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Austria and Czechia

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Austria

Czechia

The widest gap is Disposable income per person: Austria €36,546 against Czechia €15,199, 2.40× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Austria
Czechia

People

Median age0.5 years
43.8 years
44.3 years
Life expectancy at birth2.0 years
82.1 years
80.1 years
People18.6%
9.2m
10.9m
People per square kilometre26.7%
112 per km²
141 per km²
Women in the population0.2 points
50.7%
50.9%
Born abroad12.5 points
22.5%
10.0%
Born outside the EU5.6 points
12.8%
7.2%

Money and work

Disposable income per person2.40×
€36,546
€15,199
Average net income2.38×
€39,854
€16,735
Take-home pay, average-wage worker2.03×
€42,347
€20,901
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.34×
€62,628
€26,773
In work, age 20 to 645.3 points
77.6%
82.9%
Out of work2.9 points
5.7%
2.8%
Hours worked a week3.4 hours
35.9 hours
39.3 hours
At risk of poverty6.3 points
15.9%
9.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income2.1 points
6.1%
8.2%
GDP per person75.3%
€55,880
€31,880

Family and home

People at home4.5%
2.2
2.3
Households with children6.5 points
26.6%
33.1%
Children per woman3.8%
1.31
1.36
Own their home20.9 points
54.2%
75.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds2.4%
655 per 100,000 people
640 per 100,000 people
Doctors34.3%
577 per 100,000 people
430 per 100,000 people
Nurses18.8%
1,076 per 100,000 people
906 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree8.9 points
37.6%
28.7%
Students per 1,000 people53.3%
48.3 per 1,000 people
31.5 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.36×
€29,771
€12,612
Tax raised per person2.29×
€23,626
€10,311
Government debt37.2 points
81.5%
44.3%

Country and infrastructure

Land area6.4%
83,882 km²
78,871 km²
Railway density80.8%
68.2 per 1,000 km²
123.2 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density10.1%
21.2 per 1,000 km²
19.3 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people8.2%
574 per 1,000 people
621 per 1,000 people
Households with internet
95.5%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident2.70×
14.62
5.42

Environment

Renewable energy25.1 points
44.2%
19.1%
Land under forest8.9 points
47.3%
38.4%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Austria

Czechia

Function
Austria
Czechia
10.9%
10.9%
1.2%
3.0%
2.7%
3.8%
12.9%
12.8%
1.3%
2.0%
0.7%
2.0%
17.2%
21.1%
2.3%
3.0%
9.6%
10.6%
41.3%
30.9%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Austria and Czechia

  1. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 1.8 points: Czechia 3.0%, Austria 1.2%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  2. Where does more energy come from renewables: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 25.1 points: Austria 44.2%, Czechia 19.1%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  3. Where is more tax raised per resident: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 2.29×: Austria €23,626, Czechia €10,311. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2024. See the figure

  4. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 2.40×: Austria €36,546, Czechia €15,199. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  5. Which government spends more per resident: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 2.36×: Austria €29,771, Czechia €12,612. Total general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where were more residents born abroad: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 12.5 points: Austria 22.5%, Czechia 10.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 80.8%: Czechia 123.2, Austria 68.2. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. rail_if_line_tr · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 53.3%: Austria 48.3, Czechia 31.5. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where do more people own their home: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 20.9 points: Czechia 75.1%, Austria 54.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Austria or Czechia?

    The gap is 34.3%: Austria 577, Czechia 430. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.