Military - Austria

Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Austria is 0.78 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 135.
Austria compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of GDP of Austria is similar to that of Indonesia, Mozambique, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Somalia, Liberia, Argentina with a respective Military expenditure as % of GDP of 0.90, 0.89, 0.85, 0.82, 0.78, 0.78, 0.76, 0.75, 0.75, 0.74 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140.Last 10 years averageAustria had an average Military expenditure as % of GDP of 0.86 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Austria during the Great RecessionAustria's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a positive growth of 6.96% during the Great RecessionAustria since the end of the Great RecessionAustria's Military expenditure as % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 10.7% since the end of the Great Recession

Value & RankThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Austria is 2.04 (% of central government expenditure) with a global rank of 129.
Austria compared to other CountriesThe Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of Austria is similar to that of Lithuania, Hungary, Belgium, Cape Verde, New Zealand, Lao PDR, Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg, Ghana with a respective Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 2.42, 2.40, 2.31, 2.26, 2.21, 1.78, 1.38, 1.34, 1.33, 1.18 (% of central government expenditure) and a global rank of 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134.10 years declineAustria's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 13.0 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageAustria had an average Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure of 2.19 (% of central government expenditure) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Austria during the Great RecessionAustria's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a positive growth of 5.34% during the Great RecessionAustria since the end of the Great RecessionAustria's Military expenditure as % of central government expenditure had a negative growth (decline) of 6.67% since the end of the Great Recession

Value & RankThe Armed forces personnel of Austria is 0.52 (% of total labor force) with a global rank of 113.
Austria compared to other CountriesThe Armed forces personnel of Austria is similar to that of Slovak Republic, Indonesia, India, Argentina, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Cape Verde, Latvia, Czech Republic, Switzerland with a respective Armed forces personnel of 0.58, 0.57, 0.56, 0.55, 0.52, 0.52, 0.52, 0.51, 0.51, 0.49 (% of total labor force) and a global rank of 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118.10 years declineAustria's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 44.4 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageAustria had an average Armed forces personnel of 0.78 (% of total labor force) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Austria during the Great RecessionAustria's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 37.9% during the Great RecessionAustria since the end of the Great RecessionAustria's Armed forces personnel had a negative growth (decline) of 13.2% since the end of the Great Recession

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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators