Austria Ranks Second Among All EU Countries in Investments Growth

BusinessInvesting in Austria ♦ Published: May 14, 2018; 19:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

Between 2007 and 2017, the ratio of investment to GDP decreased in 24 out of the 28 EU Member States. Apart from Austria, only Sweden and Germany have increased their investment to GDP ratio since 2007.

The ratio slightly rose between 2007 and 2017 in Austria by +0.6 pp / Picture: © ec.europa.eu / eurostat

Over this decade, the largest declines were observed in Latvia (19.9% in 2017 vs.36.4% in 2007, or -16.5 pp), Greece (-13.4 pp), Estonia (-12.9 pp), Romania (-12.5 pp), Spain (-10.4 pp), Slovenia (-10.3 pp), Lithuania (-9.8 pp) and Bulgaria (-9.1 pp).

In contrast, the ratio slightly rose between 2007 and 2017 in Sweden (from 23.9% of GDP in 2007 to 24.9% in 2017, or +1.0 pp),…

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