EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Austria
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Austria on the world stage
Total imports
$204.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$206.4bn
234 partners
#1 import source
Germany
32.0%
#1 export dest.
Germany
29.7%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Austria
EU imports from
€142.2bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€160.5bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#13
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.13
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
196
EUR/MWh
Consumer
268
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
102
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
82%
of generation
Wholesale 79 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (EXAA / EPEX SPOT)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
E-Control
Austria's power system is dominated by Alpine hydropower (60%), which provides cheap, flexible generation but is exposed to drought variability. The 2018 bidding-zone split with Germany (creating a separate Austrian…
Tracked infrastructure
21 gas plants
4.7 GW
115 wind farms
2.8 GW · 7 building
2 solar farms
48 MW · 1 building
50 hydro plants
10.8 GW · 3 building
4 steel plants
7,570 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
94
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
41
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Zinc, Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase ambient + national H2O portal;…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskDemographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
43.4
→ 49.2 by 2050
Fertility
1.32
below replacement
Working-age
65.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
31.6
→ 54.1 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 9.12M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -4% (8.72M)