Technology and Knowledge-Intensive Sectors (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of total employment YoY Change
2025 5.4 +0.2pp
2024 5.2 +0.1pp
2023 5.1 +0.1pp
2022 5 +0.5pp
2021 4.5 +0.4pp
2020 4.1 +0.1pp
2019 4 -0.2pp
2018 4.2 -0.2pp
2017 4.4 +0.1pp
2016 4.3 +0.3pp
2015 4 -0.1pp
2014 4.1 +0.3pp
2013 3.8 +0.3pp
2012 3.5 unchanged
2011 3.5 -0.2pp
2010 3.7 unchanged
2009 3.7 +0.2pp
2008 3.5 n/a

About this Dataset

Austria recorded 5.4 % of total employment in 2025. The latest change was +0.2pp. Across 2008–2025 the series ranges from 3.5 in 2012 to 5.4 in 2025.

This page tracks employment in high-technology and knowledge-intensive sectors as a share of total employment in Austria from 2008 to present. This is the broadest measure of a knowledge economy.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks employment in high-technology and knowledge-intensive sectors as a share of total employment in Austria from 2008 to present. This is the broadest measure of a knowledge economy. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2008–2025 (18 observations).

The series peaked at 5.4 % of total employment in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 3.5 in 2012. The latest reading of 5.4 in 2025 represents a change of +0.2pp.