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    Austria

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    Europe · #27 of 117 markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    69.2▲ +2.4 YoY
    ●●○0.80IEPA COMPOSITE

    Austria scores 69.2 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking #27 of 117 economies. That is up 2.4 points on the year before. Its strongest zone is Innovation Capacity at 84.1. Its binding constraint, the lowest-scoring of its six zones, is Entrepreneurship Capacity at 50.6. How the IEPA works →

    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420264856647280
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202120232025-8-4048
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #11of 145 ranked economies▼ 1 place since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320247912
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    1.22% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    397
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    +1.25
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    +0.64
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts97 of 155 made · 98% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies58 of 104 made · 87% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods23 of 73 made · 70% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture52 of 200 made · 56% of the rest within reach
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals37 of 157 made · 59% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods13 of 78 made · 51% of the rest within reach
    Minerals6 of 48 made · 45% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories3 of 50 made · 21% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Electronic and Electrical Goods. This market makes 32% of that cluster today, and 70% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    Textile Apparel and Accessories is the furthest: 6% made, and only 21% of the rest is within one step. A move there means building capability rather than extending it.
    READ ON THE 289 OF 397 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Pumps, compressors, fans, etc.ENERGY TRANSITION$89B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.24 · COMPLEXITY +0.85
    Instruments for measuring properties of liquids or gasesENERGY TRANSITION$26B world market
    Electronics & SemiconductorsOPENS 0.23 · COMPLEXITY +0.74
    Pulleys and winches$8B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.22 · COMPLEXITY +0.42
    Appliances for thermostatically controlled valvesENERGY TRANSITION$104B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.20 · COMPLEXITY +0.86
    Machinery for processing fabrics$8B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.20 · COMPLEXITY +0.76
    Electrical filament$6B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.19 · COMPLEXITY +0.93
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 303 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
    LIVE SIGNALS
    No recent scored signals for this market.
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇦🇺Australia66.0→🇭🇷Croatia66.4→🇱🇺Luxembourg65.0→🇫🇷France64.8→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    906organizations indexed across 8 types · 893 mapped
    Corporate R&D
    276
    Research organizations
    235
    Universities & research bodies
    223
    Health research
    79
    Government bodies
    56
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    14
    Science & tech parks
    13
    Incubators
    10
    Universities, corporate R&D, government bodies, incubators, accelerators, science parks, and special economic zones, indexed today.Explore the directory →
    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 906 indexed
    accent Inkubator GmbH
    Incubators · Schwechat
    TIZ Kirchdorf
    Incubators · 2002
    High Tech Campus Villach
    Science & tech parks · Villach
    Softwarepark Hagenberg
    Science & tech parks · Hagenberg
    IMADEC University
    Universities & research bodies · Vienna · 1991
    Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health
    Universities & research bodies · Vienna · 2013
    Nuance Communications (Austria)
    Corporate R&D · Vienna · 1992
    RENA Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
    Corporate R&D · Wiener Neustadt · 2004
    European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law
    Research organizations · Vienna · 1999
    Austrian Polar Research Institute
    Research organizations · Vienna · 2013
    MedAustron
    Health research · Wiener Neustadt · 2007
    Hanusch Hospital
    Health research · Vienna · 1914
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    Austria: common questions

    What is Austria's IEPA score?
    Austria scores 69.2 out of 100 on the IEPA, 2024 edition, which ranks it #27 of 117 economies.
    What is Austria's strongest zone?
    Innovation Capacity, at 84.1. The six zones are scored separately, so a market's strengths stay visible instead of being averaged away.
    What is holding Austria back?
    Its binding constraint is Entrepreneurship Capacity, at 50.6, the lowest of its six zones. The IEPA reports every zone separately so the constraint stays visible instead of being averaged into the composite.
    How does Austria compare with its peers?
    The closest scored peers are Australia (66.0), Croatia (66.4), Luxembourg (65.0), France (64.8).
    What is the IEPA?
    The Innovation Ecosystem Prosperity Assessment (IEPA) scores economies across six zones: innovation capacity, entrepreneurship capacity, resilience, alignment, the FDI accelerator, and prosperity outcomes. Every score carries a confidence band and traces to the evidence behind it.
    Run the full diagnostic →Talk to IE about Austria →