Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Austria instead of Australia, you would:

Health

be 30.7% less likely to be obese

In Australia, 29.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Austria, that number is 20.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 42.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Australia, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Austria, that number is 5.2% as of 2023.

be 10.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Austria, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

pay a 22.2% higher top tax rate

Australia has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Austria, the top tax rate is 55.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Australia, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Austria, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

have 23.8% fewer children

In Australia, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Austria, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 16.4% less on education

Australia spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Austria spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Australian Taxation Office, Federal Ministry of Finance.

Austria: At a glance

Austria is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 82,445 sq km. Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
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