Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 20.6% less likely to be obese

In Ireland, 25.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Austria, that number is 20.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 17.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Ireland, 6.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Austria, that number is 5.5% as of 2017.

be 63.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Ireland, 8.2% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Austria, however, that number is 3.0% as of 2017.

make 31.7% less money

Ireland has a GDP per capita of $73,200 as of 2017, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $50,000 as of 2017.

pay a 14.6% higher top tax rate

Ireland has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In Austria, the top tax rate is 55.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 26.9% fewer children

In Ireland, there are approximately 13.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Austria, there are 9.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 48.6% more on education

Ireland spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Austria spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, 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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