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Hungary and Austria

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Hungary

Austria

The widest gap is Disposable income per person: Austria €36,546 against Hungary €8,792, 4.16× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Hungary
Austria

People

Median age1.0 years
44.8 years
43.8 years
Life expectancy at birth5.3 years
76.8 years
82.1 years
People3.7%
9.5m
9.2m
People per square kilometre6.7%
105 per km²
112 per km²
Women in the population1.0 points
51.7%
50.7%
Born abroad15.2 points
7.3%
22.5%
Born outside the EU9.2 points
3.6%
12.8%

Money and work

Disposable income per person4.16×
€8,792
€36,546
Average net income3.90×
€10,211
€39,854
Take-home pay, average-wage worker2.74×
€15,432
€42,347
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.70×
€23,206
€62,628
In work, age 20 to 643.5 points
81.1%
77.6%
Out of work1.3 points
4.4%
5.7%
Hours worked a week3.6 hours
39.5 hours
35.9 hours
At risk of poverty1.9 points
14.0%
15.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income0.8 points
5.3%
6.1%
GDP per person2.43×
€23,000
€55,880

Family and home

People at home4.5%
2.3
2.2
Households with children3.3 points
29.9%
26.6%
Children per woman7.6%
1.41
1.31
Own their home35.6 points
89.8%
54.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds2.8%
637 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people
Doctors55.6%
371 per 100,000 people
577 per 100,000 people
Nurses57.9%
682 per 100,000 people
1,076 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree6.0 points
31.6%
37.6%
Students per 1,000 people49.1%
32.4 per 1,000 people
48.3 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.94×
€10,135
€29,771
Tax raised per person3.11×
€7,594
€23,626
Government debt6.9 points
74.6%
81.5%

Country and infrastructure

Land area10.9%
93,012 km²
83,882 km²
Railway density19.6%
81.5 per 1,000 km²
68.2 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density2.0%
20.8 per 1,000 km²
21.2 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people24.5%
461 per 1,000 people
574 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.6 points
93.9%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident4.21×
3.47
14.62

Environment

Renewable energy24.6 points
19.6%
44.2%
Land under forest24.4 points
22.9%
47.3%

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.

Hungary

Austria

Function
Hungary
Austria
21.2%
10.9%
4.2%
1.2%
3.7%
2.7%
16.3%
12.9%
0.8%
1.3%
2.0%
0.7%
10.0%
17.2%
5.2%
2.3%
10.4%
9.6%
26.0%
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: Hungary and Austria

  1. Which spends more on health per resident: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 5.03×: Austria €5,108, Hungary €1,015. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  2. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 4.16×: Austria €36,546, Hungary €8,792. 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

  3. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 3.0 points: Hungary 4.2%, Austria 1.2%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where is more tax raised per resident: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 3.11×: Austria €23,626, Hungary €7,594. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where were more residents born abroad: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 15.2 points: Austria 22.5%, Hungary 7.3%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where does more energy come from renewables: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 24.6 points: Austria 44.2%, Hungary 19.6%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where do more people own their home: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 35.6 points: Hungary 89.8%, Austria 54.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 55.6%: Austria 577, Hungary 371. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 49.1%: Austria 48.3, Hungary 32.4. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Hungary or Austria?

    The gap is 19.6%: Hungary 81.5, Austria 68.2. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. rail_if_line_tr · 2024. 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.