Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Austria instead of Germany, you would:

Economy

be 10.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Austria, however, that number is 13.3% as of 2018.

be 47.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Germany, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Austria, that number is 7.3% as of 2019.

pay a 15.8% higher top tax rate

Germany has a top tax rate of 47.5% as of 2016. In Austria, the top tax rate is 55.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 28.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Germany, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Austria, 5.0 women do as of 2017.

Expenditures

spend 11.1% less on healthcare

Germany spends 11.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Austria, that number is 10.4% 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.

Austria: At a glance

Austria is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 82,445 sq km. Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
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