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Austria
Austria is an EU member state with a population of 9.2M. Member of the European Union since 1995.
28 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
9.2M
2025 · rank 14/27
Country at a glance
Austria is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Vienna. The country joined the European Communities in 1995 in the EFTA-route enlargement (alongside Austria, Finland and Sweden). Economically, Austria is a high-income service economy with strong tourism, machinery exports and a federal political structure. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. German is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Austria is currently 14th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Austria, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 532k 2025 ▲0.7%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 938k 2025 ▲2.6%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 3,456k 2025 ▼0.6%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 406k 2025 ▲5.3%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 4,399k 2025 ▲0.1%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 923,854 2025 ▲2.5%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 7,341,794 2025 ▼0.2%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 909,689 2025 ▲3.6%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 4,990 2025 ▲4.4%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 9,197,213 2025 ▲0.4%
Migration & asylum
15 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 13,036 2024 ▲9.6%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 2,695 2026 ▼78.4%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 6,935 2025 ▼22.9%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 10,935 2025 ▼51.5%
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protection migr_asydcfsta 435 2025 ▲42.6%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 7,305 2025 ▼50.6%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 3,195 2025 ▼57.2%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 17,870 2025 ▼43.4%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 11,165 2025 ▼15.2%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 8,045 2025 ▲11.4%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 6,817 2024 ▲8.6%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 8,318 2024 ▲16.1%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 18,710 2024 ▲3.1%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 31,823 2024 ▲1.7%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 65,668 2024 ▲4.4%
More data on Austria
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Austria (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Austria buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Austria.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Austria.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (28 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API