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Austria vs Germany

195 shared metrics.

AustriaLeads in 87

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GermanyLeads in 108

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What matters for both sides

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Austria

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Austria.

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Curated stat

Almost two-thirds of Austria is Alpine, so the mountains are not just scenery.

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Germany

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany.

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Curated stat

Germany's Mittelstand companies account for almost 60% of jobs.

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Analysis

Germany leads in 108 of 195 shared metrics, while Austria leads in 87.

Austria's Firms Asked for Bribes is 24.3x that of Germany (2.5% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

Austria's Capital Elevation is 4.8x that of Germany (198 m vs 34 m).

Austria's Political Corruption Index is 3.0x that of Germany (0.10 vs 0.02).

Austria's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 1.5x that of Germany (2.6% of GDP vs 1.0% of GDP).

Austria's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 1.4x that of Germany (25.64% of GDP vs 10.64% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesAustria leads

Austria

2.5% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Capital ElevationAustria leads

Austria

198 m

Germany

34 m

Political Corruption IndexAustria leads

Austria

0.10

Germany

0.02

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

2.6% of GDP

Germany

1.0% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

25.64% of GDP

Germany

10.64% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsAustria leads

Germany

Austria

1.0

Germany

595

100% lower

Austria

1.9 per 1M people

Germany

0.99 per 1M people

88% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Germany

Austria

33.37M kW

Germany

275.66M kW

88% lower

Scientific Publications

Germany

Austria

14.5K

Germany

114.0K

87% lower

Comparison of Austria and Germany across 195 metrics
				Winner
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.5% of firms	0.10% of firms	2426% higher	Austria
Capital Elevation	198 m	34 m	482% higher	Austria
Political Corruption Index	0.10	0.02	296% higher	Austria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	151% higher	Austria
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	25.64% of GDP	10.64% of GDP	141% higher	Austria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	171.99 per 100k	73.03 per 100k	136% higher	Austria
Renewable Energy (%)	36%	17.6%	105% higher	Austria
Merchant Fleet Size	1.0	595	100% lower	Germany
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Austria
Foreign Patents	175	18.7K	99% lower	Germany
Domestic Patents	1.9K	39.8K	95% lower	Germany
Airports	64	840	92% lower	Germany
Irrigated Land	382 km²	5.1K km²	92% lower	Germany
Total CO2 Emissions	58.03 Mt CO2e	579.94 Mt CO2e	90% lower	Germany
Population	9.17M	84.01M	89% lower	Germany
GDP (Nominal)	$534,790,720,466.82	$4,685,592,577,804.69	89% lower	Germany
Water Withdrawal	3.1 B m³	25.79 B m³	88% lower	Germany
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	1.9 per 1M people	0.99 per 1M people	88% higher	Austria
Electric Generating Capacity	33.37M kW	275.66M kW	88% lower	Germany
Scientific Publications	14.5K	114.0K	87% lower	Germany
Armed Forces Personnel	23.0K	183.0K	87% lower	Germany
Railway Network	5.0K km	33.4K km	85% lower	Germany
Railway Length	6.1K km	39.4K km	84% lower	Germany
Electricity Generation	78.54 TWh	476.87 TWh	84% lower	Germany
Renewable Energy (%)	43.35%	23.97%	81% higher	Austria
Financial Hardship	13.1% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	79% higher	Austria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	55 sites	78% lower	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.0% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	77% lower	Germany
Land Area	82.5K km²	349.4K km²	76% lower	Germany
Water Stress (%)	5.7%	24.11%	76% lower	Germany
Tourism Revenue	$15,362,000,000	$58,372,000,000	74% lower	Germany
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	98 gold medals	326 gold medals	70% lower	Germany
Gender Gap in Work	3.5 min/day	11.14 min/day	68% lower	Germany
Forest Area	39.0K km²	114.2K km²	66% lower	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	116.91 gCO2/kWh	329.65 gCO2/kWh	65% lower	Germany
Firms Hit by Power Outages	9.5% of firms	5.8% of firms	63% higher	Austria
All-Time Olympic Medals	370 medals	981 medals	62% lower	Germany
Job Insecurity	2.3% of earnings at risk	1.4% of earnings at risk	61% higher	Austria
Youth Unemployment Rate	11% of youth labor force	6.9% of youth labor force	60% higher	Austria
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	3.4%	60% higher	Austria
Wind Electricity Share	11.35%	27.18%	58% lower	Germany
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.5% of adults 16+	5.7% of adults 16+	56% lower	Germany
Population Density	110.66 /km²	238.35 /km²	54% lower	Germany
Low Life Satisfaction	5.2% of adults 16+	11.07% of adults 16+	53% lower	Germany
Homicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.40 per 100k	50% higher	Austria
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Germany
Long Work Hours	4.2% of employees	2.9% of employees	47% higher	Austria
Military Spending	1.00% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	47% lower	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	47.24%	32.68%	45% higher	Austria
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.26% of adults	14.08% of adults	44% higher	Austria
Air Passengers	46.04M	80.20M	43% lower	Germany
Loneliness	4.3% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	42% lower	Germany
Firms with Female Top Manager	18.91% of firms	13.29% of firms	42% higher	Austria
Imports (% GDP)	53.15% of GDP	37.66% of GDP	41% higher	Austria
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.6 per 100k	3.3 per 100k	39% higher	Austria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	22.78 per 1M people	16.38 per 1M people	39% higher	Austria
Depression Rate	5.6% of adults 15+	9.1% of adults 15+	38% lower	Germany
Fuel Poverty	4.0% of adults 16+	6.3% of adults 16+	37% lower	Germany
Political Voice	18.09% who feel heard by government	28.93% who feel heard by government	37% lower	Germany
Youth NEET Rate	10.75% of youth 15-24	8.0% of youth 15-24	34% higher	Austria
Housing Cost Burden	12.41% of households	9.2% of households	34% higher	Austria
Agricultural Land (%)	31.47%	47.47%	34% lower	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	55.68% of GDP	41.43% of GDP	34% higher	Austria
Broadband Access (%)	30 per 100 people	45 per 100 people	33% lower	Germany
Land Border Length	2.5K km	3.7K km	32% lower	Germany
Road Deaths	4.4 per 100k	3.4 per 100k	31% higher	Austria
Time Dissatisfaction	10.0% of adults 16+	14.57% of adults 16+	31% lower	Germany
Women in Senior Management	36.35% of managers	27.69% of managers	31% higher	Austria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	7.8K kWh/person	5.9K kWh/person	31% higher	Austria
Overcrowded Housing	11.67% of households	9.0% of households	30% higher	Austria
Teen Birth Rate	3.8 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	30% lower	Germany
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	66.86 per 100k people	51.31 per 100k people	30% higher	Austria
Obesity Rate	17.04%	24.16%	29% lower	Germany
Highest Elevation	3.8K m	3.0K m	28% higher	Austria
Inflation Rate	2.9%	2.3%	26% higher	Austria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% higher	Austria
Protected Land (%)	29.6%	39.3%	25% lower	Germany
Vehicles per 1,000 People	849.48 per 1k people	687.59 per 1k people	24% higher	Austria
Poor Health	8.4% reporting poor health	10.9% reporting poor health	23% lower	Germany
Government Debt (% GDP)	78.3% of GDP	63.9% of GDP	23% higher	Austria
Spirits Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	2.1 L/person/yr	22% lower	Germany
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.5 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	22% higher	Austria
Median Wealth	$189,148	$155,912	21% higher	Austria
Happiness Inequality	2.0 vs bottom 20%	2.6 vs bottom 20%	21% lower	Germany
Tourist Arrivals	15.09M	12.45M	21% higher	Austria
Solar Electricity Share	14.08%	17.91%	21% lower	Germany
Long-Term Unemployment	1.1% of workforce	0.95% of workforce	20% higher	Austria
Relationship Inequality	1.6 vs bottom 20%	2.0 vs bottom 20%	20% lower	Germany
Poverty Rate	9.6% of population	11.8% of population	19% lower	Germany
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.2% of firms	1.5% of firms	19% lower	Germany
Tobacco Use Prevalence	25.3% of adults	21.5% of adults	18% higher	Austria
University Enrollment Rate	91.68%	78.59%	17% higher	Austria
Smoking Rate	24.9%	21.3%	17% higher	Austria
Gender Pay Gap (%)	11.96% of male wages	14.25% of male wages	16% lower	Germany
Child Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	16% lower	Germany
Infant Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	16% lower	Germany
Low Adult Numeracy	19.8% of adults	17.24% of adults	15% higher	Austria
Low Adult Literacy	4.8% of adults	4.2% of adults	15% higher	Austria
Death Rate	10.21 per 1k	11.96 per 1k	15% lower	Germany
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	15% lower	Germany
Researchers	6.7K per 1M	5.8K per 1M	15% higher	Austria
Urban Population (%)	69.47%	82.02%	15% lower	Germany
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.52 per 100k	18.04 per 100k	14% higher	Austria
Green Space Access	77.25% of urban pop.	67.47% of urban pop.	14% higher	Austria
Hypertension Prevalence	34.4% of adults	30.2% of adults	14% higher	Austria
Seafood Consumption per Person	14.45 kg/person/yr	12.66 kg/person/yr	14% higher	Austria
Informal Employment Share	3.4% of employed people	3.9% of employed people	14% lower	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.4 vs bottom 20%	5.1 vs bottom 20%	13% lower	Germany
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.3K kg oil eq/person	2.9K kg oil eq/person	13% higher	Austria
Time Use Inequality	2.5 vs bottom 20%	2.8 vs bottom 20%	12% lower	Germany
Suicide Rate	14.51 per 100k	12.9 per 100k	12% higher	Austria
Beer Consumption	5.9 L/person/yr	5.3 L/person/yr	11% higher	Austria
Nurses & Midwives	10.93 per 1k	12.3 per 1k	11% lower	Germany
Elderly Population (%)	20.61%	23.2%	11% lower	Germany
Border Neighbors	8.0	9.0	11% lower	Germany
Corruption Perceptions Index	69 pts	77 pts	10% lower	Germany
Average Earnings	$75,767.15	$69,433.06	9% higher	Austria
Safety at Night	83% feeling safe at night	76% feeling safe at night	9% higher	Austria
Life Satisfaction	7.6 pts	7.0 pts	9% higher	Austria
Dependency Ratio	53.46% of working-age pop.	59% of working-age pop.	9% lower	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.1 per 1k	7.8 per 1k	9% lower	Germany
CO2 Per Capita	6.2 t/person/yr	6.8 t/person/yr	9% lower	Germany
Voter Turnout	76.25% of votes	82.54% of votes	8% lower	Germany
Low-Wage Workers	14.26% of workers	15.47% of workers	8% lower	Germany
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.88% of GDP	11.8% of GDP	8% lower	Germany
Job Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.2 pts	7% higher	Austria
Unpaid Work Hours	10.83% of adults 15-64	11.58% of adults 15-64	7% lower	Germany
Relationship Satisfaction	8.6 pts	8.0 pts	7% higher	Austria
Wealth Concentration	51.51% of wealth	55.55% of wealth	7% lower	Germany
Low Reading Skills	15.53% of students	16.7% of students	7% lower	Germany
Low Math Skills	15.53% of students	16.7% of students	7% lower	Germany
Low Science Skills	15.53% of students	16.7% of students	7% lower	Germany
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$46,610	$49,850	6% lower	Germany
Time Satisfaction	7.4 pts	7.0 pts	6% higher	Austria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.93 µg/m³	10.29 µg/m³	6% higher	Austria
Can Raise Emergency Money	93.55% of adults	87.88% of adults	6% higher	Austria
Employment Rate (%)	78.2% of adults 25-64	82.39% of adults 25-64	5% lower	Germany
Self-Rated Health	67.7% reporting good health	64.6% reporting good health	5% higher	Austria
Adult Literacy	257.54 pts	269.69 pts	5% lower	Germany
Earnings Inequality	3.1 vs bottom 10%	2.9 vs bottom 10%	5% higher	Austria
Numeracy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	5% lower	Germany
Literacy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	5% lower	Germany
Median Age	43.1 years	45.1 years	5% lower	Germany
Chronic Pain	28.5% of adults 15+	27.5% of adults 15+	4% higher	Austria
Inequality (Gini)	31.2	32.4	4% lower	Germany
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.94	4% lower	Germany
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	124 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	4% lower	Germany
Homicide Rate	0.88 per 100k	0.91 per 100k	4% lower	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	58.98% of adults	56.52% of adults	4% higher	Austria
Housing Affordability	79.34% of income	81.92% of income	3% lower	Germany
Math Skills	487.27 pts	474.83 pts	3% higher	Austria
Human Development Index	0.93	0.96	3% lower	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.76	0.78	3% lower	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	11.51 L/adult/yr	11.84 L/adult/yr	3% lower	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.45%	17.98%	3% higher	Austria
Home Internet Access	91.01% of households	88.84% of households	2% higher	Austria
Adult Numeracy	270.29 pts	276.53 pts	2% lower	Germany
Social Time	7.1 hrs/week	7.0 hrs/week	2% higher	Austria
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Germany
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Germany
Women in Parliament (%)	36.07%	35.33%	2% higher	Austria
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.1%	96.2%	2% higher	Austria
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	2% higher	Austria
Youth Population (%)	14.23%	13.91%	2% higher	Austria
Food Waste per Person	131 kg/person/yr	129 kg/person/yr	2% higher	Austria
Leisure Time	15.52 hrs/day	15.62 hrs/day	1% lower	Germany
Lack of Support	10.31% of adults 15+	10.24% of adults 15+	1% higher	Austria
Meat Consumption per Person	87.23 kg/person/yr	87.79 kg/person/yr	1% lower	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.46 hrs/week	33.2 hrs/week	1% higher	Austria
Internet Users (%)	95%	94%	1% higher	Austria
GNI Per Capita	$54,760	$55,090	1% lower	Germany
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.89%	99.92%	1% lower	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	99.97%	99.23%	1% higher	Austria
Birth Rate	8.8 per 1k	8.9 per 1k	1% lower	Germany
Life Expectancy	81.5 years	80.5 years	1% higher	Austria
Electoral Democracy Index	0.84	0.83	1% higher	Austria
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	6.9 pts	1% lower	Germany
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$71,621.8	$72,295.24	1% lower	Germany
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	1% higher	Austria
Job Strain	28.52% of employees	28.53% of employees	equal	Germany
Reading Skills	480.41 pts	479.79 pts	equal	Austria
Science Skills	491.27 pts	492.43 pts	equal	Germany
Social Support	89.69% of adults 15+	89.72% of adults 15+	equal	Germany
Air Pollution Exposure	99.99% of population	99.98% of population	equal	Austria
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Austria
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	equal	Germany
Milk Consumption per Person	258.09 kg/person/yr	258.7 kg/person/yr	equal	Germany
Coastline Length	0 km	2.4K km	ranked lower	Germany
Coal Electricity Share	0%	20.61%	ranked lower	Germany
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Austria
GDP Growth Rate	-0.66%	-0.5%	ranked lower	Germany
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,208.64	$6,232.59	equal	Germany
Lowest Elevation	115 m	-3.5 m	ranked higher	Austria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.92	0.91	equal	Austria
Digital Payments Used	99.3% of adults	99.48% of adults	equal	Germany

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Analysis

Germany leads in 108 of 195 shared metrics, while Austria leads in 87.

Austria's Firms Asked for Bribes is 24.3x that of Germany (2.5% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

Austria's Capital Elevation is 4.8x that of Germany (198 m vs 34 m).

Austria's Political Corruption Index is 3.0x that of Germany (0.10 vs 0.02).

Austria's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 1.5x that of Germany (2.6% of GDP vs 1.0% of GDP).

Austria's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 1.4x that of Germany (25.64% of GDP vs 10.64% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesAustria leads

Austria

2.5% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Capital ElevationAustria leads

Austria

198 m

Germany

34 m

Political Corruption IndexAustria leads

Austria

0.10

Germany

0.02

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

2.6% of GDP

Germany

1.0% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

25.64% of GDP

Germany

10.64% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsAustria leads

Austria

171.99 per 100k

Germany

73.03 per 100k

Firms Asked for Bribes

2.5% of firms

0.10% of firms

Capital Elevation

198 m

34 m

Political Corruption Index

0.10

0.02

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.6% of GDP

1.0% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

25.64% of GDP

10.64% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

171.99 per 100k

73.03 per 100k

Renewable Energy (%)

36%

17.6%

Merchant Fleet Size

1.0

595

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Foreign Patents

175

18.7K

Domestic Patents

1.9K

39.8K

Airports

840

Irrigated Land

382 km²

5.1K km²

Total CO2 Emissions

58.03 Mt CO2e

579.94 Mt CO2e

Population

9.17M

84.01M

GDP (Nominal)

$534,790,720,466.82

$4,685,592,577,804.69

Water Withdrawal

3.1 B m³

25.79 B m³

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

1.9 per 1M people

0.99 per 1M people

Electric Generating Capacity

33.37M kW

275.66M kW

Scientific Publications

14.5K

114.0K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Asked for Bribes

Capital Elevation

Political Corruption Index

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Renewable Energy (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Official Languages Count

Foreign Patents

Domestic Patents

Airports

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Population

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Armed Forces Personnel

Railway Network

Railway Length

Electricity Generation

Renewable Energy (%)

Financial Hardship

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Land Area

Water Stress (%)

Tourism Revenue

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Gender Gap in Work

Forest Area

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Firms Hit by Power Outages

All-Time Olympic Medals

Job Insecurity

Youth Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Wind Electricity Share

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Population Density

Low Life Satisfaction

Homicide Rate

Time Zones Count

Long Work Hours

Military Spending

Forest Coverage (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Air Passengers

Loneliness

Firms with Female Top Manager

Imports (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Depression Rate

Fuel Poverty

Political Voice

Youth NEET Rate

Housing Cost Burden

Agricultural Land (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Land Border Length

Road Deaths

Time Dissatisfaction

Women in Senior Management

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Overcrowded Housing

Teen Birth Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People