Austria

==Government and politics==
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[[File:WienParlament.jpg|thumb|The [[Austrian Parliament Building]] in [[Vienna]]]]

The [[Parliament of Austria]] is located in [[Vienna]], the country's capital and most populous city. Austria became a [[Federation|federal]], [[Representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[republic]] through the [[Federal Constitutional Law]] of 1920. The political system of the Second Republic with its [[Federal states of Austria|nine federal states]] is based on the constitution of 1920, amended in 1929, which was re-enacted on 1 May 1945.<ref>Lonnie Johnson 17, 142</ref>

The [[president of Austria]] is the head of state. The president is directly elected by popular majority vote, with a run-off between the top-scoring candidates if necessary. The [[chancellor of Austria]] is head of the [[Government of Austria|government]]. The chancellor is selected by the president and tasked with forming a government based on the partisan composition of the lower house of parliament.

The government can be removed from office by either a presidential decree or by [[vote of no confidence]] in the lower chamber of parliament, the [[National Council of Austria|''Nationalrat'']]. Voting for the president and for the parliament used to be compulsory in Austria. The compulsion was abolished in steps from 1982 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bundesministerium für Inneres – Elections Compulsory voting |url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/wahlen/elections_compulsorey_voting.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103221527/http://www.bmi.gv.at/wahlen/elections_compulsorey_voting.asp |archive-date=3 November 2007 |access-date=3 January 2009 |publisher=Bmi.gv.at}}</ref>

Austria's parliament consists of two chambers. The composition of the Nationalrat (183 seats) is determined every five years (or whenever the Nationalrat has been dissolved by the federal president on a motion by the federal chancellor, or by Nationalrat itself) by a general election in which every citizen over the age of 16 has the [[Suffrage|right to vote]]. The voting age was lowered from 18 in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Austrian Parliament |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/DLFolder/Austrian_Parl_E_p27.pdf |website=Parlament.gv.at |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425043546/https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/DLFolder/Austrian_Parl_E_p27.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While there is a general threshold of 4% of the vote for all parties in federal elections (''Nationalratswahlen'') to participate in the proportional allocation of seats, there remains the possibility of being elected to a seat directly in one of the 43 regional electoral districts ({{Lang|de|Direktmandat}}).

The Nationalrat is the dominant chamber in the legislative process in Austria. However, the upper house of parliament, the [[Federal Council of Austria|''Bundesrat'']], has a limited right of veto (the Nationalrat can{{Mdash}}in almost all cases{{Mdash}}ultimately pass the respective<!--????--> bill by voting a second time; this is referred to as a ''Beharrungsbeschluss'', lit. "vote of persistence"). A constitutional convention, called the {{Lang|de|Österreich -Konvent}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Willkommen beim Österreich Konvent |url=http://www.konvent.gv.at |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104001526/http://www.konvent.gv.at |archive-date=4 January 2009 |access-date=21 November 2008 |publisher=Konvent.gv.at}}</ref> was convened on 30 June 2003 to consider reforms to the constitution, but failed to produce a proposal that would command a two-thirds majority in the Nationalrat, the margin necessary for constitutional amendments or reform.

While the bicameral Parliament and the Government constitute the legislative and executive branches, respectively, the courts are the third branch of Austrian state powers. The Constitutional Court (''Verfassungsgerichtshof'') exerts considerable influence on the political system because of its power to invalidate legislation and ordinances that are not in compliance with the constitution. Since 1995, the [[European Court of Justice]] may overrule Austrian decisions in all matters defined in laws of the European Union. Austria also implements the decisions of the [[European Court of Human Rights]], since the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] is part of the Austrian constitution.

===Since 2006===
[[File:Wien - Bundeskanzleramt1.JPG|thumb|The Federal Chancellery on [[Ballhausplatz]]]]
After general elections held in October [[2006 Austrian legislative election|2006]], the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]] (SPÖ) emerged as the strongest party, and the [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP) came in second, having lost about 8 percent of its previous polling.<ref name="Election2002">{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=24 November 2002 General Election Results – Austria Totals |url=http://electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707185433/http://electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2002 |archive-date=7 July 2009 |access-date=12 June 2009 |website=Election Resources on the Internet }}</ref><ref name="Election2006">{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=October&nbsp;1st,&nbsp;2006 General Election Results – Austria Totals |url=http://electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707185102/http://electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2006 |archive-date=7 July 2009 |access-date=12 June 2009 |website=Election Resources on the Internet }}</ref> Political realities prohibited any of the two major parties from forming a coalition with smaller parties. In January 2007 the People's Party and SPÖ formed a grand coalition with the social democrat [[Alfred Gusenbauer]] as Chancellor. This coalition broke up in June 2008.

Elections in September [[2008 Austrian legislative election|2008]] further weakened both major parties (SPÖ and ÖVP) but together they still held 70 percent of the votes, with the Social Democrats holding slightly more than the other party. They formed a coalition with [[Werner Faymann]] from the Social Democrats as Chancellor. The [[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Green Party]] came in third with 11 percent of the vote. The FPÖ and the deceased [[Jörg Haider]]'s new party [[Alliance for the Future of Austria]], both on the political right, were strengthened during the election but taken together received less than 20 percent of the vote. On 11 October 2008, Jörg Haider died in a car accident.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2008 |title=Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider dies in car crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/11/austria-haider |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621073253/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/11/austria-haider |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2013 Austrian legislative election|legislative elections of 2013]], the Social Democratic Party received 27 percent of the vote and 52 seats; People's Party 24 percent and 47 seats, thus controlling together the majority of the seats. The Freedom Party received 40 seats and 21 percent of the votes, while the Greens received 12 percent and 24 seats. Two new parties, Stronach and the NEOS, received less than 10 percent of the vote, and 11 and nine seats respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Austria – Nationalrat Results Lookup |url=http://www.electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2013 |website=www.electionresources.org |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020101927/http://www.electionresources.org/at/nationalrat.php?election=2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 17 May 2016, [[Christian Kern]] from Social Democrats (SPÖ) was sworn in as new chancellor. He continued governing in a "grand coalition" with the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He took the office after former chancellor, also from SPÖ, [[Werner Faymann]]'s resignation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |date=17 May 2016 |title=Austria's Christian Kern sworn in as new chancellor {{!}} DW {{!}} 17 May 2016 |work=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/austrias-christian-kern-sworn-in-as-new-chancellor/a-19263395 |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=10 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210090552/https://www.dw.com/en/austrias-christian-kern-sworn-in-as-new-chancellor/a-19263395 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 26 January 2017, [[Alexander Van der Bellen]] was sworn in as the mostly ceremonial – but symbolically significant – role of Austrian president.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |date=26 January 2017 |title=Van der Bellen takes office as Austrian president {{!}} DW {{!}} 26 January 2017 |work=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/van-der-bellen-takes-office-as-austrian-president/a-37282299 |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=10 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210092251/https://www.dw.com/en/van-der-bellen-takes-office-as-austrian-president/a-37282299 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the Grand Coalition broke in Spring 2017 a snap election was proclaimed for [[2017 Austrian legislative election|October 2017]]. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) with its new young leader [[Sebastian Kurz]] emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 31.5 percent of votes and 62 of the 183 seats. The Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) finished second with 52 seats and 26.9 percent votes, slightly ahead of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which received 51 seats and 26 percent. NEOS finished fourth with 10 seats (5.3 percent of votes), and PILZ (which split from the Green Party at the start of the campaign) entered parliament for the first time and came in fifth place with 8 seats and 4.4 percent The Green Party failed with 3.8 percent to cross the 4 percent threshold and was ejected from parliament, losing all of its 24 seats.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |date=15 October 2017 |title=Austrian elections: Sebastian Kurz becomes youngest leader |publisher=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-elections-sebastian-kurz-becomes-youngest-leader/a-40959587 |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209130143/https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-elections-sebastian-kurz-becomes-youngest-leader/a-40959587 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ÖVP decided to form a coalition with the FPÖ. The new government between the centre-right wing and the right-wing populist party under the new chancellor Sebastian Kurz was sworn in on 18 December 2017,<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2017 |title=Muted protests in Vienna as far-right ministers enter Austria's government |language=en |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/thousands-protest-as-far-right-ministers-enter-government-in-austria |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209130143/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/thousands-protest-as-far-right-ministers-enter-government-in-austria |url-status=live }}</ref> but the coalition government later collapsed in the wake of the [[Ibiza affair|"Ibiza" corruption scandal]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2019 |title=Austrian government collapses after far-right minister fired |language=en |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/austrian-government-collapses-after-far-fight-minister-fired |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125162548/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/austrian-government-collapses-after-far-fight-minister-fired |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[2019 Austrian legislative election|new elections]] were called for 29 September 2019. The elections lead to another landslide victory (37.5 percent) of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who formed a coalition-government with the reinvigorated (13.9 percent) Greens, which was sworn in with Kurz as chancellor on 7 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 September 2019 |title=Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses |language=en |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/austrian-elections-exit-polls-collapse-far-right-support-sebastian-kurz-victory |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209125553/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/austrian-elections-exit-polls-collapse-far-right-support-sebastian-kurz-victory |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 11 October 2021, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal. Foreign Minister [[Alexander Schallenberg]] of ÖVP succeeded him as chancellor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 October 2021 |title=Sebastian Kurz: Austrian leader resigns amid corruption inquiry |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58856796 |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009182132/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58856796 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following a corruption scandal involving the ruling People's Party, Austria got its third conservative chancellor in two months after [[Karl Nehammer]] was sworn into office on 6 December 2021. His predecessor Alexander Schallenberg had left the office after less than two months. ÖVP and the Greens continued to govern together.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |date=6 December 2021 |title=Austria: Karl Nehammer sworn in as new chancellor {{!}} DW {{!}} 6 December 2021 |work=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/austria-karl-nehammer-sworn-in-as-new-chancellor/a-60032938 |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412004047/https://www.dw.com/en/austria-karl-nehammer-sworn-in-as-new-chancellor/a-60032938 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A year after [[Karl Nehammer]] was sworn into office, Austria disagreed to [[Bulgaria]]'s and [[Romania]]'s accession to the [[Schengen Area]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2022 |title=Austria blocks Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria, while Croatia gets green light |work=euronews. |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/08/austria-blocks-schengen-accession-of-romania-and-bulgaria-while-croatia-gets-green-light |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210175419/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/08/austria-blocks-schengen-accession-of-romania-and-bulgaria-while-croatia-gets-green-light |url-status=live }}</ref> In the two countries, the Austrian veto caused a considerable outrage. Because of the controversial vote, [[Romania]] withdrew its ambassador from [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2022 |title=Romania Recalls Ambassador Hurezeanu From Austria. MAE: Relations Will Be Diminished |work=Romania Journal |url=https://www.romaniajournal.ro/politics/romania-recalls-ambassador-hurezeanu-from-austria-mae-relations-will-be-diminished/ |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217204947/https://www.romaniajournal.ro/politics/romania-recalls-ambassador-hurezeanu-from-austria-mae-relations-will-be-diminished/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Citizens of [[Romania]] were advised by the government not to travel to Austria for skiing, and a boycott against Austrian companies like [[OMV]] and [[Raiffeisen Zentralbank|Raiffeisen]] is still ongoing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 December 2022 |title=Romanians started boycott against Austrian companies |work=The Conservative |url=https://www.theconservative.online/romanians-started-boycott-against-austrian-companies |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217204948/https://www.theconservative.online/romanians-started-boycott-against-austrian-companies |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Foreign relations===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Austria}}

[[File:Inauguration EYE2014 Parlement européen Strasbourg 9 mai 2014.jpg|thumb|The [[European Parliament]]: Austria is one of the 27 EU members.]]

The 1955 [[Austrian State Treaty]] ended the occupation of Austria following World War II and recognised Austria as an independent and sovereign state. On 26 October 1955, the [[Federal Assembly of Austria|Federal Assembly]] passed a constitutional article in which "Austria declares of her own free will her perpetual neutrality." The second section of this law stated that "in all future times Austria will not join any military alliances and will not permit the establishment of any foreign military bases on her territory." Since then, Austria has shaped its foreign policy on the basis of neutrality, but rather different from the neutrality of Switzerland.

Austria began to reassess its definition of [[Neutral country|neutrality]] following the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], granting overflight rights for the UN-sanctioned action against [[Iraq]] in 1991, and since 1995, it has developed participation in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy. Also in 1995, it joined NATO's [[Partnership for Peace]] (although it was careful to do so only after Russia joined) and subsequently participated in peacekeeping missions in Bosnia. Meanwhile, the only part of the Constitutional Law on Neutrality of 1955 still fully valid is not to allow foreign military bases in Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austria's Permanent Neutrality |url=https://www.austrianinformation.org/winter-2015-16/wc55d7qi5qrmyzmxh1qkofcmsluxvj |access-date=4 February 2021 |website=New Austrian Information |date=16 December 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213232914/https://www.austrianinformation.org/winter-2015-16/wc55d7qi5qrmyzmxh1qkofcmsluxvj |url-status=live }}</ref> Austria signed the UN's [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2019 |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref> which was opposed by all NATO members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 July 2017 |title=122 countries adopt 'historic' UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-treaty-ban-nuclear-weapons-1.4192761 |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814183525/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-treaty-ban-nuclear-weapons-1.4192761 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Austria attaches great importance to participation in the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] and other international economic organisations, and it has played an active role in the [[Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (OSCE). As an OSCE-participating state, Austria's international commitments are subject to monitoring under the mandate of the [[U.S. Helsinki Commission]].

===Military===
{{Main|Austrian Armed Forces}}

[[File:Leopard 2A4 Austria 4.JPG|thumb|[[Austrian Federal Army|Austrian Army]] [[Leopard 2]] [[main battle tank]]]]

The manpower of the Austrian Armed Forces ({{Lang-de-AT|link=no|Bundesheer}}) mainly relies on [[conscription]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prodhan |first=Georgina |date=20 January 2013 |title=Neutral Austria votes to keep military draft |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-military-referendum/neutral-austria-votes-to-keep-military-draft-idUSBRE90J0DC20130120 |access-date=4 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208223245/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-military-referendum/neutral-austria-votes-to-keep-military-draft-idUSBRE90J0DC20130120 |url-status=live }}</ref> All males who have reached the age of eighteen and are found fit have to serve a six months compulsory [[military service]], followed by an eight-year reserve obligation. Both males and females at the age of sixteen are eligible for voluntary service.<ref name="CIA"/> [[Conscientious objector|Conscientious objection]] is legally acceptable and those who claim this right are obliged to serve an institutionalised nine months [[Zivildienst in Austria|civilian service]] instead. Since 1998, women volunteers have been allowed to become professional soldiers.

The main sectors of the Bundesheer are Joint Forces (Streitkräfteführungskommando, SKFüKdo) which consist of Land Forces (Landstreitkräfte), Air Forces (Luftstreitkräfte), International Missions (Internationale Einsätze) and Special Forces (Spezialeinsatzkräfte), next to Joint Mission Support Command (Kommando Einsatzunterstützung; KdoEU) and Joint Command Support Centre (Führungsunterstützungszentrum; FüUZ). Austria is a [[landlocked country]] and has no navy.

[[File:Eurofighter Typhoon AUT.jpg|thumb|[[Austrian Air Force]] [[Eurofighter Typhoon]] [[fighter aircraft]]]]

In 2012, Austria's defence expenditures corresponded to approximately 0.8% of its GDP. The Army currently has about 26,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Defence Data |url=http://www.eda.europa.eu/info-hub/defence-data-portal/Austria/year/2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603202759/http://eda.europa.eu/info-hub/defence-data-portal/Austria/year/2012 |archive-date=3 June 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |website=europa.eu }}</ref> soldiers, of whom about 12,000 are conscripts. As head of state, the [[President of Austria|Austrian president]] is nominally the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. Command of the Austrian Armed Forces is exercised by the minister of defence, {{As of|2020|May|lc=yes}}: [[Klaudia Tanner]].

Since the end of the [[Cold War]], and more importantly the removal of the former heavily guarded "[[Iron Curtain]]" separating Austria and its [[Eastern Bloc]] neighbours ([[Hungary]] and former [[Czechoslovakia]]), the Austrian military has been assisting Austrian border guards in trying to prevent border crossings by [[illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]]. This assistance came to an end when Hungary and [[Slovakia]] joined the EU [[Schengen Area]] in 2008, for all intents and purposes abolishing "internal" border controls between treaty states. Some politicians have called for a prolongation of this mission, but the legality of this is heavily disputed. In accordance with the Austrian constitution, armed forces may only be deployed in a limited number of cases, mainly to defend the country and aid in cases of national emergency, such as in the wake of [[natural disaster]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austria 1920 (reinst. 1945, rev. 2013) |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Austria_2013?lang=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155729/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Austria_2013?lang=en |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=17 March 2015 |website=Constitute }}</ref> They may only exceptionally be used as auxiliary police forces.

Within its [[Declaration of Neutrality|self-declared status of permanent neutrality]], Austria has a tradition of engaging in UN-led peacekeeping and other humanitarian missions. The [[Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit]] (AFDRU), in particular, an all-volunteer unit with close ties to civilian specialists (e.g. rescue dog handlers) enjoys a reputation as a quick (standard deployment time is 10 hours) and efficient [[Search and rescue|SAR]] unit. Currently, larger contingents of Austrian forces are deployed in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] and [[Kosovo]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

===Administrative divisions=== <!---"Administrative divisions of Austria" redirects here--->
{{Main|Federal states of Austria}}

Austria is a [[federal republic]] consisting of [[Federal states of Austria|nine federal states]] ({{Lang-de-AT|link=no|Bundesländer}}).<ref name="CIA"/> The federal states are sub-divided into [[Districts of Austria|districts]] ({{Lang|de|[[Bezirke]]}}) and statutory cities ({{Lang|de|[[Statutarstadt|Statutarstädte]]}}). Districts are subdivided into [[Municipality (Austria)|municipalities]] ({{Lang|de|Gemeinden}}). Statutory Cities have the competencies otherwise granted to both districts and municipalities. Vienna is unique in that it is both a city and a federal state. The European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation calls the federal states ''provinces''.

{{States of Austria labeled map|options=float:left; font-size:100%; border:3px; max-width:480px; width:50%}}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%"
|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right"
! [[States of Austria|Federal state]]
! Capital
! Area<br/>{{Smaller|([[Square kilometre|sq km]])}}
! Population<br/>{{Smaller|(1 Jan 2017)}}
! Density<br/>per km2
! GDP (billion euros)<br/>{{Smaller|(2012 Eurostat)}}
! GDP per<br/>capita
|-
| {{Flagicon|Burgenland}} [[Burgenland]] || [[Eisenstadt]]
|style="text-align:right"| 3,965 ||style="text-align:right"| 291,942 ||style="text-align:right"| 73.6 ||style="text-align:right"| 7.311||style="text-align:right"| 25,600
|-
| {{Flagicon|Carinthia}} [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] || [[Klagenfurt]]
|style="text-align:right"| 9,536 ||style="text-align:right"| 561,077 ||style="text-align:right"| 58.8 ||style="text-align:right"| 17.62||style="text-align:right"| 31,700
|-
| {{Flagicon|Lower Austria}} [[Lower Austria]] || [[Sankt Pölten]]
|style="text-align:right"| 19,178 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,665,753 ||style="text-align:right"| 86.9 ||style="text-align:right"| 49.75||style="text-align:right"| 30,800
|-
| {{Flagicon|Salzburg}} [[Salzburg (federal state)|Salzburg]] || [[Salzburg]]
|style="text-align:right"| 7,154 ||style="text-align:right"| 549,263 ||style="text-align:right"| 76.8 ||style="text-align:right"| 23.585||style="text-align:right"| 44,500
|-
| {{Flagicon|Styria}} [[Styria]] || [[Graz]]
|style="text-align:right"| 16,401 ||style="text-align:right"| 1,237,298 ||style="text-align:right"| 75.4 ||style="text-align:right"| 40.696||style="text-align:right"| 33,600
|-
| {{Flagicon|Tyrol}} [[Tyrol (federal state)|Tyrol]]|| [[Innsbruck]]
|style="text-align:right"| 12,648 ||style="text-align:right;"| 746,153 ||style="text-align:right"| 59.0 ||style="text-align:right"| 28.052||style="text-align:right"| 39,400
|-
| {{Flagicon|Upper Austria}} [[Upper Austria]] || [[Linz]]
|style="text-align:right"| 11,982 ||style="text-align:right;"| 1,465,045 ||style="text-align:right"| 122.3 ||style="text-align:right"| 53.863||style="text-align:right"| 38,000
|-
|colspan=2| {{Flagicon|Vienna}} [[Vienna]]
|style="text-align:right"| 415 ||style="text-align:right;"| 1,867,582 ||style="text-align:right"| 4,500 ||style="text-align:right"| 81.772||style="text-align:right"| 47,300
|-
| {{Flagicon|Vorarlberg|variant=state}} [[Vorarlberg]] || [[Bregenz]]
|style="text-align:right"| 2,601 ||style="text-align:right;"| 388,752 ||style="text-align:right"| 149.5 ||style="text-align:right"| 14.463||style="text-align:right"| 38,900
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