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Government at a Glance 2017
Country Fact Sheetwww.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm
The fiscal deficit in Austria has decreased below the OECD average
After experiencing a 5.4% deficit in 2009, fiscal consolidation has brought the deficit to 1.1% of GDP in 2015, while the OECD average deficit reached 2.8% of the GDP. This is also reflected by the state of the primary balance, which measures the overall balance excluding net interest payments on government debt, as it reached a surplus of 0.8% of GDP in 2015. In 2016, the deficit increased slightly to 1.6% of GDP and the primary balance fell to a surplus of 0.1% of GDP. However, the structural primary balance is expected to remain positive in 2017 and 2018.
Chapter 2. Public finance and economics
General government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDPGeneral government primary balance and net interest spending as a percentage of GDPGeneral government structural primary balance as a percentage of potential GDPGeneral government projected structural primary balance as a percentage of potential GDP
Austria has one of the most comprehensive performance budgeting frameworksamong OECD countries
The framework was introduced as part of far reaching budget reforms in 2013 which sought to improve budgetary decision-making. In particular, the reforms focussed on designing the federal budget as a compre-hensive steering instrument for resources, outputs and outcomes. These reforms are one of the reasons why, between 2011 and 2016 Austria improved the most on the OECD performance budgeting indicator among all OECD countries.
Chapter 5. Budgeting practices and procedures
Features of performance budgeting frameworkUse of performance budgeting practices at the central level of government
The share of women occupying cabinet positions fell below OECD average
Between 2015 and 2017 the share of women ministers in Austria decreased from 31% to 23%, while the av-erage among all OECD countries remained around 28%. During this period, the share of women parliamen-tarians in Austria remained above the OECD average, reaching 31% in 2017 while the OECD average was 29%. At the same time in the federal civil service 29% of senior civil servants are women, slightly below the OECD average of 33%.
Chapter 3. Public employment and pay
Share of women ministersShare of women parliamentarians and legislated gender quotasShare of public sector employment filled by women
Austria
Fiscal balance*(2015, 2016)
Government expenditures(2015, 2016)
Government gross debt*(2015)
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP
Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts
G@G /dataG@G /data
26134,500
88,70052,700
Middle Managers(D3 positions)
Senior Managers(D1 positions)
SeniorProfessionals
SecretarialPositions
2015USD PPP
150,000
300,000
450,000
231,500
50,400
Austria
94,600 121,200201,200
Annual compensation across central government positions (2015)
Government investment(2015, 2016)
How to read the figures:
Austria
Country value in blue (not represented if not available)
Average of OECD countries in red
Range of OECD country values in grey
Public Finance and Economics
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
24.9%26.1%
Austria
20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
2015
40.9%
51.1%2016
51.7%2015
Austria
2015
3.2%
3.0%2016
3.0%2015
0% 2% 4% 6% 8%
Austria101.1% 100%
0%
100%
0%
Austria
112%
100% 150% 200% 250%50%0%
Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to
data not available
% of GDP
Public Employment
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the compensation of employees in central / federal governments
... and in senior positions (2015)
Source: OECD* SNA definition, see Notes National Accounts
Source: OECD* See Notes National Accounts
Public Sector Compensation
53.0%44.9%Austria
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
32.4%28.8%Austria
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Women in the civil service ...
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on the Composition of the workforce in Central/federal Governments
Percentage of central government employees aged 55 years or older
(2015)
General government employmentas % of total employment (2015)
18.1%
15.9%Austria
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Source: OECD National Accounts
-10% 0%-5% +5% +10%
-2.8%
Austria2016
-1.6% -1.1%
2015
2015
Budgeting
Women in Government
Extent of delegationof HRM practicesin line ministries
0.62 0.64
Extent of the useof performance
assessmentsin HR decisions
0.49
0.64
Extent of the useof performance
related pay
0.68
0.66
Use of separateHRM practices
for seniorcivil servants
0.65
0.55
Collectionof administrative
data
0.70 0.68
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest
0
0.25
0.50
0.75
1
Austria
G@G /data
Source: OECD (2016) Strategic Human Resources Management Survey
Composite indicators on HRM practices in central government (2016)
Human Resource Management
Composite indices on regulatory governance for primary laws*(2014)
G@G /data
Regulatory governance
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
29.1%
50%
26.1%
Austria
Source: OECD National Accounts
General governmentprocurement expenditures
(2015)% of government expenditures
* See Notes Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG)
Public Procurement
Support for greenpublic procurement
Some procuring entities have developed an internal strategy/policy
A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level
Support forSMEs
Support for innovativegoods and services
A strategy/policy has been rescinded
There has never been a strategy/policy in place
11 25 1 0 8 24 0 1 9 19 0 6
Austria
Strategic public procurement - Objectives(2016)
Source: OECD (2016) Survey on Public Procurement
0.41
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.58Austria
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest
Performance budgetingpractices at the central level
of government (2016)
Source: OECD (2016) Survey of Performance Budgeting
Stakeholderengagement in
developing regulations
1.36
2.09
Regulatory ImpactAssessment for
developing regulations
2.50
2.05
Ex post evaluationof regulations
1.88
1.54
Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 4 highest
0
1
2
3
4
Austria
Notes Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures. Regulatory governance indicators: The results for stakeholder engagement and Regulatory Impact Assessment apply exclusively to processes for developing primary laws initiated by the executive. Data is not applicable to the United States, where all primary laws are initiated by Congress. In the majority of countries, most primary laws are initiated by the executive, except for Mexico and Korea, where a higher share of primary laws are initiated by parliament/congress (respectively 90.6% and 84%). Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which dif fers from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt.
Open Data Digital Government
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
35.6%33.0%
Austria
Individuals using the Internet for sending filled forms via public authorities websites
in the past 12 months (2016)
Source: OECD, ICT database; and Eurostat, Information Society database
OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data
(2017)Composite index: from 0 lowest to 1 highest
Source: OECD (2017) Survey on Open Government Data
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.68
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.55
Austria
Dataavailability
Dataaccessibility
Governmentsupportto re-use
Differences in income inequality pre and post-taxand government transfers (2013)
Austria
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6Higher
inequality
Lowerinequality
Before After
0.50
0.28taxes and transfers
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Before After
0.47
0.32taxes and transfers
Higherinequality
Lowerinequality
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Limited government powers (2016)
0.75
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
0.86Austria
Source: The World Justice Project
Core Government ResultsSatisfaction and confidence across public services
(2016)
70%
Judicial system Education system
88%20
40
60
80
100
Health care
67%72%55%68%
National government42%43%
Austria
Average
Range
Police77%86%
Source: Gallup World Poll
% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction
Government at a Glance 2017Government at a Glance provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international
comparison of public sector productivity and performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are presented,
alongside key output and outcome data for education, health and justice. Information on key enablers to increase productivity including on digital
government, budget procedures, strategic human resource management, open government data and innovative practices are also included. In
a context of tight budget constraints in many member countries, good indicators are needed more than ever, in order to help governments make
informed decisions regarding resource allocation and to help restore confidence in government institutions.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/gov_glance-2017-en
The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance 2017 are available via the StatLinks provided throughout the publication:
For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes)and to consult all other Country Fact Sheets: www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm