Venture capital investments in Austria
Austria: Venture capital investments was 0.0187 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Austria, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.0187 Percentage of GDP for venture capital investments in 2025.
The figure is down 37.5% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Austria peaked at 0.1736 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0125 Percentage of GDP, in 2010.
That places Austria 22nd out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Austria, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0221 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0211 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.026 Percentage of GDP | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0125 Percentage of GDP | -51.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0317 Percentage of GDP | +153.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0132 Percentage of GDP | -58.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0198 Percentage of GDP | +49.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0179 Percentage of GDP | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0343 Percentage of GDP | +91.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0152 Percentage of GDP | -55.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0269 Percentage of GDP | +76.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0219 Percentage of GDP | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0174 Percentage of GDP | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0244 Percentage of GDP | +40.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1736 Percentage of GDP | +612.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0402 Percentage of GDP | -76.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | -48.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0298 Percentage of GDP | +44.4% |
| 2025 | 0.0187 Percentage of GDP | -37.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0231 Percentage of GDP | 0.0211 Percentage of GDP | 0.026 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0211 Percentage of GDP | 0.0125 Percentage of GDP | 0.0343 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0512 Percentage of GDP | 0.0187 Percentage of GDP | 0.1736 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
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- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 7,584 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2398 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 15,092 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.2122 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 13,356 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Austria?
- Venture capital investments in Austria was 0.0187 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1736 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0125 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- How does Austria rank for venture capital investments?
- Austria ranks 22nd out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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