Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Germany instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 10.9% more likely to be obese
In Austria, 20.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Germany, that number is 22.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 32.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 7.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Germany, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.
pay a 13.6% lower top tax rate
Austria has a top tax rate of 55.0% as of 2016. In Germany, the top tax rate is 47.5% as of 2016.
be 11.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 13.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2018.
Life
be 40.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Austria, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Germany, 7.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 12.5% more on healthcare
Austria spends 10.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Germany, that number is 11.7% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), Federal Ministry of Finance.
Germany: At a glance
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