Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria
Austria: Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's … total was 0.4454 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's in Austria, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.4454 for environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Austria peaked at 0.644 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.1139, in 1995.
Austria ranks 27th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1139 | — |
| 1996 | 0.176 | +54.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4212 | +139.4% |
| 1998 | 0.552 | +31.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4966 | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6256 | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 0.644 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.535 | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 0.558 | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5449 | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5136 | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4954 | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5172 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4399 | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5274 | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4709 | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5241 | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4746 | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4465 | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4945 | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4434 | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4583 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4313 | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4587 | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4869 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4454 | -8.5% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 0.4454 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.357, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Austria's 0.4454 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3794, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +139.4% | 0.176 | 0.4212 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3519 | 0.1139 | 0.552 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5401 | 0.4399 | 0.644 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4689 | 0.4313 | 0.5241 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4454 | 0.4454 | 0.4454 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Austria?
- Environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Austria was 0.4454 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.644 in 2001.
- What is the lowest environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1139 in 1995.
- How does Austria rank for environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's?
- Austria ranks 27th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
- Is environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.