The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Austria  
Rank: 31 · Score: 62.0  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 9.0   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 470.8   M&A volume (quartile) 3rd
GDP per capita (US$) 52,060.6   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 0.4   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 31 95, 102, 102, 100, 94 62.0
1 Economic Activity 41 92, 85, 92, 93, 84 78.8
2 Depth of Capital Market 58 72, 90, 89, 87, 67 36.7
3 Taxation 65 68, 68, 65, 62, 60 90.2
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 15 110, 110, 109, 110, 110 95.8
5 Human and Social Environment 21 102, 107, 107, 105, 104 49.8
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 17 106, 106, 107, 107, 108 82.0


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Austria  
Western Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Italy 81.6 76.4 89.8 63.7 47.8 75.8
Ireland 84.6 52.9 92.3 98.2 48.1 71.9
Sweden 76.2 36.8 104.0 96.1 53.4 88.9
Austria 78.8 36.7 90.2 95.8 49.8 82.0
Portugal 76.1 44.7 99.2 74.0 41.0 69.0
Greece 66.1 45.9 98.1 61.2 38.9 59.9
Cyprus 62.2 39.7 115.9 82.2 38.3 51.9
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023