averageperson.euOne statistical standard, 27 countries

Side by side

Italy and Austria

The same question asked of every column. Numbers that break down by age or sex follow the controls; the rest stay country-wide and say so.

Swap sides

Italy

Austria

The widest gap is With a degree: Austria 37.6% against Italy 22.3%, 15.3 points apart.

Ageall ages
Sex

One question per row

The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

Figure
Italy
Austria

People

Median age5.3 years
49.1 years
43.8 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
83.7 years
82.1 years
People6.41×
58.9m
9.2m
People per square kilometre77.5%
198 per km²
112 per km²
Women in the population0.3 points
51.0%
50.7%
Born abroad10.7 points
11.8%
22.5%
Born outside the EU3.7 points
9.1%
12.8%

Money and work

Disposable income per person65.7%
€22,062
€36,546
Average net income59.3%
€25,011
€39,854
Take-home pay, average-wage worker52.4%
€27,788
€42,347
Gross pay, average-wage worker56.4%
€40,056
€62,628
In work, age 20 to 6410.0 points
67.6%
77.6%
Out of work0.4 points
6.1%
5.7%
Hours worked a week1.4 hours
37.3 hours
35.9 hours
At risk of poverty2.7 points
18.6%
15.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.1 points
5.0%
6.1%
GDP per person45.9%
€38,310
€55,880

Family and home

People at home
2.2
2.2
Households with children1.5 points
28.1%
26.6%
Children per woman11.0%
1.18
1.31
Own their home22.9 points
77.1%
54.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds2.10×
312 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people
Doctors0.3%
575 per 100,000 people
577 per 100,000 people
Nurses64.3%
655 per 100,000 people
1,076 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree15.3 points
22.3%
37.6%
Students per 1,000 people23.2%
39.2 per 1,000 people
48.3 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them58.3%
€18,808
€29,771
Tax raised per person42.7%
€16,554
€23,626
Government debt55.6 points
137.1%
81.5%

Country and infrastructure

Land area3.60×
302,073 km²
83,882 km²
Railway density20.3%
56.7 per 1,000 km²
68.2 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density19.8%
25.4 per 1,000 km²
21.2 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people23.5%
709 per 1,000 people
574 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.4 points
94.1%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident61.0%
9.08
14.62

Environment

Renewable energy23.7 points
20.5%
44.2%
Land under forest15.7 points
31.6%
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.

Italy

Austria

Function
Italy
Austria
15.4%
10.9%
2.6%
1.2%
3.5%
2.7%
10.1%
12.9%
1.8%
1.3%
1.5%
0.7%
13.2%
17.2%
1.7%
2.3%
8.0%
9.6%
42.2%
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: Italy and Austria

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

    The gap is 6.41×: Italy 58.9m, Austria 9.2m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 3.60×: Italy 302,073, Austria 83,882. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Where does more energy come from renewables: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 23.7 points: Austria 44.2%, Italy 20.5%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 1.3 points: Italy 2.6%, Austria 1.2%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 2.10×: Austria 655, Italy 312. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  6. Which spends more on health per resident: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 2.06×: Austria €5,108, Italy €2,477. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where were more residents born abroad: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 10.7 points: Austria 22.5%, Italy 11.8%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  8. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 65.7%: Austria €36,546, Italy €22,062. 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

  9. Where do more adults hold a degree: Italy or Austria?

    The gap is 15.3 points: Austria 37.6%, Italy 22.3%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 22.9 points: Italy 77.1%, Austria 54.2%. 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.