Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 44.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Austria, 5.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sweden, that number is 7.6% as of 2023.

Life

be 29.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Austria, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Sweden, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.

have 15.1% more children

In Austria, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sweden, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 41.2% more on education

Austria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sweden spends 7.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Sweden: At a glance

Sweden is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 410,335 sq km. A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war for almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both world wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system intermixed with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 and 2009 by the global economic downturns, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.
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