Austria and Brazil have bilateral relations since the XIX century, when the archduchess Leopoldina of Habsburg married D. Pedro I, then heir to the throne of Brazil - After that, relations with what today is Austria greatly varied, with special note to the great influx of immigrants and refugees received during the second half of the XIX century and the first half of the XX century.

The bilateral relations of the two countries are guided by similar principles of democracy, human rights, multilateralism, defense of individual freedoms and freedom of speech - in the XXI century, a great approximation between the two countries could be noted, with landmarks such as the first presidential visit of an Austrian head of state to Brazil, the many treaties signed for cooperation in different fields, and the visits of executives and private sector entrepreneurs to both countries.