Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Austria instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

Economy

make 50.2% more money

Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $43,000 as of 2023, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $64,600 as of 2023.

be 12.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Austria, that number is 5.2% as of 2023.

pay a 66.7% higher top tax rate

Puerto Rico has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Austria, the top tax rate is 55.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 85.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Puerto Rico, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Austria, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 46.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Austria, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

have 19.2% more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Austria, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 19.7% more likely to have internet access

In Puerto Rico, approximately 77.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Austria, about 93.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 41.7% more on education

Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. 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, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, 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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