Public debt: Steiermark residents carry Austria’s heaviest burden
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- Steiermark has the highest combined provincial and municipal debt per resident among Austria’s provinces, at €8,611, according to Statistics Austria.
- Kärnten ranks second at €8,201, followed by Burgenland at €7,783 per resident.
- The figures show substantial differences in public debt burdens across Austria’s provinces, with Tirol and Upper Austria at the bottom of the ranking.
Residents of Steiermark carry Austria’s largest public debt burden, with €8,611 in provincial and municipal debt assigned to each inhabitant.
The ranking, based on per-capita debt at both provincial and municipal level, shows marked differences among Austria’s nine provinces. Kärnten follows Steiermark with €8,201 per resident, while Burgenland records €7,783.
Tirol and Upper Austria bring up the rear of the ranking. The figures were compiled by Statistics Austria and concern public debt distributed on a per-person basis.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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