1. Chokepoints
  2. ›Countries
  3. ›Austria

Austria

net importer

Landlocked: every barrel arrives via Trieste and the TAL/AWP pipelines.

Answer

Austria imports about 167 thousand barrels of crude a day. The largest suppliers are Kazakhstan (57%), Libya (14%) and Saudi Arabia (13%).

Data: 2025 annual averages

Key figures

Crude oil imports, barrels per day
167 thousand
Largest supplier
Kazakhstan · 57%
Real risk
Suez Canal / SUMED · 16%
Petrol 95 (26 Oct)
€1.77

Open on the interactive map →

Where does Austria get its oil from?

Suppliersharethousand b/d
Kazakhstan57%96
Libya14%24
Saudi Arabia13%21
Azerbaijan3%5
Iraq3%5
other sources (not on the map)10%16

UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025

Which chokepoints does Austria's oil pass through?

The main maritime chokepoints on the way are Turkish Straits (57% of imports), Suez Canal / SUMED (16% of imports) and Strait of Hormuz (3% of imports).

Real risk: Suez Canal / SUMED – 16% of imports this way. Depends on the situation in the Red Sea; the Ever Given blockage (2021) halted 12% of world trade for 6 days.

UN Comtrade · 2025

How much crude oil does Austria import?

Imports 167 thousand barrels of crude a day – one supertanker every 12 days. There is practically no domestic production; crude imports cover 68% of fuel consumption, the rest is refined products and biofuels.

JODI-Oil · 2025

Fuel prices – Austria

Petrol 95: €1.77 per litre · Diesel: €2.13 per litre.

  • Petrol 95: 10th cheapest of 27 in the EU; 9% below the EU average.
  • Petrol 95: +€0.26 since 23 Feb (before the crisis): crude oil ≈ +€0.31, refining and margins ≈ −€0.02, taxes −€0.02.
  • taxes and levies: 48% (Petrol 95), 39% (Diesel).

European Commission – Weekly Oil Bulletin · October 26, 2026

Austria: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?

  • February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzAustria: 5 thousand barrels a day (3% of imports) with no way throughWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
  • March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksAustria: 5 thousand barrels a day (3% of imports) with no way throughIEA, 11 Mar 2026
  • September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzAustria: 26 thousand barrels a day (16% of imports) with no way throughCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
  • September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacityAustria: 5 thousand barrels a day (3% of imports) with no way throughwnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026

Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.

Sources

  • UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
  • JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
  • U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
  • European Commission – Weekly Oil Bulletin – national average pump prices with and without taxes, reported weekly by EU member states · October 26, 2026

Related questions

Download the data

CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.

Countries (CSV)Trade routes (CSV)Chokepoints (CSV)Everything (JSON)DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23267750 (Zenodo)

Get updates to this map

One email when something changes: a new scenario, new data, a chokepoint that just closed or reopened.

Your address is used only for these alerts. Unsubscribe with one click.