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Austria vs Switzerland

175 shared metrics.

AustriaLeads in 97

vs175 shared

SwitzerlandLeads in 78

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What matters for both sides

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Austria

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Austria.

CIA 2026

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

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Switzerland

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Identity

Formal name: Swiss Confederation.

CIA 2026

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Switzerland sits near the top of global GDP-per-person tables.

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Analysis

Austria leads in 97 of 175 shared metrics, while Switzerland leads in 78.

Austria's Wind Electricity Share is 50.6x that of Switzerland (11.35% vs 0.22%).

Austria's Fuel Poverty is 7.0x that of Switzerland (4.0% of adults 16+ vs 0.50% of adults 16+).

Austria's Political Corruption Index is 3.8x that of Switzerland (0.10 vs 0.02).

Austria's Government Debt (% GDP) is 2.9x that of Switzerland (78.3% of GDP vs 19.9% of GDP).

Austria's Informal Employment Share is 2.1x that of Switzerland (3.4% of employed people vs 1.1% of employed people).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareAustria leads

Austria

11.35%

Switzerland

0.22%

Fuel PovertyAustria leads

Austria

4.0% of adults 16+

Switzerland

0.50% of adults 16+

Political Corruption IndexAustria leads

Austria

0.10

Switzerland

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

78.3% of GDP

Switzerland

19.9% of GDP

Informal Employment ShareAustria leads

Austria

3.4% of employed people

Switzerland

1.1% of employed people

Forest AreaAustria leads

Switzerland

Austria

1.0% of GDP

Switzerland

7.1% of GDP

86% lower

Comparison of Austria and Switzerland across 175 metrics
				Winner
Wind Electricity Share	11.35%	0.22%	5059% higher	Austria
Fuel Poverty	4.0% of adults 16+	0.50% of adults 16+	700% higher	Austria
Political Corruption Index	0.10	0.02	375% higher	Austria
Government Debt (% GDP)	78.3% of GDP	19.9% of GDP	293% higher	Austria
Informal Employment Share	3.4% of employed people	1.1% of employed people	209% higher	Austria
Forest Area	39.0K km²	12.8K km²	205% higher	Austria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	116.91 gCO2/kWh	39.22 gCO2/kWh	198% higher	Austria
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	25.64% of GDP	9.0% of GDP	185% higher	Austria
Inflation Rate	2.9%	1.1%	164% higher	Austria
Teen Birth Rate	3.8 per 1k	1.5 per 1k	159% higher	Austria
Protected Land (%)	29.6%	12.5%	137% higher	Austria
Overcrowded Housing	11.67% of households	5.0% of households	135% higher	Austria
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.5% of adults 16+	1.2% of adults 16+	113% higher	Austria
Land Area	82.5K km²	39.5K km²	109% higher	Austria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	171.99 per 100k	85.4 per 100k	101% higher	Austria
Beer Consumption	5.9 L/person/yr	2.9 L/person/yr	100% higher	Austria
Merchant Fleet Size	1.0	17	94% lower	Switzerland
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.6 per 100k	2.4 per 100k	92% higher	Austria
Poor Health	8.4% reporting poor health	4.4% reporting poor health	91% higher	Austria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.0% of GDP	7.1% of GDP	86% lower	Switzerland
Water Withdrawal	3.1 B m³	1.7 B m³	84% higher	Austria
CO2 Per Capita	6.2 t/person/yr	3.6 t/person/yr	72% higher	Austria
Total CO2 Emissions	58.03 Mt CO2e	33.73 Mt CO2e	72% higher	Austria
Political Voice	18.09% who feel heard by government	58.17% who feel heard by government	69% lower	Switzerland
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	66.86 per 100k people	39.54 per 100k people	69% higher	Austria
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.52 per 100k	12.29 per 100k	67% higher	Austria
Air Passengers	46.04M	27.73M	66% higher	Austria
Road Deaths	4.4 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	65% higher	Austria
Voter Turnout	76.25% of votes	46.64% of votes	63% higher	Austria
Capital Elevation	198 m	542 m	63% lower	Switzerland
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.1 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	61% higher	Austria
Border Neighbors	8.0	5.0	60% higher	Austria
Tourism Revenue	$15,362,000,000	$9,994,000,000	54% higher	Austria
Population Density	110.66 /km²	224.98 /km²	51% lower	Switzerland
Official Languages Count	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Switzerland
Homicide Rate	0.88 per 100k	0.60 per 100k	47% higher	Austria
Forest Coverage (%)	47.24%	32.38%	46% higher	Austria
Domestic Patents	1.9K	1.3K	45% higher	Austria
GDP (Nominal)	$534,790,720,466.82	$936,564,198,048.52	43% lower	Switzerland
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,208.64	$10,963.43	43% lower	Switzerland
Land Border Length	2.5K km	1.8K km	43% higher	Austria
GNI Per Capita	$54,760	$95,220	42% lower	Switzerland
Nurses & Midwives	10.93 per 1k	18.76 per 1k	42% lower	Switzerland
Lowest Elevation	115 m	195 m	41% lower	Switzerland
Scientific Publications	14.5K	24.2K	40% lower	Switzerland
Broadband Access (%)	30 per 100 people	49 per 100 people	39% lower	Switzerland
Military Spending	1.00% of GDP	0.72% of GDP	39% higher	Austria
Housing Cost Burden	12.41% of households	19.68% of households	37% lower	Switzerland
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.45%	29.27%	37% lower	Switzerland
Water Stress (%)	5.7%	4.2%	35% higher	Austria
Foreign Patents	175	267	34% lower	Switzerland
Financial Hardship	13.1% of adults 16+	9.9% of adults 16+	32% higher	Austria
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	4.1%	32% higher	Austria
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.3K kg oil eq/person	2.5K kg oil eq/person	32% higher	Austria
Hypertension Prevalence	34.4% of adults	26.3% of adults	31% higher	Austria
Renewable Energy (%)	36%	27.7%	30% higher	Austria
Meat Consumption per Person	87.23 kg/person/yr	67.54 kg/person/yr	29% higher	Austria
Low Reading Skills	15.53% of students	12.36% of students	26% higher	Austria
Low Math Skills	15.53% of students	12.36% of students	26% higher	Austria
Low Science Skills	15.53% of students	12.36% of students	26% higher	Austria
Low Life Satisfaction	5.2% of adults 16+	4.1% of adults 16+	26% higher	Austria
Infant Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	3.5 per 1k births	26% lower	Switzerland
Electric Generating Capacity	33.37M kW	26.50M kW	26% higher	Austria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% higher	Austria
Obesity Rate	17.04%	13.74%	24% higher	Austria
University Enrollment Rate	91.68%	74.01%	24% higher	Austria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$71,621.8	$94,115.82	24% lower	Switzerland
Exports (% GDP)	55.68% of GDP	72.16% of GDP	23% lower	Switzerland
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.5 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	23% higher	Austria
Irrigated Land	382 km²	494 km²	23% lower	Switzerland
Low Adult Numeracy	19.8% of adults	16.2% of adults	22% higher	Austria
Youth Unemployment Rate	11% of youth labor force	9.0% of youth labor force	22% higher	Austria
Food Waste per Person	131 kg/person/yr	167.45 kg/person/yr	22% lower	Switzerland
Child Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	3.9 per 1k births	21% lower	Switzerland
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.93 µg/m³	9.1 µg/m³	21% higher	Austria
Homicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.50 per 100k	20% higher	Austria
Railway Network	5.0K km	4.1K km	20% higher	Austria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	98 gold medals	123 gold medals	20% lower	Switzerland
Lack of Support	10.31% of adults 15+	8.7% of adults 15+	19% higher	Austria
Milk Consumption per Person	258.09 kg/person/yr	318.69 kg/person/yr	19% lower	Switzerland
Death Rate	10.21 per 1k	8.6 per 1k	19% higher	Austria
Urban Population (%)	69.47%	85.46%	19% lower	Switzerland
Vehicles per 1,000 People	849.48 per 1k people	714.23 per 1k people	19% higher	Austria
Low-Wage Workers	14.26% of workers	12.1% of workers	18% higher	Austria
Highest Elevation	3.8K m	4.6K m	18% lower	Switzerland
Agricultural Land (%)	31.47%	37.79%	17% lower	Switzerland
Long Work Hours	4.2% of employees	5.0% of employees	16% lower	Switzerland
Railway Length	6.1K km	5.3K km	16% higher	Austria
Solar Electricity Share	14.08%	12.13%	16% higher	Austria
Self-Rated Health	67.7% reporting good health	79.3% reporting good health	15% lower	Switzerland
Armed Forces Personnel	23.0K	20.0K	15% higher	Austria
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	15% lower	Switzerland
Credit Card Ownership	58.98% of adults	69.21% of adults	15% lower	Switzerland
Corruption Perceptions Index	69 pts	80 pts	14% lower	Switzerland
Imports (% GDP)	53.15% of GDP	61.94% of GDP	14% lower	Switzerland
Alcohol Consumption	11.51 L/adult/yr	10.07 L/adult/yr	14% higher	Austria
Average Earnings	$75,767.15	$87,468.24	13% lower	Switzerland
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	1.9 per 1M people	2.1 per 1M people	13% lower	Switzerland
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	22.78 per 1M people	20.17 per 1M people	13% higher	Austria
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.4 vs bottom 20%	5.0 vs bottom 20%	12% lower	Switzerland
Happiness Inequality	2.0 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	12% higher	Austria
Birth Rate	8.8 per 1k	10.01 per 1k	12% lower	Switzerland
Poverty Rate	9.6% of population	10.72% of population	11% lower	Switzerland
Long-Term Unemployment	1.1% of workforce	1.3% of workforce	11% lower	Switzerland
Green Space Access	77.25% of urban pop.	69.53% of urban pop.	11% higher	Austria
Researchers	6.7K per 1M	6.0K per 1M	11% higher	Austria
Earnings Inequality	3.1 vs bottom 10%	2.8 vs bottom 10%	10% higher	Austria
Liberal Democracy Index	0.76	0.84	10% lower	Switzerland
Tobacco Use Prevalence	25.3% of adults	23.1% of adults	10% higher	Austria
Seafood Consumption per Person	14.45 kg/person/yr	16.03 kg/person/yr	10% lower	Switzerland
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	7.8K kWh/person	7.1K kWh/person	10% higher	Austria
Renewable Energy (%)	43.35%	39.87%	9% higher	Austria
All-Time Olympic Medals	370 medals	405 medals	9% lower	Switzerland
Youth NEET Rate	10.75% of youth 15-24	10.0% of youth 15-24	8% higher	Austria
Inequality (Gini)	31.2	33.8	8% lower	Switzerland
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	13 sites	8% lower	Switzerland
Employment Rate (%)	78.2% of adults 25-64	84.01% of adults 25-64	7% lower	Switzerland
Home Internet Access	91.01% of households	98.07% of households	7% lower	Switzerland
Relationship Inequality	1.6 vs bottom 20%	1.5 vs bottom 20%	7% higher	Austria
Spirits Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	7% lower	Switzerland
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	4.9% of GDP	7% higher	Austria
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.88% of GDP	11.71% of GDP	7% lower	Switzerland
Time Use Inequality	2.5 vs bottom 20%	2.3 vs bottom 20%	6% higher	Austria
Women in Parliament (%)	36.07%	38.5%	6% lower	Switzerland
Airports	64	68	6% lower	Switzerland
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$46,610	$48,940	5% lower	Switzerland
Loneliness	4.3% of adults 16+	4.0% of adults 16+	5% higher	Austria
Safety at Night	83% feeling safe at night	87.5% feeling safe at night	5% lower	Switzerland
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.46 hrs/week	35.3 hrs/week	5% lower	Switzerland
Electoral Democracy Index	0.84	0.88	5% lower	Switzerland
Women in Senior Management	36.35% of managers	34.52% of managers	5% higher	Austria
Youth Population (%)	14.23%	14.95%	5% lower	Switzerland
Freedom of Expression Index	0.92	0.97	5% lower	Switzerland
Job Insecurity	2.3% of earnings at risk	2.4% of earnings at risk	4% lower	Switzerland
Math Skills	487.27 pts	507.99 pts	4% lower	Switzerland
Human Development Index	0.93	0.97	4% lower	Switzerland
Time Dissatisfaction	10.0% of adults 16+	9.6% of adults 16+	4% higher	Austria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	124 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	4% lower	Switzerland
Can Raise Emergency Money	93.55% of adults	89.68% of adults	4% higher	Austria
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.26% of adults	21.05% of adults	4% lower	Switzerland
Life Satisfaction	7.6 pts	7.8 pts	3% lower	Switzerland
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	3% higher	Austria
Population	9.17M	8.93M	3% higher	Austria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.93	3% lower	Switzerland
Suicide Rate	14.51 per 100k	14.02 per 100k	3% higher	Austria
Life Expectancy	81.5 years	84.1 years	3% lower	Switzerland
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	3.3% of GDP	3% lower	Switzerland
Elderly Population (%)	20.61%	20.02%	3% higher	Austria
Job Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.8 pts	2% lower	Switzerland
Science Skills	491.27 pts	502.52 pts	2% lower	Switzerland
Social Support	89.69% of adults 15+	91.25% of adults 15+	2% lower	Switzerland
Chronic Pain	28.5% of adults 15+	28% of adults 15+	2% higher	Austria
Smoking Rate	24.9%	25.5%	2% lower	Switzerland
Median Age	43.1 years	42.3 years	2% higher	Austria
Internet Users (%)	95%	97%	2% lower	Switzerland
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.89%	96.7%	2% higher	Austria
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	7.0 pts	2% lower	Switzerland
Gender Pay Gap (%)	11.96% of male wages	12.07% of male wages	1% lower	Switzerland
Housing Affordability	79.34% of income	78.88% of income	1% higher	Austria
Time Satisfaction	7.4 pts	7.5 pts	1% lower	Switzerland
Reading Skills	480.41 pts	483.33 pts	1% lower	Switzerland
Relationship Satisfaction	8.6 pts	8.6 pts	1% lower	Switzerland
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	Austria
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	Austria
Dependency Ratio	53.46% of working-age pop.	53.77% of working-age pop.	1% lower	Switzerland
Digital Payments Used	99.3% of adults	98.22% of adults	1% higher	Austria
Air Pollution Exposure	99.99% of population	99.71% of population	equal	Austria
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Austria
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Austria
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Austria
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Austria
Sanitation Access (%)	99.97%	99.9%	equal	Austria
GDP Growth Rate	-0.66%	1.3%	ranked lower	Switzerland
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	-9.93% of GDP	ranked higher	Austria
Electricity Generation	78.54 TWh	78.69 TWh	equal	Switzerland

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Analysis

Austria leads in 97 of 175 shared metrics, while Switzerland leads in 78.

Austria's Wind Electricity Share is 50.6x that of Switzerland (11.35% vs 0.22%).

Austria's Fuel Poverty is 7.0x that of Switzerland (4.0% of adults 16+ vs 0.50% of adults 16+).

Austria's Political Corruption Index is 3.8x that of Switzerland (0.10 vs 0.02).

Austria's Government Debt (% GDP) is 2.9x that of Switzerland (78.3% of GDP vs 19.9% of GDP).

Austria's Informal Employment Share is 2.1x that of Switzerland (3.4% of employed people vs 1.1% of employed people).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareAustria leads

Austria

11.35%

Switzerland

0.22%

Fuel PovertyAustria leads

Austria

4.0% of adults 16+

Switzerland

0.50% of adults 16+

Political Corruption IndexAustria leads

Austria

0.10

Switzerland

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)Austria leads

Austria

78.3% of GDP

Switzerland

19.9% of GDP

Informal Employment ShareAustria leads

Austria

3.4% of employed people

Switzerland

1.1% of employed people

Forest AreaAustria leads

Austria

39.0K km²

Switzerland

12.8K km²

Wind Electricity Share

11.35%

0.22%

Fuel Poverty

4.0% of adults 16+

0.50% of adults 16+

Political Corruption Index

0.10

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)

78.3% of GDP

19.9% of GDP

Informal Employment Share

3.4% of employed people

1.1% of employed people

Forest Area

39.0K km²

12.8K km²

Electricity Carbon Intensity

116.91 gCO2/kWh

39.22 gCO2/kWh

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

25.64% of GDP

9.0% of GDP

Inflation Rate

2.9%

1.1%

Teen Birth Rate

3.8 per 1k

1.5 per 1k

Protected Land (%)

29.6%

12.5%

Overcrowded Housing

11.67% of households

5.0% of households

Relationship Dissatisfaction

2.5% of adults 16+

1.2% of adults 16+

Land Area

82.5K km²

39.5K km²

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

171.99 per 100k

85.4 per 100k

Beer Consumption

5.9 L/person/yr

2.9 L/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

1.0

Road Traffic Death Rate

4.6 per 100k

2.4 per 100k

Poor Health

8.4% reporting poor health

4.4% reporting poor health

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

1.0% of GDP

7.1% of GDP

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Wind Electricity Share

Fuel Poverty

Political Corruption Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share

Forest Area

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Protected Land (%)

Overcrowded Housing

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Land Area

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Beer Consumption

Merchant Fleet Size

Road Traffic Death Rate

Poor Health

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Water Withdrawal

CO2 Per Capita

Total CO2 Emissions

Political Voice

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Air Passengers

Road Deaths

Voter Turnout

Capital Elevation

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Border Neighbors

Tourism Revenue

Population Density

Official Languages Count

Homicide Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Health Spending Per Capita

Land Border Length

GNI Per Capita

Nurses & Midwives

Lowest Elevation

Scientific Publications

Broadband Access (%)

Military Spending

Housing Cost Burden

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Stress (%)

Foreign Patents

Financial Hardship

Unemployment Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Hypertension Prevalence

Renewable Energy (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Low Reading Skills

Low Math Skills

Low Science Skills

Low Life Satisfaction

Infant Mortality

Electric Generating Capacity

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Obesity Rate

University Enrollment Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Exports (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Irrigated Land

Low Adult Numeracy

Youth Unemployment Rate