Waldstatt is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
History
thumb|Aerial view from 500 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1923)]]
Waldstatt is first mentioned in 1374 as Ober Walstatt. In 1415 it was mentioned as Wallstatt. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.9%), with Turkish being second most common ( 2.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.6%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 71.5% of the vote.