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War in Ukraine

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

Population

  • Austrian population grew to 9.16 million (Press release 2024-02-13)
    • ...After the immigration of Ukrainian nationals led to record growth of 1.4% in 2022, the population increase in 2023 was much more moderate at +0.6%...
  • Pupil numbers increased in 2022/23 (Press release 2023-12-19)
    • ...The increase is particularly evident in compulsory general education schools and is mainly due to the migration from Ukraine from spring 2022 onwards...
    • ...Due to the war in Ukraine, the number of primary school pupils with non-Austrian citizenship in particular increased again significantly...
  • Immigration leads to further population growth (Press release 2023-11-22)
    • ...Having already reached the nine million mark in 2022 due to immigration from Ukraine, Austriaʼs population will grow by 6.6% to 9.7 million by 2040...
    • ...“Austriaʼs population is growing – and this is solely due to immigration. In 2022, migration from Ukraine led to a significant increase in the population...
  • More than a quarter of the population has roots abroad (Press release 2023-08-24)
    • ...For decades, Austria has been growing primarily through immigration, last year especially due to refugee migration from Ukraine...
    • ...Since 2015, the largest increases in absolute numbers have been among persons with Romanian (+74 100), Ukrainian (+71 000), Syrian (+70 900) and German citizenship (+54 500)...
    • ...The lowest perceived affiliation with Austria can be found among migrants from Ukraine (54%)...
    • ...Language use is closely related to German language skills. (...) This proportion is lowest among immigrants from Ukraine, Syria and Türkiye
  • 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

  • Imports down in 2023, exports up slightly (Press release 2024-03-08)
    • ...With an import share of 0.5% (€0.93 bn) and an export share of 0.3% (€0.62 bn) in 2023, Ukraine was not among Austriaʼs most important trading partners...
    • ...However, in 2023, Austria imported 6.6% of all crude materials from Ukraine.
    • ...Crude materials accounted for 51.8% of imports from Ukraine...
    • ...In the past five years, the Russian Federation has always been among Austriaʼs 20 most important trading partners...
    • ...With an import share of 2.0% (€4.06 bn), the Russian Federation now reached eleventh place in 2023, after the sixth place in 2022...
    • ...The majority of Austrian exports to Russia in 2023 were chemical products (−12.2% to €0.63 bn), followed by machinery and vehicles (−51.2% to €0.24 bn)...
  • Positive trade balance in November 2023 (Press release 2024-02-07)
    • ...In the period January to November 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 9.1% to €0.88 bn compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to November 2021)...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a decrease (−6.3% to €3.75 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • Exports increased in October 2023 (Press release 2024-01-09)
    • ...In the period January to October 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 8.2% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to October 2021) to €0.81 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a decrease (−0.3% to €3.44 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine...
  • Austrian international trade continued to decline in September 2023 (Press release 2023-12-07)
    • ...In the period January to September 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 8.4% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to September 2021) to €0.74 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+10.9% to €3.18 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • Imports and exports declined in August 2023 (Press release 2023-11-09)
    • ...In the period January to August 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 6.2% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to August 2021) to €0.68 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+23.3% to €2.92 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • Austrian exports further increased in July 2023 (Press release 2023-10-06)
    • ...In the period January to July 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 3.2% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to July 2021) to €0.61 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+37.2% to €2.69 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • Foreign affiliates of Austrian enterprises in 118 countries of the world in 2021 (Press release 2023-10-06)
    • ...In the year before the Russian Federation attacked the Ukraine, the number of Austrian affiliates still increased slightly in both countries (Russian Federation: +11, Ukraine: +2 in absolute numbers)...
  • Exports increased in the first half of 2023, imports decreased slightly (Press release 2023-09-07)
    • ...In the period January to June 2023, imports from Ukraine decreased by 2.4% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January to June 2021) to €0.53 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+50.5% to €2.41 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • International trade in goods in May 2023 with slight decreases (Press release 2023-08-09)
    • ...In the period January to May 2023, imports from Ukraine showed a decrease by 0.6% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January–May 2021) to €0.45 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+70.5% to €2.20 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • Exports in April 2023 still positive at +5.4% (Press release 2023-07-07)
    • ...In the period January to April 2023, imports from Ukraine showed a decrease by 7.5% compared to the same period before the start of the war (January–April 2021) to €0.35 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+89.9% to €1.86 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity....
  • Expensive energy imports caused trade deficit to rise sharply in 2022 (Press release 2023-06-28)
    • ...With an import share of 0.5% (€1.18 bn) in 2022 and an export share of 0.3% (€0.51 bn), Ukraine was not among Austriaʼs most important trading partners. However, in 2022 Austria imported 7.2% of all crude materials from Ukraine. 
    • ...Crude materials accounted for 55.5% of imports from Ukraine...
    • ...Considering the international trade with Ukraine over the past ten years, the import side in particular shows an increase in value in 2022 compared to the previous years...
    • ...In the past five years, the Russian Federation has always been among Austria's 20 most important trading partners. With an import share of 3.8% (€8.25 bn), the Russian Federation now reached 6th place in 2022, after the 10th place in 2021 before...
    • ...The majority of Austrian exports to Russia in 2022 were chemical products (+12.1% to €0.72 bn), followed by machinery and vehicles (−23.8% to €0.50 bn)...
  • Positive trade balance in March 2023 (Press release 2023-06-07)
    • ...In the period January to March 2023, imports from Ukraine showed a decrease by 10.0 % compared to the same period before the start of the war (January–March 2021) to €0.27 bn...
    • ...On the import side, trade with the Russian Federation showed a significant increase (+113.8 % to €1.53 bn) compared to the same period in 2021 before the start of the war with Ukraine, with gas being the most important import commodity...
  • 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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  • Energy consumption decreased by 5% in 2022 (Press release 2023-10-31)
    • ...The warmer weather but also the massive increase in energy and fuel prices with the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022 caused energy consumption in Austria to fall in 2022 almost to the low level of the first pandemic year in 2020...
  • R&D expenditures rise to around €15.5 billion (Press release 2023-04-21)
    • ...The estimate on 2023 is particularly subject to uncertainty given the overall unpredictability of the world economy due to the war on Ukraine and its economic impacts...
  • Austrian research intensity expected to be 3.26% in 2022 (Press release 2022-04-22) 
    • …The estimate for 2022 is subject to particular uncertainty given the unpredictability of the overall economic development due to COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine ...
Last updated on 2024-03-08.