Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Austria instead of New Zealand, you would:

Health

be 51.4% less likely to be obese

In New Zealand, 34.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Austria, that number is 16.5% of people as of 2024.

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see 48.0% more spent on your healthcare

New Zealand spends $5,576 per person on healthcare as of 2024 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Austria spends $8,250 as of 2024.

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have 52.7% more doctors per person

New Zealand has 36.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Austria has 55.1 as of 2023.

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be 21.7% more likely to die by suicide

New Zealand has a suicide rate of 11.9 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Austria, it is 14.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 26.9% more money

New Zealand has a GDP per capita of $49,591 as of 2025, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $62,930 as of 2025.

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Life

be 30.0% less likely to die during infancy

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

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have 23.8% fewer children

In New Zealand, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Austria, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 17.6% more on healthcare

New Zealand spends 10.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2024. In Austria, that number is 11.8% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 39.7% less likely to be murdered

New Zealand has a homicide rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Austria, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 30.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In New Zealand, road accidents kill 6.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Austria, they kill 4.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 20.8% less home broadband

New Zealand has 38.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Austria has 30.1 as of 2024.

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Environment

be 41.7% more likely to die from air pollution

In New Zealand, air pollution causes 12.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Austria, it causes 17.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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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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