Austria’s Schengen visa data over the past decade shows a steady rise before 2020, a sharp dip during the pandemic, and a strong recovery by 2024. This page looks at Austria Schengen visa statistics from 2014 to 2024, focusing on application volumes, approval rates, and how Austria compares within overall Schengen visa trends.
Austria Schengen Visa Statistics — Quick Snapshot (2014–2024)
- Total applications (2014–2024): 2,460,688
- Applications in 2024: 262,017
- Approvals in 2024: 226,191 (≈ 86.3% — Austria visa approval rate 2024)
- Denials in 2024: 35,817 (≈ 13.7% — Schengen visa refusal for Austria)
- Austria share of Schengen applications (2024): ≈ 2.24% of total Schengen requests
Austria Schengen Visa Applications Year-by-Year at a Glance
- Pre-2020: steady-to-growing volume (Austria visa applications 2014-2019).
- 2020–2021: sharp pandemic drop (applications collapsed).
- 2022–2024: recovery and rebound — by 2024 we’re near pre-pandemic volume.
Data Table: Austria Schengen Visa Statistics (2014–2024)
| Year | Applications | Approvals | Denials | Approval Rate (%) | Denial Rate (%) |
| 2014 | 266,356 | 259,156 | 7,204 | 97.30 | 2.70 |
| 2015 | 259,167 | 250,603 | 8,564 | 96.70 | 3.30 |
| 2016 | 268,388 | 260,215 | 8,173 | 96.95 | 3.05 |
| 2017 | 304,556 | 290,323 | 14,233 | 95.27 | 4.67 |
| 2018 | 306,133 | 287,035 | 19,098 | 93.77 | 6.24 |
| 2019 | 323,262 | 312,836 | 16,775 | 96.78 | 5.19 |
| 2020 | 45,014 | 42,502 | 2,512 | 94.37 | 5.58 |
| 2021 | 44,616 | 40,178 | 4,438 | 90.04 | 9.95 |
| 2022 | 151,566 | 127,044 | 23,984 | 83.80 | 15.83 |
| 2023 | 229,613 | 196,691 | 32,922 | 85.66 | 14.34 |
| 2024 | 262,017 | 226,191 | 35,817 | 86.30 | 13.67 |
Top Source Countries Applying to Austria (2024)
- China: 51,761 applications
- India: 43,504 applications
- Saudi Arabia: 24,782 applications
- Türkiye: 23,171 applications
- Thailand: 14,423 applications
Where Austria Sits in the Schengen Scene
- Schengen totals 2024: roughly 11.7 million short-stay visa applications across all Schengen countries.
- Austria’s portion: ~2.2% of Schengen visa demand in 2024.
- Global Schengen visa trends: rebound post-2021; demand back to near-2019 levels by 2024.
Expenditures on Austria Schengen visa applications (2024)
- Total applicant fees (2024): €196,855,040 — total paid in official visa fees for Austria applications.
- Fees from rejected applications (2024): €13,897,600 — the portion of application fees paid for Schengen visa refusals.
- Top rejected-fee nationality (2024): India — €766,320 lost to refusals.
- Pandemic highlight (2020–2022): Russia was a top spender during the pandemic (€2,340,960); total spent on rejected visas in those years was €2,474,720.
- Pre-pandemic highlight (2014–2019): Chinese applicants were the biggest spenders before COVID (€28,404,400); total spent on rejected visas pre-pandemic was €5,923,760.