According to first calculations, GDP in the second quarter of 2022 increased by 0.5 percent (first quarter of 2022 +1.5 percent) compared with the previous period (key figure according to Eurostat). Year-on-year, this means an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2021. GDP in the second quarter of 2022 was 2.0 percent above the pre-crisis level (reference period fourth quarter of 2019).
The strongest growth impulses currently came from accommodation and food service activities, other business activities (ÖNACE 2008, sections M and N) and other service activities (ÖNACE 2008, sections R to U), which in some cases still include positive base effects from expiring health policy measures.
In terms of the economy as a whole, however, growth momentum cooled across the board in the second quarter of 2022. Value added in industry (ÖNACE 2008, sections B to E) increased by 0.7 percent, and in construction by 0.1 percent (first quarter +1.1 and +1.6 percent, respectively), in both cases compared with the previous quarter. In trade, value added decreased in the second quarter.
In a mirror image, consumer demand by households (including private non-profit institutions serving households) fell by 1.9 percent compared with the previous quarter. Increased uncertainties in the macroeconomic environment and high price momentum dampened the development of consumer spending. Public consumption also failed to expand at present.
External dynamics continued to be good in the second quarter, with travel exports in particular expanding. Overall, exports increased by 2.7 percent. With imports up 0.5 percent, net exports made a positive contribution to overall economic growth.
Investment demand also developed positively, with gross fixed capital formation rising by 1.2 percent quarter-on-quarter.
Important Information
The WIFO Flash Estimate is a first estimate for the past quarter. It is based on the Quarterly National Accounts of Statistics Austria and includes GDP as well as components in the form of seasonally and working-day adjusted rates of change compared with the previous quarter (key figure according to Eurostat standard).
At the beginning of September 2022, Statistics Austria will publish quarterly GDP data and main aggregates for the second quarter of 2022 based on more complete data.
