War in Ukraine

On this site you will find a selection of current statistics and infographics related to Ukraine and Russia.

Population

  • Strong population growth in Austria in 2022 due to immigration from Ukraine (Press release 2023-06-01)
    • ...The population increased primarily as a result of international immigration, which was particularly marked by refugee migration from Ukraine...
    • ...In 2022, about 67 000 more people immigrated from Ukraine than left Austria...
    • .... It was also higher than in 2015 (net migration: +113 067). Half of the net migration in 2022 was due to migration from Ukraine (net migration of Ukrainian citizens: +67 353)...
  • Austria's population has grown to 9.1 million (Press release 2022-02-14)
    • ... Austria grew more strongly in 2022 than in previous years. Having already exceeded the nine-million mark in the first quarter of 2022 due to refugee migration from Ukraine, the population was more than 9.1 million at the beginning of 2023. A good half of the population growth in 2022 is attributable to people with Ukrainian citizenship ...
    • ... The strongest increase of all foreign citizens was recorded for Ukrainian nationals (+66 899 persons). At the beginning of 2023, a total of 79 572 Ukrainian nationals were thus the ninth largest foreign nationality in Austria ...
  • Total number of pupils at the beginning of the school year 2021/22 slightly decreased (Press release 2022-12-14)
    • ... The increase as a result of refugee migration from Ukraine from the second half of the school year 2021/22 is not yet taken into account here ...
    • ... Following the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, attendance figures for all school types increased by a total of around 11 000 in the 2021/22 school year up to June 2022 ...
    • ... According to figures from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, an additional 4 700 children displaced from Ukraine were being taught in Austrias primary schools at the beginning of June 2022 ...
    • ...  As a result of refugee movements due to the Ukraine crisis, attendance at lower secondary schools also increased by around 4 900 during the 2021/22 school year ...
  • Austrian Recovery Barometer: Bevölkerungsentwicklung im 2. Quartal 2022 (Presentation 2022-12-05; German only)
    • Slide 36: Zuwanderung aus Ukraine übertrifft andere Länder bei weitem
  • Ukraine crisis causes faster population growth (Press release 2022-11-30)
    • ... Refugee migration from Ukraine will lead to higher immigration in 2022 than in 2015, when many people from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq came to Austria ...
  • More than a quarter of the total Austrian population has a migration background (Press release 2022-07-25) 
    • … The number of Ukrainian citizens in Austria increased particularly significantly in 2022: While at the beginning of the year 2022 there were about 13 000 Ukrainians living in Austria, on 1 April 2022 there were already almost 53 000 ...
  • Despite high death rate in 2021, population increase due to immigration (Press release 2022-05-31)
    • ... In the meantime, Austria has already cracked the nine-million mark in mid-March 2022, and the population has grown faster than expected due to refugee migration from Ukraine ...
  • Austria's population has passed the nine million mark (Press release 2022-04-26)
    • ... The population has grown faster than expected due to refugee migration from Ukraine. In the first quarter of 2022, the population increased by around 48 000 people, a good 40 000 of whom are Ukrainian nationals ...
  • Migration & Integration 2022: Statistisches Jahrbuch – Hauptergebnisse (German only)

Labour market

  • 91 000 more employed than in third quarter 2021 (Press release 2022-12-07)
    • … The upswing on the domestic labour market has been uninterrupted for a year and has not yet been affected by the economic consequences of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine ...
  • 33% less unemployed than in second quarter 2021 (Press release 2022-09-08)
    • … The upswing on the domestic labour market continues and is not yet affected by the Ukraine war and its consequences for the global economy ...

Tourism

International trade

  • International trade in goods with slight increase in February 2023 (Press release 2023-05-05)
    • ...In the period January to February 2023, imports from Ukraine showed a decrease by 1.7% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January–February 2021) to €0.18 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+146.3% to €1.15 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine...
  • International trade in goods: increase in imports and exports in January 2023 (Press release 2023-04-06)
    • ...In January 2023, imports from Ukraine showed a decrease compared to January 2021 (-8.6% to €0.09 bn) before the start of the war...
    • ...Trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+194.7% to €0.75 bn) compared to the same month in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine...
  • Double-digit growth in international trade in 2022 (Press release 2023-03-10)
    • ...With an import share of 0.6% (€1.18 bn) in 2022 and an export share of 0.3% (€0.51 bn), the Ukraine was not among Austria's most important trading partners...
    • ...With an import share of 3.9% (€8.24 bn), the Russian Federation now reached 6th place in 2022, after the 10th place in 2021 before...
  • International trade continues with stable increases (Press release 2023-02-07)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to November 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+13.9 % to €1.10 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+91.4 % to €7.67 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • International trade continues to grow in October 2022 (Press release 2023-01-09)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to October 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+13.9 % to €1.01 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+98.9 % to €6.86 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • Außenhandelswerte stiegen auch im September 2022 bei vielfach rückläufigen Mengen (Press release 2022-12-07)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to September 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+12.2 % to €0.91 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+102.3 % to €5.80 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • International trade in goods grows double-digit in August 2022 (Press release 2022-11-08)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to August 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+8.5 % to €0.79 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+124.3 % to €5.31 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • International trade in goods continues to grow in July 2022 (Press release 2022-10-07)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to July 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+10.2 % to €0.69 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+144.7 % to €4.80 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • International trade in goods continues to develop positively in June 2022 (Press release 2022-09-07)
    • ... Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to June 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+12.4 % to €0.61 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+173.2 % to €4.37 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • Economy has continued to grow in the second quarter of 2022 (Press release 2022-09-01)
    • ... The value of gas imports from Russia increased particularly strongly by 272.2 %, while the imported volume was 25.8 % lower in the same period ...
  • International trade in goods with strong increase in May 2022 (Press release 2022-08-08)
    • … Imports from the Ukraine showed an increase in the period January to May 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+14.5 % to €0.51 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+201.8 % to €3.90 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • International trade in goods with slight increase in April 2022 (Presse release 2022-07-08)
    • …Imports from the Ukraine showed a slight increase in the period January to April 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year (+2.3 % to €0.39 bn) ...
    • ... On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+215.5 % to €3.10 bn) compared to the same period in 2021, with gas being the most important import commodity ...
  • Foreign trade deficit rose sharply in 2021 (Press release 2022-06-24)
    • ... With an import share of 0.6% (€1.05 bn) in 2021 and an export share of 0.4 % (€0.62 bn), the Ukraine was not among Austria's most important trading partners. However, in 2021 Austria imported 7.8 % of all crude materials from the Ukraine. 41.2 % of all Austrian iron ore imports came from there. Crude materials accounted for 61.5 % of imports from Ukraine ...
    • ... In the past five years, the Russian Federation has always been among Austria's 20 most important trading partners ...
    • ... The majority of Austrian exports to Russia in 2021 were machinery and vehicles (-23.3 % to €0.65 bn), followed by chemical products (+6.7% to €0.64 bn) ...
  • Foreign trade continues to grow in March 2022 (Press release 2022-06-08)
  • Austrian Recovery Barometer: Österreichs Wirtschaftsleistung im 1. Quartal 2022 (Presentation 2022-06-02)
    • Folie 15: Russland auf Rang 17 der Exportländer von 2017 bis 2021 Russland unter den Importländern auf Rang 12 von 2017 bis 2021 ...
  • International trade in goods in February 2022: imports +21.1%, exports +14.7% (Press release 2022-05-06)
  • International trade in goods in January 2022 shows strong growth in comparison to January 2021 (Press release 2022-04-08)
    • … Before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Austria's foreign trade continued its growth course at the beginning of 2022 with a significant increase in imports of 32.0% and an increase in exports of 21.3% compared to January 2021 ...
  • International trade in goods 2021: significant increases in imports (+23.2%) and exports (+16.1%) (Press release 2022-03-09)
    • ... The most important export partners in 2021 were Germany with 30.1%, Italy with 6.8% and the United States with 6.7%; the Russian Federation was in 17th place with an export share of 1.2% ...
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Last updated on 2023-06-01.
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