Austria

In brief

Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Europe, 1 of 47. Research spending, share of GDP: 3.3% (2023). World rank 8 of 115 (1 = best); in Europe, 4 of 42. Researchers per million people: 6,634 (2023). World rank 8 of 106 (1 = best); in Europe, 6 of 40. From 2015 to 2025: using the internet 83.9% → 91.9%, electricity use 8,318 → 8,050 (kWh per person), and electricity from fossil fuels 20.8% → 16.5%. Worse than all its neighbours (Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland): home broadband per 100 people.