Austria

v0.1 · 2022–2024 · 6/6 axes

Composite Score

ISI Composite

0.3825

Moderately Concentrated

Cohort Rank

8 / 27

Less concentrated than 30% of cohort

Axes Coverage

6 / 6

All axes available

Cohort Mean: 0.3444 · Δ +0.0381

Position in Cohort Distribution

Austria's composite score relative to the EU-27 cohort.

Multi-Axis Profile

Deviation from Cohort Mean

Bars show deviation from cohort composite mean (0.3444). Red = above mean. Green = below mean.

Axis

−0.30EU Mean+0.30

ScoreΔ Mean

Financial External Supplier Concentration

0.1490−0.1954

Energy External Supplier Concentration

0.4558+0.1114

Technology External Supplier Concentration

0.2606−0.0838

Defense External Supplier Concentration

0.5851+0.2407

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration

0.3186−0.0258

Logistics External Supplier Concentration

0.5259+0.1815

Structural Exposure Summary

Austria records a composite ISI of 0.3825, classified as Moderately Concentrated (rank 8 of 27). Structural exposure is led by Defense Industrial Dependency (0.5851) and Logistics / Freight Dependency (0.5259), which together represent the primary concentration vectors. The lowest axis score is Financial Sovereignty at 0.1490, indicating relative diversification in this domain and a score below the cohort composite mean. The 0.4360 spread between the highest and lowest axes signals an uneven exposure profile across domains.

Most Diversified (Lowest HHI)

Financial External Supplier Concentration0.1490

Technology External Supplier Concentration0.2606

Most Concentrated (Highest HHI)

Defense External Supplier Concentration0.5851

Logistics External Supplier Concentration0.5259

Axis 1

Financial External Supplier Concentration

0.1490Unconcentrated

Austria scores 0.1490 on financial sovereignty (unconcentrated). This reflects the concentration of inward banking claims and portfolio debt holdings across foreign creditor countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2369

Channel A Volume

173.4K

Channel B Concentration

0.0713

Channel B Volume

195.82K

Score

0.1490

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Banking Claims Concentration

27 partners

BIS — International Banking Statistics · Bank for International Settlements

Top Partners

43.6%

17.1%

8.3%

5.3%

5.2%

4.4%

3.1%

2.7%

2.2%

1.9%

Other

43.6%

17.1%

8.3%

5.3%

5.2%

Other

14.4%

Ch. B: Portfolio Debt Concentration

IMF — Financial Statistics · International Monetary Fund

Warnings

◆ [Medium]BIS creditor coverage gap: non-BIS-reporting countries absent as creditors; concentration may be biased upward.
◆ [Medium]IMF CPIS participation is voluntary; China does not participate. Portfolio debt concentration may understate true exposure.
● [Low]Partial overlap between Channel A (bank claims) and Channel B (portfolio debt securities held by banks).
● [Low]Croatia (HR) absent from Channel B (IMF CPIS). Score reduces to Channel A only.

Axis 2

Energy External Supplier Concentration

0.4558Moderately Concentrated

Austria scores 0.4558 on energy dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of fossil fuel imports (gas, oil, solid fossil fuels) across supplier countries.

Channels

Ch. gas: Natural Gas Import Concentration

4 partners

Eurostat — Natural Gas Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

NSP

50.0%

NSP

50.0%

NSP

50.0%

NSP

50.0%

Ch. oil: Oil Import Concentration

306 partners

Eurostat — Oil Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Ch. solid_fossil: Solid Fossil Fuel Import Concentration

78 partners

Eurostat — Solid Fossil Fuels Trade · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

50.0%

Fuel Concentrations

Gas

0.5000

Oil

0.3424

Solid Fossil

0.3410

Warnings

◆ [Medium]Pipeline gas and LNG not separated. A country importing 50% pipeline gas from Russia and 50% LNG from multiple sources scores as if partially diversified.
◆ [Medium]Re-exports and transit flows may distort bilateral attribution across all fuel types.
● [Low]No price or contract-duration effects captured. Volume-based concentration only.

Axis 3

Technology External Supplier Concentration

0.2606Moderately Concentrated

Austria scores 0.2606 on technology/semiconductor dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of semiconductor imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2456

Channel A Volume

4.76B

Channel B Concentration

0.2756

Channel B Volume

4.76B

Score

0.2606

Basis

Both Channels

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

108 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

46.7%

7.9%

7.6%

7.1%

6.9%

4.4%

4.1%

3.7%

1.5%

1.4%

Other

46.7%

7.9%

7.6%

7.1%

6.9%

Other

15.0%

Ch. B: Category-Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Legacy Discrete	0.5470	1.18B
Legacy Components	0.2599	151.13M
Integrated Circuits	0.1832	3.43B

Warnings

◆ [Medium]Re-export blindness: bilateral trade records shipping country, not country of origin.
● [Low]Trade concentration does not capture domestic fabrication capacity.
● [Low]HS 8542 at HS4 aggregate: integrated circuits not decomposed into subcategories.
● [Low]Intra-EU trade included: EU partners appear as suppliers (by design).
● [Low]Three-year window (2022–2024) may include pandemic-era distortions.

Axis 4

Defense External Supplier Concentration

0.5851Highly Concentrated

Austria scores 0.5851 on defense industrial dependency (highly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of major conventional arms imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.4968

Channel A Volume

101.1600

Channel B Concentration

0.6734

Channel B Volume

101.1600

Score

0.5851

Basis

Both Channels

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

5 partners

SIPRI Arms Transfers Database · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Top Partners

68.7%

8.6%

8.3%

7.9%

6.5%

68.7%

8.6%

8.3%

7.9%

6.5%

Ch. B: Capability-Block Weighted Concentration

SIPRI Arms Transfers Database · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Air Power	0.6639	40.7
Land Combat	0.5003	16.4
Isr Support	0.7466	44.06

Warnings

◆ [Medium]SIPRI TIV is a volume indicator, not a financial value. Comparability across weapon types is approximate.
◆ [Medium]SIPRI covers major conventional weapons only. Small arms, ammunition, MRO, and sustainment contracts are excluded.
● [Low]Six-year delivery window (2019–2024) may include legacy contracts not reflecting current strategic posture.
● [Low]Regex-based weapon classification may cause edge-case misclassification across capability blocks.
● [Low]Countries with no bilateral SIPRI supplier entries are assigned score=0 (zero external concentration). This reflects licensed production, joint EU procurement, or domestic manufacturing.

Axis 5

Critical Inputs External Supplier Concentration

0.3186Moderately Concentrated

Austria scores 0.3186 on critical inputs dependency (moderately concentrated). This reflects the concentration of critical raw material imports across supplier countries.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.2282

Channel A Volume

1.28B

Channel B Concentration

0.4089

Channel B Volume

1.28B

Score

0.3186

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Aggregate Supplier Concentration

58 partners

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

37.8%

25.6%

10.8%

7.8%

2.4%

2.2%

1.4%

1.3%

1.2%

37.8%

25.6%

10.8%

7.8%

2.4%

Other

7.2%

Ch. B: Material-Group Weighted Supplier Concentration

Eurostat Comext — Detailed Trade Statistics · European Commission, Eurostat

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Rare Earths	0.8952	1.95M
Battery Metals	0.4967	653.53M
Defense Industrial Metals	0.2574	222.9M
Semiconductor Inputs	0.2930	128.08M
Fertilizer Chokepoints	0.3730	270M

Warnings

▲ [High]Re-export and entrepot masking: bilateral trade records shipping country, not origin. 13 of 27 reporters source >50% from EU partners.
◆ [Medium]Small-economy amplification: CY, MT, LU produce mechanically high HHI values due to low total import volumes.
◆ [Medium]CN8 scope covers upstream materials only. Midstream processing and downstream products excluded. China's role understated.
● [Low]Confidential trade suppression: Q-prefix partner codes excluded. May cause underestimation for some partners.

Axis 6

Logistics External Supplier Concentration

0.5259Highly Concentrated

Austria scores 0.5259 on logistics/freight dependency (highly concentrated). This reflects the concentration of international freight across transport modes and bilateral partners.

Audit Breakdown

Channel A Concentration

0.6510

Channel A Volume

304.33K

Channel B Concentration

0.3943

Channel B Volume

289.27K

Score

0.5259

Basis

Both

Channels

Ch. A: Transport Mode Concentration

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Ch. B: Partner Concentration Per Transport Mode

59 partners

Eurostat — Statistical Database · European Commission, Eurostat

Top Partners

62.6%

42.9%

17.8%

16.6%

10.4%

6.5%

5.8%

4.8%

3.8%

3.3%

Other

62.6%

42.9%

17.8%

16.6%

10.4%

Other

24.1%

Subcategories

Category	HHI	Volume
Road	0.4267	240.11K
Rail	0.2363	49.16K

Warnings

▲ [High]Entrepot/hub masking: NL and BE scores understate their systemic importance as continental freight hubs; countries trading through NL/BE have inflated partner concentration masking true origin.
◆ [Medium]Geographic determinism: MT (Channel A HHI = 1.0), CY, and landlocked countries have structurally constrained scores reflecting geography, not policy choices.
◆ [Medium]Maritime-energy overlap: maritime tonnage includes energy commodity transport, creating partial redundancy with Axis 3 (Energy).
◆ [Medium]Tonnage blindness: all freight is treated equally per tonne regardless of commodity type; strategic commodity differentiation is absent.
● [Low]No route/chokepoint data: the axis cannot detect Suez, Bosporus, or any physical corridor dependency.

Cite: Drazsky, S., & International Sovereignty Institute. (2026). International Sovereignty Index (ISI) — EU-27 Founding Cohort (v1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18764170

Category

HHI

Volume

Legacy Discrete

0.5470

1.18B

Legacy Components

0.2599

151.13M

Integrated Circuits

0.1832

3.43B

Category

HHI

Volume

Air Power

0.6639

40.7

Land Combat

0.5003

16.4

Isr Support

0.7466

44.06

Category

HHI

Volume

Rare Earths

0.8952

1.95M

Battery Metals

0.4967

653.53M

Defense Industrial Metals

0.2574

222.9M

Semiconductor Inputs

0.2930

128.08M

Fertilizer Chokepoints

0.3730

270M

Category

HHI

Volume

Road

0.4267

240.11K

Rail

0.2363

49.16K