Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

Fig. 1-10: Research intensity of federal states, change over time and variance, 2007–2017
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0.10
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0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
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1.0
1.5
2.0
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3.0
3.5
4.0
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5.0
5.5
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Variance
Research intensity in %
Burgenland
Lower Austria 
Vienna
Carinthia 
Styria 
Upper Austria 
Salzburg
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Variance
Note: The variance has been determined based on research intensity figures calculated logarithmically in order to adjust for the general growth effect.
Source: Statistics Austria. Graphic and calculations: WPZ Research.

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1. Current Trends
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1.2 Austria’s position in international 
comparisons 
The following sub-chapter is divided into three sec-
tions, each with a different strategic objective. It 
presents a transnational comparison that enables 
Austria’s current position to be gauged in terms of 
its performance and performance capabilities in re-
search, technology and innovation. It opens with a 
number of central research and development (R&D) 
indicators, which permit a comparative statement 
to be made about Austria’s input in and output from 
research and development (Section 1.2.1). It then 
goes on to present Austria’s position in the field of 
digitalisation (Section 1.2.2) based on indicators on 
the use, application and availability of information 
and communication technologies (ICT). As well as 
being important from the perspective of rapid tech-
nological change, these aspects also form a key pil-
lar of a country’s innovativeness and its ability to 
compete on the international stage. The next sec-
tion concludes with an analysis of relevant indica-
tors that allow conclusions to be drawn about 
Austria’s capability to innovate and thus its com-
petitiveness (Section 1.2.3). 
The indicators used in the empirical assessments 
and figures below are taken from different formats, 
which are themselves presented in different ways 
depending on the available data:
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