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Austria vs Italy

195 shared metrics.

AustriaLeads in 104

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ItalyLeads in 91

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What matters for both sides

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Austria

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Austria.

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

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Italy

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Identity

Formal name: Italian Republic.

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Perdasdefogu in Sardinia set a record for the largest concentration of centenarians.

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Analysis

Austria leads in 104 of 195 shared metrics, while Italy leads in 91.

Austria's Capital Elevation is 8.4x that of Italy (198 m vs 21 m).

Austria's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 4.9x that of Italy (1.9 per 1M people vs 0.31 per 1M people).

Austria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 3.6x that of Italy (66.86 per 100k people vs 14.38 per 100k people).

Austria's Low-Wage Workers is 3.3x that of Italy (14.26% of workers vs 3.3% of workers).

Austria's Spirits Consumption is 2.6x that of Italy (1.6 L/person/yr vs 0.46 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationAustria leads

Austria

198 m

Italy

21 m

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleAustria leads

Austria

1.9 per 1M people

Italy

0.31 per 1M people

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Austria leads

Austria

66.86 per 100k people

Italy

14.38 per 100k people

Low-Wage WorkersAustria leads

Austria

14.26% of workers

Italy

3.3% of workers

Spirits ConsumptionAustria leads

Austria

1.6 L/person/yr

Italy

0.46 L/person/yr

Beer ConsumptionAustria leads

Austria

Italy

Austria

1.0

Italy

1.3K

100% lower

Official Languages Count

Austria

2.0

Italy

1.0

100% higher

Irrigated Land

Italy

Austria

382 km²

Italy

24.5K km²

98% lower

Gender Gap in Work

Italy

Austria

3.5 min/day

Italy

88.99 min/day

96% lower

Comparison of Austria and Italy across 195 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	198 m	21 m	843% higher	Austria
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	1.9 per 1M people	0.31 per 1M people	494% higher	Austria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	66.86 per 100k people	14.38 per 100k people	365% higher	Austria
Low-Wage Workers	14.26% of workers	3.3% of workers	333% higher	Austria
Spirits Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	0.46 L/person/yr	258% higher	Austria
Beer Consumption	5.9 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	225% higher	Austria
Inflation Rate	2.9%	1.0%	190% higher	Austria
Gender Pay Gap (%)	11.96% of male wages	4.1% of male wages	189% higher	Austria
Researchers	6.7K per 1M	2.8K per 1M	138% higher	Austria
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	130% higher	Austria
Air Passengers	46.04M	20.26M	127% higher	Austria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	126% higher	Austria
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.1 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	122% higher	Austria
Suicide Rate	14.51 per 100k	7.0 per 100k	108% higher	Austria
Renewable Energy (%)	43.35%	20.93%	107% higher	Austria
Renewable Energy (%)	36%	17.5%	106% higher	Austria
Merchant Fleet Size	1.0	1.3K	100% lower	Italy
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Austria
Irrigated Land	382 km²	24.5K km²	98% lower	Italy
Gender Gap in Work	3.5 min/day	88.99 min/day	96% lower	Italy
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	171.99 per 100k	88.81 per 100k	94% higher	Austria
Armed Forces Personnel	23.0K	338.0K	93% lower	Italy
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,208.64	$3,228.44	92% higher	Austria
Water Withdrawal	3.1 B m³	33.78 B m³	91% lower	Italy
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	22.78 per 1M people	11.95 per 1M people	91% higher	Austria
Airports	64	652	90% lower	Italy
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.52 per 100k	11.11 per 100k	85% higher	Austria
Population	9.17M	60.92M	85% lower	Italy
Scientific Publications	14.5K	90.6K	84% lower	Italy
Domestic Patents	1.9K	10.3K	82% lower	Italy
Total CO2 Emissions	58.03 Mt CO2e	299.23 Mt CO2e	81% lower	Italy
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	61 sites	80% lower	Italy
Foreign Patents	175	797	78% lower	Italy
GDP (Nominal)	$534,790,720,466.82	$2,380,825,077,243.59	78% lower	Italy
Imports (% GDP)	53.15% of GDP	30.32% of GDP	75% higher	Austria
Electric Generating Capacity	33.37M kW	128.69M kW	74% lower	Italy
Job Insecurity	2.3% of earnings at risk	8.6% of earnings at risk	73% lower	Italy
Land Area	82.5K km²	295.7K km²	72% lower	Italy
Railway Network	5.0K km	17.3K km	71% lower	Italy
Exports (% GDP)	55.68% of GDP	32.51% of GDP	71% higher	Austria
Electricity Generation	78.54 TWh	264.63 TWh	70% lower	Italy
Water Stress (%)	5.7%	18.51%	69% lower	Italy
Informal Employment Share	3.4% of employed people	10.94% of employed people	69% lower	Italy
Railway Length	6.1K km	18.5K km	67% lower	Italy
Long-Term Unemployment	1.1% of workforce	3.3% of workforce	66% lower	Italy
Alcohol Consumption	11.51 L/adult/yr	7.0 L/adult/yr	65% higher	Austria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	98 gold medals	281 gold medals	65% lower	Italy
Tourist Arrivals	15.09M	38.42M	61% lower	Italy
Forest Area	39.0K km²	97.3K km²	60% lower	Italy
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.45%	11.63%	59% higher	Austria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	116.91 gCO2/kWh	284.78 gCO2/kWh	59% lower	Italy
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.5% of adults 16+	5.8% of adults 16+	57% lower	Italy
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	7.8K kWh/person	5.0K kWh/person	55% higher	Austria
All-Time Olympic Medals	370 medals	829 medals	55% lower	Italy
Homicide Rate	0.88 per 100k	0.57 per 100k	54% higher	Austria
Fuel Poverty	4.0% of adults 16+	8.6% of adults 16+	53% lower	Italy
Seafood Consumption per Person	14.45 kg/person/yr	29.64 kg/person/yr	51% lower	Italy
Homicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.40 per 100k	50% higher	Austria
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.26% of adults	40.8% of adults	50% lower	Italy
Average Earnings	$75,767.15	$51,018.98	49% higher	Austria
Youth Unemployment Rate	11% of youth labor force	20.55% of youth labor force	46% lower	Italy
Population Density	110.66 /km²	199.46 /km²	45% lower	Italy
Forest Coverage (%)	47.24%	32.89%	44% higher	Austria
Women in Senior Management	36.35% of managers	25.25% of managers	44% higher	Austria
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.3K kg oil eq/person	2.3K kg oil eq/person	44% higher	Austria
Long Work Hours	4.2% of employees	3.0% of employees	42% higher	Austria
Poor Health	8.4% reporting poor health	5.9% reporting poor health	42% higher	Austria
GNI Per Capita	$54,760	$38,590	42% higher	Austria
Nurses & Midwives	10.93 per 1k	7.7 per 1k	42% higher	Austria
Government Debt (% GDP)	78.3% of GDP	131.8% of GDP	41% lower	Italy
Wind Electricity Share	11.35%	8.1%	40% higher	Austria
Political Corruption Index	0.10	0.16	39% lower	Italy
Military Spending	1.00% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	38% lower	Italy
Protected Land (%)	29.6%	21.6%	37% higher	Austria
Land Border Length	2.5K km	1.8K km	37% higher	Austria
Teen Birth Rate	3.8 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	35% higher	Austria
Safety at Night	83% feeling safe at night	62% feeling safe at night	34% higher	Austria
Depression Rate	5.6% of adults 15+	4.2% of adults 15+	33% higher	Austria
Border Neighbors	8.0	6.0	33% higher	Austria
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.5 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	32% higher	Austria
Overcrowded Housing	11.67% of households	16.92% of households	31% lower	Italy
Earnings Inequality	3.1 vs bottom 10%	2.3 vs bottom 10%	31% higher	Austria
Financial Hardship	13.1% of adults 16+	18.7% of adults 16+	30% lower	Italy
Low Adult Numeracy	19.8% of adults	28.12% of adults	30% lower	Italy
Corruption Perceptions Index	69 pts	53 pts	30% higher	Austria
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	30% higher	Austria
Agricultural Land (%)	31.47%	44.26%	29% lower	Italy
Time Dissatisfaction	10.0% of adults 16+	7.8% of adults 16+	28% higher	Austria
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.88% of GDP	8.5% of GDP	28% higher	Austria
Median Wealth	$189,148	$260,467	27% lower	Italy
Green Space Access	77.25% of urban pop.	61.23% of urban pop.	26% higher	Austria
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.2% of firms	1.6% of firms	26% lower	Italy
Unpaid Work Hours	10.83% of adults 15-64	14.39% of adults 15-64	25% lower	Italy
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% higher	Austria
Tourism Revenue	$15,362,000,000	$20,459,000,000	25% lower	Italy
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.93 µg/m³	14.66 µg/m³	25% lower	Italy
Low Adult Literacy	4.8% of adults	6.3% of adults	24% lower	Italy
Birth Rate	8.8 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	24% higher	Austria
Poverty Rate	9.6% of population	12.23% of population	22% lower	Italy
Lack of Support	10.31% of adults 15+	13.3% of adults 15+	22% lower	Italy
Obesity Rate	17.04%	21.55%	21% lower	Italy
University Enrollment Rate	91.68%	75.95%	21% higher	Austria
CO2 Per Capita	6.2 t/person/yr	5.1 t/person/yr	21% higher	Austria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.92	0.76	21% higher	Austria
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$46,610	$38,696	20% higher	Austria
Loneliness	4.3% of adults 16+	5.3% of adults 16+	20% lower	Italy
Voter Turnout	76.25% of votes	63.79% of votes	20% higher	Austria
Low Reading Skills	15.53% of students	12.94% of students	20% higher	Austria
Low Math Skills	15.53% of students	12.94% of students	20% higher	Austria
Low Science Skills	15.53% of students	12.94% of students	20% higher	Austria
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	6.8%	20% lower	Italy
Youth Population (%)	14.23%	11.89%	20% higher	Austria
Highest Elevation	3.8K m	4.7K m	20% lower	Italy
Political Voice	18.09% who feel heard by government	22.34% who feel heard by government	19% lower	Italy
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.4 vs bottom 20%	5.4 vs bottom 20%	18% lower	Italy
Relationship Satisfaction	8.6 pts	7.3 pts	18% higher	Austria
Liberal Democracy Index	0.76	0.64	18% higher	Austria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$71,621.8	$60,881.37	18% higher	Austria
Youth NEET Rate	10.75% of youth 15-24	12.92% of youth 15-24	17% lower	Italy
Low Life Satisfaction	5.2% of adults 16+	4.4% of adults 16+	17% higher	Austria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.0% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	17% lower	Italy
Solar Electricity Share	14.08%	16.86%	16% lower	Italy
Elderly Population (%)	20.61%	24.62%	16% lower	Italy
Road Deaths	4.4 per 100k	5.2 per 100k	15% lower	Italy
Time Use Inequality	2.5 vs bottom 20%	2.1 vs bottom 20%	15% higher	Austria
Housing Cost Burden	12.41% of households	14.26% of households	13% lower	Italy
Tobacco Use Prevalence	25.3% of adults	22.3% of adults	13% higher	Austria
Infant Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	2.3 per 1k births	13% higher	Austria
Electoral Democracy Index	0.84	0.74	13% higher	Austria
Employment Rate (%)	78.2% of adults 25-64	70.05% of adults 25-64	12% higher	Austria
Relationship Inequality	1.6 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	12% lower	Italy
Broadband Access (%)	30 per 100 people	34 per 100 people	12% lower	Italy
Women in Parliament (%)	36.07%	32.25%	12% higher	Austria
Adult Numeracy	270.29 pts	244.56 pts	11% higher	Austria
Chronic Pain	28.5% of adults 15+	32% of adults 15+	11% lower	Italy
Happiness Inequality	2.0 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	11% higher	Austria
Child Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	2.8 per 1k births	11% higher	Austria
Smoking Rate	24.9%	22.4%	11% higher	Austria
Time Satisfaction	7.4 pts	6.7 pts	10% higher	Austria
Self-Rated Health	67.7% reporting good health	75.4% reporting good health	10% lower	Italy
Firms with Female Top Manager	18.91% of firms	21.04% of firms	10% lower	Italy
Inequality (Gini)	31.2	34.3	9% lower	Italy
Median Age	43.1 years	47.5 years	9% lower	Italy
Death Rate	10.21 per 1k	11.2 per 1k	9% lower	Italy
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	8% higher	Austria
Meat Consumption per Person	87.23 kg/person/yr	80.96 kg/person/yr	8% higher	Austria
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.6 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	8% lower	Italy
Job Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.2 pts	7% higher	Austria
Numeracy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	7% lower	Italy
Dependency Ratio	53.46% of working-age pop.	57.52% of working-age pop.	7% lower	Italy
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.46 hrs/week	36 hrs/week	7% lower	Italy
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	124 per 100 people	133 per 100 people	7% lower	Italy
Leisure Time	15.52 hrs/day	16.47 hrs/day	6% lower	Italy
Life Satisfaction	7.6 pts	7.2 pts	6% higher	Austria
Wealth Concentration	51.51% of wealth	54.58% of wealth	6% lower	Italy
Internet Users (%)	95%	89.22%	6% higher	Austria
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	6% higher	Austria
Can Raise Emergency Money	93.55% of adults	88.63% of adults	6% higher	Austria
Food Waste per Person	131 kg/person/yr	139 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Italy
Adult Literacy	257.54 pts	245.73 pts	5% higher	Austria
Literacy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	5% lower	Italy
Milk Consumption per Person	258.09 kg/person/yr	246.88 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Austria
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.5% of firms	2.6% of firms	5% lower	Italy
Job Strain	28.52% of employees	29.59% of employees	4% lower	Italy
Social Support	89.69% of adults 15+	85.95% of adults 15+	4% higher	Austria
Social Time	7.1 hrs/week	7.5 hrs/week	4% lower	Italy
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	4% higher	Austria
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	6.6 pts	4% higher	Austria
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	25.64% of GDP	24.71% of GDP	4% higher	Austria
Digital Payments Used	99.3% of adults	95.78% of adults	4% higher	Austria
Home Internet Access	91.01% of households	88.49% of households	3% higher	Austria
Math Skills	487.27 pts	471.26 pts	3% higher	Austria
Science Skills	491.27 pts	477.46 pts	3% higher	Austria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.93	3% lower	Italy
Life Expectancy	81.5 years	83.7 years	3% lower	Italy
Vehicles per 1,000 People	849.48 per 1k people	874.68 per 1k people	3% lower	Italy
Housing Affordability	79.34% of income	77.43% of income	2% higher	Austria
Human Development Index	0.93	0.92	2% higher	Austria
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	2% higher	Austria
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.89%	96.76%	2% higher	Austria
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.1%	99.8%	2% lower	Italy
Credit Card Ownership	58.98% of adults	57.88% of adults	2% higher	Austria
Air Pollution Exposure	99.99% of population	99.09% of population	1% higher	Austria
Hypertension Prevalence	34.4% of adults	34.2% of adults	1% higher	Austria
Firms Hit by Power Outages	9.5% of firms	9.6% of firms	1% lower	Italy
Reading Skills	480.41 pts	481.6 pts	equal	Italy
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	4.1% of population	ranked lower	Italy
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Austria
Coastline Length	0 km	7.6K km	ranked lower	Italy
Coal Electricity Share	0%	1.4%	ranked lower	Italy
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Austria
Sanitation Access (%)	99.97%	99.88%	equal	Austria
GDP Growth Rate	-0.66%	0.69%	ranked lower	Italy
Urban Population (%)	69.47%	69.6%	equal	Italy
Lowest Elevation	115 m	0 m	ranked higher	Austria

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Analysis

Austria leads in 104 of 195 shared metrics, while Italy leads in 91.

Austria's Capital Elevation is 8.4x that of Italy (198 m vs 21 m).

Austria's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 4.9x that of Italy (1.9 per 1M people vs 0.31 per 1M people).

Austria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 3.6x that of Italy (66.86 per 100k people vs 14.38 per 100k people).

Austria's Low-Wage Workers is 3.3x that of Italy (14.26% of workers vs 3.3% of workers).

Austria's Spirits Consumption is 2.6x that of Italy (1.6 L/person/yr vs 0.46 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationAustria leads

Austria

198 m

Italy

21 m

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleAustria leads

Austria

1.9 per 1M people

Italy

0.31 per 1M people

Austria

66.86 per 100k people

Italy

14.38 per 100k people

Low-Wage WorkersAustria leads

Austria

14.26% of workers

Italy

3.3% of workers

Spirits ConsumptionAustria leads

Austria

1.6 L/person/yr

Italy

0.46 L/person/yr

Beer ConsumptionAustria leads

Austria

5.9 L/person/yr

Italy

1.8 L/person/yr

Capital Elevation

198 m

21 m

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

1.9 per 1M people

0.31 per 1M people

66.86 per 100k people

14.38 per 100k people

Low-Wage Workers

14.26% of workers

3.3% of workers

Spirits Consumption

1.6 L/person/yr

0.46 L/person/yr

Beer Consumption

5.9 L/person/yr

1.8 L/person/yr

Inflation Rate

2.9%

1.0%

Gender Pay Gap (%)

11.96% of male wages

4.1% of male wages

Researchers

6.7K per 1M

2.8K per 1M

R&D Spending (% GDP)

3.2% of GDP

1.4% of GDP

Air Passengers

46.04M

20.26M

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.6% of GDP

1.1% of GDP

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

7.1 per 1k

3.2 per 1k

Suicide Rate

14.51 per 100k

7.0 per 100k

Renewable Energy (%)

43.35%

20.93%

Renewable Energy (%)

36%

17.5%

Merchant Fleet Size

1.0

1.3K

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Irrigated Land

382 km²

24.5K km²

Gender Gap in Work

3.5 min/day

88.99 min/day

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Low-Wage Workers

Spirits Consumption

Beer Consumption

Inflation Rate

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Researchers

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Air Passengers

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Suicide Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Official Languages Count

Irrigated Land

Gender Gap in Work

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Armed Forces Personnel

Health Spending Per Capita

Water Withdrawal

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Airports

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Population

Scientific Publications

Domestic Patents

Total CO2 Emissions

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Foreign Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Imports (% GDP)

Electric Generating Capacity

Job Insecurity

Land Area

Railway Network

Exports (% GDP)

Electricity Generation

Water Stress (%)

Informal Employment Share

Railway Length

Long-Term Unemployment

Alcohol Consumption

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Tourist Arrivals

Forest Area

High-Tech Exports (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Homicide Rate

Fuel Poverty

Seafood Consumption per Person

Homicide Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Average Earnings

Youth Unemployment Rate

Population Density

Forest Coverage (%)

Women in Senior Management

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Long Work Hours

Poor Health

GNI Per Capita

Nurses & Midwives

Government Debt (% GDP)

Wind Electricity Share

Political Corruption Index