United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1992 CIA World Factbook


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population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       5 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       8 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       73 years male, 80 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.5 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Austrian(s); adjective - Austrian

       Ethnic divisions:

       German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%, Slovene 0.2%, other 0.1%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 6%, other 9%

       Languages:

       German

       Literacy:

       99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)

       Labor force:

       3,470,000 (1989); services 56.4%, industry and crafts 35.4%, agriculture and

       forestry 8.1%; an estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European

       countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 177,840, about 6% of labor

       force (1988)

       Organized labor:

       60.1% of work force; the Austrian Trade Union Federation has 1,644,408

       members (1989)

      :Austria Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Austria

       Type:

       federal republic

       Capital:

       Vienna

       Administrative divisions:

       9 states (bundeslander, singular - bundesland); Burgenland, Karnten,

       Niederosterreich, Oberosterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg,

       Wien

       Independence:

       12 November 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian Empire)

       Constitution:

       1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1945)

       Legal system:

       civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts

       by a Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme

       courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       National Day, 26 October (1955)

       Executive branch:

       president, chancellor, vice chancellor, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) consists of an upper council

       or Federal Council (Bundesrat) and a lower council or National Council

       (Nationalrat)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Judicial Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) for civil and criminal cases,

       Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) for bureaucratic cases,

       Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) for constitutional cases

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President Thomas KLESTIL (since 8 July 1992)

       Head of Government:

       Chancellor Franz VRANITZKY (since 16 June 1986); Vice Chancellor Erhard

       BUSEK (since 2 July 1991)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO), Franz VRANITZKY, chairman;

       Austrian People's Party (OVP), Erhard BUSEK, chairman; Freedom Party of

       Austria (FPO), Jorg HAIDER, chairman; Communist Party (KPO), Walter

       SILBERMAYER, chairman; Green Alternative List (GAL), Johannes VOGGENHUBER,

       chairman

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 19; compulsory for presidential elections

       Elections:

       National Council:

       last held 7 October 1990 (next to be held October 1994); results - SPO 43%,

       OVP 32.1%, FPO 16.6%, GAL 4.5%, KPO 0.7%, other 0.32%; seats - (183 total)

       SPO 80, OVP 60, FPO 33, GAL 10

       President:

       last held 24 May 1992 (next to be held 1996); results of Second Ballot -

       Thomas KLESTIL 57%, Rudolf STREICHER 43%

       Communists:

       membership 15,000 est.; activists 7,000-8,000

      :Austria Government

      Other political or pressure groups:

       Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Austrian Trade Union Federation

       (primarily Socialist); three composite leagues of the Austrian People's

       Party (OVP) representing business, labor, and farmers; OVP-oriented League

       of Austrian Industrialists; Roman Catholic Church, including its chief lay

       organization, Catholic Action

       Member of:

       AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM, CSCE,

       EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-9, GATT, HG, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,

       ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM,

       ISO, ITU, LORCS, MTRC, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, PCA, UN,

       UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNDOF, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIIMOG, UNTSO, UPU, WCL,

       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Friedrich HOESS; Embassy at 3524 International Court NW,

       Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 895-6700; there are Austrian

       Consulates General in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

       US:

       Ambassador Roy Michael HUFFINGTON; Embassy at Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1091,

       Vienna (mailing address is APO AE 09108-0001); telephone [43] (1) 31-55-11;

       FAX [43] (1) 310-0682; there is a US Consulate General in Salzburg

       Flag:

       three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red

      :Austria Economy

      Overview:

       Austria boasts a prosperous and stable capitalist economy with a sizable

       proportion of nationalized industry and extensive welfare benefits. Thanks

       to an excellent raw material endowment, a technically skilled labor force,

       and strong links to German industrial firms, Austria occupies specialized

       niches in European industry and services (tourism, banking) and produces

       almost enough food to feed itself with only 8% of the labor force in

       agriculture. Improved export prospects resulting from German unification and

       the opening of Eastern Europe, boosted the economy during 1990 and to a

       lesser extent in 1991. GDP growth slowed from 4.9% in 1990