Austria Key Figures
- Population:
- 9.13 million
- GDP growth rate:
- -0.8 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 41.8%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 72.7 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 5.74 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 4.67%
* at purchasing power parity
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Austria Total Energy Consumption
Austria's energy consumption per capita is 19% higher than the EU average at 3.3 toe (-5%) (2023). The country's electricity consumption per capita stands at 8 900 kWh, i.e. 28% above the EU average.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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Austria Crude Oil Production
Oil production is low and stable (around 0.5 Mt); it covers less than 5% of the country's needs. In 2023, Austria imported 7.5 Mt of crude oil (+46%), mainly from Kazakhstan (38%), Libya (24%), and Iraq (9%), principally by pipeline from Trieste to the Schwechat refinery. Imports from Russia were cut from 8% in 2021 to 0.1% in 2023.
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Austria Oil Products Consumption
Oil consumption declined by 3.4%/year since 2019 to 10.2 Mtoe in 2023, its lowest level since 1990. It increased by an average of 1.1%/year between 2014 and 2019 after a decrease between 2005 and 2014 (2.2%/year).
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
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Austria Natural Gas Consumption
Gas consumption dropped by 14%/year since 2021 to 7 bcm in 2023 (close to its 1990 level). It decreased rapidly over 2010-2014 (-5.6%/year) and rebounded by 5.9%/year between 2015 and 2017, whereas the 5% rebound in 2021 caught the 2020 decrease due to the Covid.
Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)
Industry consumed 41% of the natural gas in 2023 (36% in 2010), power plants 23% (-6 points), and the residential tertiary sector 22% (-2 points).
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Austria Coal Consumption
Coal consumption halved between 2003 and 2023 to fall below 3.5 Mt.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
In 2023, industry accounted for 73% of coal consumption (+30 points compared to 2010), while power plants consumed 11% of the country's coal (42% in 2010).
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2023, %)
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Austria Power Consumption
Electricity consumption continue fell by 3%/year since 2021 to 63 TWh in 2023. Over 2009-2019, it increased by an average of 1.1%/year, before decreasing by 3.4% in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic.
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
Austria Renewable in % Electricity Production
The national target to increase the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 34% by 2020 has been exceeded by 2.5 points. According to the final NECP 2024, the objective is to raise this share from 46-50% previously to 57% in 2030 (40.8% in 2023), of which 100% for electricity (87.8% in 2023) and 14% in transport (13.2% in 2023).
Interactive Chart Austria Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)
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Austria CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
As part of its final NECP 2024, the country aims at reducing non-ETS emissions by 48% in 2030 compared to 2005. The final NECP 2024 also mentions a targeted 880 ktCO2 increase in net carbon storage by 2030 compared to the 2016-2018 base period. The government announced in 2020 its objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2040.
GHG emissions (without LULUCF) reached 72.8 MtCO2eq in 2022 according to the latest national inventory (2024), which is 5.8% decrease compared to last year, and around 7.9% below their 1990 level.