Insurance and financial services in Austria
Austria: Insurance and financial services was 4.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Insurance and financial services in Austria, 2005–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Austria recorded 4.1% for insurance and financial services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Austria peaked at 8.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2024.
That places Austria 75th out of 190 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Austria, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.8% | — |
| 2006 | 5.5% | +44.5% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | +48.1% |
| 2008 | 8.4% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | -15.8% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 3.7% | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 4.1% | +11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.7% | 3.8% | 8.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 4.2% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More private sector data for Austria
- Merchandise trade 77.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 75.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 228.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 222.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,112 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3832 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Austria?
- Insurance and financial services in Austria was 4.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for insurance and financial services?
- Austria ranks 75th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.