Austrian Productivity Report 2025: Actively shaping structural change to boost productivity growth

Productivity Board warns against deindustrialization – location policy as the key
The Productivity Report 2025 was published on December 3, 2025, and contains 10 recommendations for boosting productivity growth and actively shaping structural change.

Productivity Report 2025

The latest productivity report was presented on December 3, 2025, at a press conference by Christoph Badelt (Chair of the Productivity Board) and Andreas Reinstaller (Office of the Productivity Board).
“The onset of deindustrialization is a warning sign, but also an opportunity. What is needed now is a clear location strategy that focuses on productivity, expands technological strength, and actively shapes structural change. With the courage to reform and reliable framework conditions, Austria can renew its industrial base and create new added value. A forward-looking location policy is the best response to deindustrialization trends,” emphasizes Christoph Badelt.

Austrian Productivity Report 2024: Setting the Course for Sustainable Economic Security

Austria’s economy is grappling with rising costs, a shortage of skilled labor, and shortcomings in digitalization and energy policies. The Productivity Report 2024 outlines twelve recommendations for how the next government can bolster competitiveness and strengthen Austria's economic standing through targeted actions in these areas.

Technical Support Instrument (TSI) Workshop as part of the „Microdata platform for productivity“ project

The Austrian Productivity Board hosted CompNet’s 3rd TSI Workshop from 22-23.2.2024. Representatives of CompNet, national statistical offices and productivity boards from all over Europe discussed current developments of a common microdata platform.

Productivity report 2023: Austria’s sustainable competitiveness

The Austrian Productivity Board presents its first annual report with 47 recommendations to the federal government. It urges swift action on the ecological and digital transformation of the economy to strengthen Austria's competitiveness, as well as measures to increase participation in economic welfare.

Productivity report 2023: main results

The recent crises have revealed structural weaknesses that will have a negative impact on competitiveness in the medium term. Economic growth is affected by the limits of the main growth factor, the expansion of the volume of work in low-skilled jobs. Labor productivity is declining, as is the contribution of technological change and innovation. Without additional measures, the environmental and climate goals will not be achieved. Unused potential in the labor market and weaknesses in the education system are hampering participation in economic welfare and productivity growth.

47 recommendations to the Austrian federal government

In its first productivity report, the Austrian Productivity Board identifies key areas for action in economic policy and formulates 47 recommendations to the federal government on two overarching goals. The first is to secure the business location in the long term through the ecological and digital transformation of the economy, the second goal is to promote participation in economic prosperity and economic performance through education and mobilization of the workforce potential.

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1st ProdTool Workshop

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February 26-27, 2026

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Structural change of firms and of the workforce

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Publications

Annual Competitiveness Report for Austria

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