Austria

9.2 million people · EU member

Austria's ID Austria digital ID has about 4.9 million users and the national EU wallet is due by end of 2026. It is in the euro area, so it is covered by the digital euro project. Austria formally rejected the 2024 IHR amendments in 2025 as a provisional step, while the health ministry now says it supports them.

-3Sovereignty scoreDeep inHow it adds up ↓

Digital IDUsed by most adults Digital moneyIn development · Digital euro WHO rulesRejected the 2024 rule changes Pandemic AgreementNo recorded objection Migration compactAbstained Carbon priceEmissions trading

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Austria

Program: ID Austria (E-ID under the E-Government Act); eAusweise
Status: Used by most adults
National ID card: ID card voluntary
Biometrics: Yes
Law: E-Government Act (E-GovG); EU Regulation 2024/1183

ID Austria replaced Handy-Signatur on 5 December 2023 and was notified under eIDAS at level High. A tracker review reports about 4.9 million users (Federal Chancellery, March 2026) and 6.3 million registrations (1 September 2026). The Austrian EU wallet had no launch date as of 5 October 2026. The government goal is all 9 million residents by 2030. EU Regulation 2024/1183 requires every member state to offer citizens a digital identity wallet by the end of 2026.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status: In development
Name: Digital euro

Euro-area member. The ECB says it is preparing a possible first issuance during 2029, with a pilot planned for 2027, and assumes EU law is adopted in 2026. The European Parliament voted on 9 July 2026 to open talks with the Council; no final law is confirmed. A 10 September 2026 parliamentary answer reportedly considers a 2029 launch realistic.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

2026-10-21Rolling it out
In a written answer, the health ministry said Austria supports the targeted IHR amendments and the pandemic agreement. Austrian Parliament — answer to written question 6810/J ↗
2026-07-09Rolling it out
The European Parliament voted 416 to 169 to open talks with the Council on the digital euro law. Sofia Globe — European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro ↗
2026-01-22Pushback
A citizens' initiative, NEINzuIGV.at, was submitted to the National Council asking it to reject the IHR amendments. Pressefeuer — IHR citizens' initiative ↗
2025-07Courts & law
Austria notified WHO that it rejects the 2024 IHR amendments, calling the rejection preliminary and to be withdrawn once Parliament acts. WHO — Circular Letter C.L.26.2025, rejections of the 2024 IHR amendments (mirror copy) ↗
2023-08-04Pushback
Chancellor Karl Nehammer proposed putting cash protection into the constitution. CBS News — Austria's leader wants cash as a constitutional right ↗

UN and WHO

How Austria has voted

WHO: Rejected the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025): No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018): Abstained
Paris climate deal: Party
SDG Index 2026: 84.0 · rank 6 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs): 2

IHR rejection described as provisional pending domestic approval.

Sovereignty score

How the -3 adds up

+1Rejected the WHO's 2024 health-rule changes source ↗
-1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
-1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
-1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
-1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗

Points come only from public, sourced actions we track, scored the same way for every country. It isn't a grade of a whole government. How scoring works →

People pushing back

Groups and cases in Austria

NEINzuIGV.at citizens' initiativeParliamentary citizens' initiative asking the National Council to reject the 2024 IHR amendments, submitted 22 Jan 2026. source ↗

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