Austria

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Austria

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Overview

Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, and the victorious Allies then occupied the country in 1945. As a result, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade after World War II, until a State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. Austria joined the EU in 1995, but the obligation to remain neutral kept it from joining NATO, although the country became a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace program in 1995. Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.

Geography

Area

Land: 82,445 sq km
Water: 1,426 sq km
Total: 83,871 sq km

Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
Terrain: mostly mountains (Alps) in the west and south; mostly flat or gently sloping along the eastern and northern margins

Land Use

Other: 20.9% (2023 est.)
Forest: 47.2% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: 31.5% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 16% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.8% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 14.7% (2023 est.)

Location: Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Elevation

Lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
Highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Mean elevation: 910 m

Irrigated land: 382 sq km (2016)
Map references: Europe

Land Boundaries

Total: 2,524 km
Border countries: Czech Republic 402 km; Germany 801 km; Hungary 321 km; Italy 404 km; Liechtenstein 34 km; Slovakia 105 km; Slovenia 299 km; Switzerland 158 km

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Natural hazards: landslides; avalanches; earthquakes
Geography note: note 1: landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere

note 2: the world's largest and longest ice cave system at 42 km (26 mi) is the Eisriesenwelt (Ice Giants World) inside the Hochkogel mountain near Werfen, about 40 km south of Salzburg; ice caves are bedrock caves that contain year-round ice formations; they differ from glacial caves, which are transient and are formed by melting ice and flowing water within and under glaciers
Natural resources: oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
Area comparative: about the size of South Carolina; slightly more than two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania
Geographic coordinates: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
Population distribution: the northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two thirds of the populace lives in urban areas

Major Lakes (Area Sq Km)

Fresh water lake(s): Lake Constance (shared with Switzerland and Germany) - 540 sq km

Major Watersheds (Area Sq Km)

Atlantic ocean drainage: Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km), (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)

Major rivers (BY length in km): Donau (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km

note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

People & Society

Languages

Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)
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Religions: Roman Catholic 55.2%, Muslim 8.3%, Orthodox 4.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.8%, Jewish 0.1%, other 5.4%, none 22.4% (2021 est.)

Sex Ratio

At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0 14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15 64 years: 1 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female

Birth rate: 8.81 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate: 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Median Age

Male: 43.6 years
Total: 44.5 years (2025 est.)
Female: 46.3 years

Population

Male: 4,471,802
Total: 9,174,390 (2025 est.)
Female: 4,702,588

Nationality

Noun: Austrian(s)
Adjective: Austrian

Tobacco Use

Male: 21.1% (2025 est.)
Total: 19.7% (2025 est.)
Female: 18.3% (2025 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population: 59.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Age Structure

0 14 years: 14.1% (male 648,639/female 616,334)
15 64 years: 64.7% (male 2,904,587/female 2,898,339)
65 years and over: 21.2% (2024 est.) (male 839,672/female 1,060,411)

Ethnic groups: Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 54.3 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 21.8 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio: 3.1 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 32.5 (2025 est.)

Physician density: 5.52 physicians/1,000 population (2023)

Health Expenditure

Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 12.1% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 16.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density: 7.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (2025 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved: rural: rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total: total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: urban: urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural: rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total: total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban: urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Education Expenditure

Education expenditure (% GDP): 5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 9.9% national budget (2022 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Total: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Female: 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Population growth rate: 0.28% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate: 0.66 (2025 est.)
Population distribution: the northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two thirds of the populace lives in urban areas

Life Expectancy at Birth

Male: 80.1 years
Female: 85.4 years
Total population: 82.7 years (2024 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio: 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)

Sanitation Facility Access

Improved: rural: rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total: total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: urban: urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural: rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total: total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban: urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita

Beer: 6.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine: 3.7 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Total: 11.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits: 1.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Major urban areas population: 1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)
Obesity adult prevalence rate: 20.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 29.7 years (2020 est.)

School Life Expectancy (Primary to Tertiary Education)

Male: 16 years (2023 est.)
Total: 16 years (2023 est.)
Female: 17 years (2023 est.)

Government

Civica · structure

How power is organised

ExecutiveLegislative

Flag: description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red

history: one of the oldest national flags in the world; according to tradition, after a fierce battle in the Third Crusade in 1191, Duke Leopold V of Austria's white tunic became blood-spattered; when his sash was removed, a white band was revealed, and the red-white-red color combination was adopted as his banner

Capital

Name: Vienna
Etymology: the name may have evolved from the Roman name Vindobona, which was taken from the Celtic words vindo (white) and bona (fort)
Time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E

Suffrage: 16 years of age; universal

Citizenship

Citizenship BY birth: no
Citizenship BY descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Austria
Dual citizenship recognized: no
Residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years

Constitution

History: several previous; latest adopted 1 October 1920, revised 1929, replaced May 1934, replaced by German Weimar constitution in 1938 following German annexation, reinstated 1 May 1945
Amendment process: proposed through laws designated "constitutional laws" or through the constitutional process if the amendment is part of another law; approval required by at least a two-thirds majority vote by the National Assembly and the presence of one-half of the members; a referendum is required only if requested by one-third of the National Council or Federal Council membership; passage by referendum requires absolute majority vote

Country Name

Etymology: the name Oesterreich means "eastern realm" and dates to the 10th century; the designation refers to the fact that Austria was the easternmost extension of Bavaria and the German peoples; the word Austria is a Latinization of the German name
Local long form: Republik Oesterreich
Local short form: Oesterreich
Conventional long form: Republic of Austria
Conventional short form: Austria

Independence: no official date of independence: 976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 6 January 1453 (Archduchy of Austria acknowledged); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 30 March 1867 (Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy established); 12 November 1918 (First Republic proclaimed); 27 April 1945 (Second Republic proclaimed)
Legal system: civil law system; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts
Government type: federal parliamentary republic

Judicial Branch

Highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 85 judges organized into 17 senates or panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof (consists of 20 judges including 6 substitutes; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof - 2 judges plus other members depending on the importance of the case)
Subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal (4); Regional Courts (20); district courts (120); county courts
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by executive branch departments and appointed by the president; judges serve for life; Constitutional Court judges nominated by several executive branch departments and approved by the president; judges serve for life; Administrative Court judges recommended by executive branch departments and appointed by the president; terms of judges and members determined by the president

Executive Branch

Cabinet: Council of Ministers proposed by the chancellor and appointed by the president
Chief of state: President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)
Election results: 2022: Alexander VAN DER BELLEN reelected in first round; percent of vote - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent) 56.7%, Walter ROSENKRANZ (FPO) 17.7%, Dominik WLAZNY (Beer Party) 8.3%, Tassilo WALLENTIN (independent) 8.1%, Gerald GROSZ (independent) 5.6%

2016: Alexander VAN DER BELLEN elected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Norbert HOFER (FPOe) 35.1%, Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent, allied with the Greens) 21.3%, Irmgard GRISS (independent) 18.9%, Rudolf HUNDSTORFER (SPOe) 11.3%, Andreas KHOL (OeVP) 11.1%, Richard LUGNER (independent) 2.3%; percent of vote in second round - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 53.8%, Norbert HOFER 46.2%
Head of government: Chancellor Christian STOCKER (since 3 March 2025)
Most recent election date: 9 October 2022
Election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 6-year term (eligible for a second term); chancellor appointed by the president but determined by the majority coalition parties in the Federal Assembly; vice chancellor appointed by the president on the advice of the chancellor
Expected date of next election: 2028

National holiday: National Day (commemorates passage of the law on permanent neutrality), 26 October (1955)
National color(s): red, white

National Heritage

Total world heritage sites: 12 (11 cultural, 1 natural)
Selected world heritage site locales: Historic Salzburg (c); Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (c); Halstadt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (c); Semmering railway (c); Historic Graz and Schloss Eggenberg (c); Wachau Cultural Landscape (c); Historic Vienna (c); Fertő/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c); Baden bei Wien (c); Primeval Beech Forests - Dürrenstein, Kalkalpen (n)

Political parties: Austrian People's Party or OeVP
Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe
The Greens - The Green Alternative
NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum
Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe

Legislative Branch

Legislature name: Parliament (Parlament)
Legislative structure: bicameral

National Anthem(s)

Note: note: the beloved waltz "The Blue Danube" ("An der schoenen, blauen Donau"), composed in 1866 by Johann STRAUSS II, is widely considered Austria's unofficial national anthem
Title: "Bundeshymne" (Federal Hymn)
History: adopted 1947; Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which Germany had appropriated in 1922 and was thereafter associated with the Nazi regime; the Austrian Federal Assembly adopted a gender-neutral version of the lyrics in 2012
Lyrics/music: Paula von PRERADOVIC/Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART or Johann HOLZER (disputed)

National symbol(s): eagle, edelweiss, Alpine gentian
Administrative divisions: 9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)

Legislative Branch Lower Chamber

Chamber name: National Council (Nationalrat)
Term in office: 5 years
Number of seats: 183 (all directly elected)
Electoral system: proportional representation
Scope of elections: full renewal
Most recent election date: 9/29/2024
Expected date of next election: September 2029
Percentage of women in chamber: 35.5%
Parties elected and seats per party: Freedom Party (FPÖ) (57); People's Party (ÖVP) (51); Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) (41); NEOS (“New Austria”) (18); Greens (16)

Legislative Branch Upper Chamber

Chamber name: Federal Council (Bundesrat)
Number of seats: 60 (all indirectly elected)
Percentage of women in chamber: 46.7%
Parties elected and seats per party: People's Party (OVP) (22); Social Democratic Party (SPO) (18); Freedom Party (16); Greens (3); NEOS (New Austria) (1)

Diplomatic Representation in the US

Fax: [1] (202) 895-6750
Chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035
Telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700
Consulate(s): Chicago
Chief of mission: Ambassador Petra SCHNEEBAUER (since 19 APRIL 2023)
Consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
Email address and website: washington-ob@bmeia.gv.at

https://www.austria.org/

Diplomatic Representation from the US

Fax: [43] (1) 31339 2017
Embassy: Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090, Vienna
Telephone: [43] (1) 31339 0
Mailing address: 9900 Vienna Place, Washington DC  20521-9900
Chief of mission: Ambassador Art FISHER (since 19 November 2025)
Email address and website: ConsulateVienna@state.gov

https://at.usembassy.gov/

International organisations: ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNOOSA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Legislature

AUSTRIA · LOWER HOUSE

National Council

183 seats · hover a seat for the party

Total seats

183

Majority line

Largest party

Freedom Party (FPÖ)

Parties

All political parties5 parties · 183 seats · click to dim in hemicycle

Upper house

AUSTRIA · UPPER HOUSE

Federal Council

60 seats · hover a seat for the party

Total seats

Majority line

Largest party

Social Democratic Party of Austria

Parties

All political parties13 parties · 60 seats · click to dim in hemicycle

Leaders

Current

AB
Alexander Van der Bellen
- Head of StateSince 2017
CS
Christian Stocker
- Head of GovernmentSince 2025

Economy

Budget

Note: note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Revenues: $231.132 billion (2023 est.)
Expenditures: $241.516 billion (2023 est.)

Exports

Civica canonical (reconciled): $297.8B

Note: note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Exports 2022: $291.804 billion (2022 est.)
Exports 2023: $303.914 billion (2023 est.)
Exports 2024: $299.366 billion (2024 est.)

Imports

Civica canonical (reconciled): $284.2B

Note: note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports 2022: $294.324 billion (2022 est.)
Imports 2023: $293.692 billion (2023 est.)
Imports 2024: $284.467 billion (2024 est.)

Industries: construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and paper, electronics, tourism
Labor force: 4.768 million (2024 est.)

Public Debt

Civica canonical (reconciled): 81.5%

Note: note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Public debt 2023: 78.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

Remittances

Note: note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
Remittances 2022: 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
Remittances 2023: 0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2024: 0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)

Exchange Rates

Currency: euros (EUR) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2020: 0.876 (2020 est.)
Exchange rates 2021: 0.845 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2022: 0.95 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2023: 0.925 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2024: 0.924 (2024 est.)

Economic overview: one of the strongest EU and euro economies; diversified trade portfolios and relations; enormous trade economy; Russian energy dependence, but investing in alternative energy; aging labor force but large refugee population; large government debt

Unemployment Rate

Civica canonical (reconciled): 5.6%

Note: note: % of labor force seeking employment
Unemployment rate 2022: 5% (2022 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 5.3% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2024: 5.5% (2024 est.)

Exports partners: Germany 25%, USA 9%, Italy 7%, Switzerland 5%, Hungary 4% (2023)
Imports partners: Germany 34%, China 7%, Italy 7%, Switzerland 5%, Czechia 4% (2023)

Real GDP Per Capita

Civica canonical (reconciled): $73,911

Note: note: data in 2021 dollars
Real GDP per capita 2022: $65,700 (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $64,400 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2024: $63,300 (2024 est.)

Real GDP Growth Rate

Civica canonical (reconciled): 0.6%

Note: note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP growth rate 2022: 5.3% (2022 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: -1% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2024: -1.2% (2024 est.)

Agricultural products: milk, sugar beets, maize, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, grapes, triticale, soybeans (2023)
Exports commodities: cars, packaged medicine, vaccines, vehicle parts/accessories, nitrogen compounds (2023)
Imports commodities: cars, garments, vaccines, vehicle parts/accessories, refined petroleum (2023)

Current Account Balance

Civica canonical (reconciled): $8.2B

Note: note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Current account balance 2022: -$3.911 billion (2022 est.)
Current account balance 2023: $6.783 billion (2023 est.)
Current account balance 2024: $12.642 billion (2024 est.)

Taxes and other revenues: 25.9% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $521.642 billion (2024 est.)

GDP Composition, BY End Use

Note: note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection
Household consumption: 52.2% (2023 est.)
Government consumption: 20.5% (2023 est.)
Investment in inventories: 0.5% (2023 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 24.9% (2023 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 59.5% (2023 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -57.3% (2023 est.)

Population below poverty line: 14.8% (2021 est.)

Average Household Expenditures

On food: 10.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
On alcohol and tobacco: 3.5% of household expenditures (2023 est.)

Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)

Civica canonical (reconciled): 3.6%

Note: note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022: 8.5% (2022 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023: 7.8% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024: 2.9% (2024 est.)

Industrial production growth rate: -5.5% (2024 est.)

Real GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

Civica canonical (reconciled): $581.131 billion (2024 est.)

Note: note: data in 2021 dollars
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $593.701 billion (2022 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $588.031 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $581.131 billion (2024 est.)

Youth Unemployment Rate (Ages 15 24)

Male: 11.4% (2024 est.)
Note: note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment
Total: 11.7% (2024 est.)
Female: 12% (2024 est.)

Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold

Note: note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022: $33.078 billion (2022 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023: $31.212 billion (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024: $35.406 billion (2024 est.)

GDP Composition, BY Sector of Origin

Note: note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
Industry: 23.1% (2024 est.)
Services: 65.3% (2024 est.)
Agriculture: 1.2% (2024 est.)

Note: note: % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population
Lowest 10%: 2.8% (2022 est.)
Highest 10%: 24.6% (2022 est.)

Gini Index Coefficient Distribution of Family Income

Note: note: index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality
Gini index coefficient distribution of family income 2022: 30.9 (2022 est.)

Energy

Coal

Exports: 2,000 metric tons (2022 est.)
Imports: 4.179 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Production: 1.288 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Consumption: 5.403 million metric tons (2023 est.)

Petroleum

Total petroleum production: 18,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 35.2 million barrels (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 244,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)

Electricity

Exports: 21.631 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Imports: 21.55 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Consumption: 64.611 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Installed generating capacity: 33.371 million kW (2023 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 3.095 billion kWh (2023 est.)

Natural Gas

Imports: 7.084 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Production: 548.976 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Consumption: 6.971 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Proven reserves: 5.04 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Electricity Access

Electrification total population: 100% (2022 est.)

Energy Consumption Per Capita

Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 120.211 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Electricity Generation Sources

Wind: 11.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Solar: 9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Fossil fuels: 14.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Hydroelectricity: 56.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Biomass and waste: 7.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

Communications

Internet Users

Percent of population: 95% (2024 est.)

Broadcast media: public broadcaster, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), is a major player in the TV and radio markets; private broadcasters, cable, and satellite TV are available in most homes are widely used; some German stations carry programs for Austrian viewers; national and regional newspapers compete fiercely for readers; the print media are owned by a handful of mostly Austrian and German media groups (2023)
Internet country code: .at

Telephones Fixed Lines

Total subscriptions: 3.48 million (2024 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2024 est.)

Telephones Mobile Cellular

Total subscriptions: 11.4 million (2024 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 124 (2024 est.)

Broadband Fixed Subscriptions

Total: 2.71 million (2023 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2023 est.)

Transport

Airports: 62 (2025)

Railways

Total: 6,123 km (2022) 3,523 km electrified

Heliports: 112 (2025)

Merchant Marine

Total: 1 (2023)
BY type: other 1

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: OE

Environment

Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers

Geoparks

Global geoparks and regional networks: Ore of the Alps; Styrian Eisenwurzen; Karawanken/Karavanke (includes Slovenia) (2023)
Total global geoparks and regional networks: 3

Land Use

Other: 20.9% (2023 est.)
Forest: 47.2% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: 31.5% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 16% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.8% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 14.7% (2023 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population: 59.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Waste and Recycling

Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.22 million tons (2024 est.)
Percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 36% (2022 est.)

Environmental issues: some forest degradation from air and soil pollution; soil pollution from agricultural chemicals; air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants, and from trucks transiting Austria; water pollution

Total Water Withdrawal

Municipal: 34.36 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Industrial: 2.21 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Agricultural: 124 million cubic meters (2022 est.)

Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Total emissions: 56.959 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 13.397 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 10.527 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 33.036 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

Particulate matter emissions: 10.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources: 77.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

International Environmental Agreements

Party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Antarctic-Environmental Protection

Military & Security

Military note: the military’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protecting Austria’s neutrality; it also has some domestic security and disaster response responsibilities; each of the nine federal states has a military command that provides a link between the military and civil authorities; the main tasks of these commands include providing military assistance during disasters and supporting security police operations

the Austrian military contributes to international peacekeeping and humanitarian missions; Austria has been constitutionally militarily non-aligned since 1955 but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations under the EU Common Security and Defense Policy; Austria is not a member of NATO but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework in 1995 and participates in some NATO-led crisis management and peacekeeping operations; more than 100,000 Austrian military and civilian personnel have taken part in more than 50 international peace support and humanitarian missions since 1960 (2025)
Military deployments: 210 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 100 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 160 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

Military Expenditures

Civica canonical (reconciled): 1.0%

Military expenditures 2020: 0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military expenditures 2021: 0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military expenditures 2022: 0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military expenditures 2023: 0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military expenditures 2024: 1% of GDP (2024 est.)

Military and security forces: Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer): Land Forces, Air Force, Cyber Forces, Special Operations Forces, Militia (reserves) (2025)
Military service age and obligation: registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; men above the age of 18 are subject to compulsory military service; women may volunteer; compulsory service is for 6 months, or optionally, alternative civil/community service (Zivildienst) for 9 months (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions: the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported armaments from European countries and the US; the Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries (2025)
Military and security service personnel strengths: approximately 22,000 active Armed Forces (includes about 14,000 regular troops and around 8,000 reservists/militia undergoing refresher training) (2025)

Terrorism

Terrorist group(s): Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

Space

Space agency/agencies: Aeronautics and Space Agency (ALR; established in 1972 as the Austrian Space Agency) (2025)
Space program overview: established a national space program in 2002; develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including remote sensing and research/scientific satellites; member of the ESA; works closely with ESA and EU member states and the commercial sector to develop a range of space capabilities and technologies, including applications for satellite payloads, space flight, and space research; participates in a range of ESA/EU programs, including Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), Copernicus Earth observation, and Galileo global navigation satellite system; also cooperates with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, India, Russia, and the US (2025)
Key space program milestones: 1981 - became an associate ESA member (full member in 1987)

1991 - first Austrian in space on Soviet Mir Space Station

2013 - first domestically built science/technology (star observation) satellites (TUGSAT-1 and UniBRITE) launched by India

2017 - worked with China to produce world’s first quantum-encrypted satellite communications teleconference from Beijing to Vienna

2024 - signed US-led Artemis Accords outlining best practices for cooperative space exploration

Transnational Issues

Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Refugees: 313,711 (2024 est.)
Stateless persons: 3,919 (2024 est.)

Scores & Rankings

ScoreValueGlobal rankTrendAs of

Civica Index81.0 / 100as of 2024-Q417 / 190−2.02024-Q4

V-Dem Liberal Democracy0.76as of 2024-Q419 / 170−0.042024-Q4

Freedom House StatusFree (100/100)as of 2024-Q4—−1.02024-Q4

Press Freedom (RSF)Free press (79/100)as of 2024—2024

Corruption Perceptions Index71 / 100as of 202318 / 1802023

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