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

Health

be 48.2% less likely to be obese

In Oregon, 31.9% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Austria, that number is 16.5% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 27.6% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Oregon, 11.6% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Austria, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), World Bank (2021). 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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