Austria vs Bulgaria: Venture capital investments
Venture capital investments over time
- Austria
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.0228 Percentage of GDP against 0.0187 Percentage of GDP in Austria, a difference of 0.0041 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.2 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 22nd and Bulgaria ranks 20th of 28 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0231 Percentage of GDP | 0.0175 Percentage of GDP | 0.0056 Percentage of GDP | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.0211 Percentage of GDP | 0.0073 Percentage of GDP | 0.0138 Percentage of GDP | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.0512 Percentage of GDP | 0.0211 Percentage of GDP | 0.0301 Percentage of GDP | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher venture capital investments, Austria or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at 0.0228 Percentage of GDP against 0.0187 Percentage of GDP in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in venture capital investments between Austria and Bulgaria?
- 0.0041 Percentage of GDP, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Bulgaria?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Bulgaria rank globally for venture capital investments?
- Austria ranks 22nd and Bulgaria ranks 20th of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org