Niederösterreich economic data

According to the latest EUROSTAT-data available (2003) Niederösterreich ranks among the top-regions concerning low unemployment rates (total unemployment: NÖ: 3.5 %, EU-25: 9.1 %; Austria 4.2 %).
Niederösterreichs' economic growth figures, expressed in gross-value-added, have been quite impressive and have put the region in the top range of the league table of the Austrian provinces: growth of 27.0 % in the period 1995-2003 (compared with 22,3 % for Austria).

^{1 Persons less than 25 years
2 Employment-rate: employed & self-employed persons (age 15-64) / population (age 15-64)
3 Activity-rate: (employed persons age 15-64 + umeployed persons age 15-64) / population}

Employment by economic sector (2004) in percentage terms

Niederösterreich: Austria - relative share

23 % of the land area
19 % of the population
16 % of the gross value added
17 % of the persons in employment
21 % of the energy consumption (sources: 69 % fossil fuels, 18 % electric energy, 11 % renewable energy,
          2 % district energy)