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Austria and Germany

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Austria

Germany

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Germany 11.2% against Austria 6.1%, 5.1 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Austria
Germany

People

Median age1.7 years
43.8 years
45.5 years
Life expectancy at birth0.9 years
82.1 years
81.2 years
People9.09×
9.2m
83.6m
People per square kilometre2.12×
112 per km²
237 per km²
Women in the population0.1 points
50.7%
50.7%
Born abroad2.0 points
22.5%
20.5%
Born outside the EU0.2 points
12.8%
13.0%

Money and work

Disposable income per person26.5%
€36,546
€28,891
Average net income19.6%
€39,854
€33,324
Take-home pay, average-wage worker15.9%
€42,347
€36,535
Gross pay, average-wage worker8.0%
€62,628
€58,008
In work, age 20 to 643.5 points
77.6%
81.1%
Out of work1.9 points
5.7%
3.8%
Hours worked a week0.9 hours
35.9 hours
35.0 hours
At risk of poverty0.2 points
15.9%
16.1%
Housing costs over 40% of income5.1 points
6.1%
11.2%
GDP per person3.0%
€55,880
€54,240

Family and home

People at home10.0%
2.2
2.0
Households with children3.2 points
26.6%
23.4%
Children per woman3.8%
1.31
1.36
Own their home7.0 points
54.2%
47.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds15.8%
655 per 100,000 people
759 per 100,000 people
Doctors21.3%
577 per 100,000 people
476 per 100,000 people
Nurses15.0%
1,076 per 100,000 people
1,237 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree2.2 points
37.6%
35.4%
Students per 1,000 people23.2%
48.3 per 1,000 people
39.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them16.1%
€29,771
€25,639
Tax raised per person11.5%
€23,626
€21,194
Government debt18.0 points
81.5%
63.5%

Country and infrastructure

Land area4.26×
83,882 km²
357,569 km²
Railway density61.0%
68.2 per 1,000 km²
109.8 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density76.4%
21.2 per 1,000 km²
37.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people3.3%
574 per 1,000 people
593 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.9 points
95.5%
93.6%
Tourist nights per resident2.77×
14.62
5.27

Environment

Renewable energy20.3 points
44.2%
23.9%
Land under forest14.8 points
47.3%
32.5%

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

Germany

Function
Austria
Germany
10.9%
13.0%
1.2%
2.7%
2.7%
3.3%
12.9%
11.0%
1.3%
1.2%
0.7%
1.0%
17.2%
15.4%
2.3%
2.2%
9.6%
9.1%
41.3%
41.3%

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 Germany

  1. Where do more people live: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 9.09×: Germany 83.6m, Austria 9.2m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 4.26×: Germany 357,569, Austria 83,882. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which is more crowded: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 2.12×: Germany 237, Austria 112. People per square kilometre of that total area. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  4. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 1.5 points: Germany 2.7%, Austria 1.2%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where does more energy come from renewables: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 20.3 points: Austria 44.2%, Germany 23.9%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 5.1 points: Germany 11.2%, Austria 6.1%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. ilc_lvho07a · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 61.0%: Germany 109.8, 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 Germany?

    The gap is 23.2%: Austria 48.3, Germany 39.2. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 21.3%: Austria 577, Germany 476. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where do more people own their home: Austria or Germany?

    The gap is 7.0 points: Austria 54.2%, Germany 47.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 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.