Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sweden instead of Austria, you would:
Economy
be 28.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 13.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Sweden, however, that number is 17.1% as of 2018.
Life
be 20.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Austria, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Sweden, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
be 29.0% less likely to die during infancy
In Austria, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Sweden, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.
have 14.6% more children
In Austria, there are approximately 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Sweden, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 46.2% more on education
Austria spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Sweden spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Sweden: At a glance
How big is Sweden compared to Austria? See an in-depth size comparison.