Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 2.2 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Austria, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 15.8% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Austria spends $8,250 as of 2024.

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Economy

make 71.4% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $62,930 as of 2025.

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Life

be 30.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Austria, on the other hand, 2.8 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Austria, that number is 11.8% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 82.8% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Austria, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 39.8% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Austria has 30.1 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Austria is 25.2% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Liechtenstein is about 524 times smaller than Austria.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Austria · OECD 2023
27 people moved from Liechtenstein to Austria.
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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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