Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria
Austria: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Austria recorded 97.1% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria peaked at 97.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 83.6%, in 2003.
That places Austria 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 83.6% | — |
| 2004 | 84.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 84.6% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 85.1% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 86.1% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 86.8% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 87.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 86.7% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 87.7% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 88.1% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.0% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.3% | 83.6% | 87.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.1% | 86.7% | 97.1% | 10 |
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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Austria was 97.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.6% in 2003.
- How does Austria rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Austria ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.