Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 63.9% more money

Portugal has a GDP per capita of $30,500 as of 2017, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $50,000 as of 2017.

be 38.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Portugal, 8.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Austria, that number is 5.5% as of 2017.

be 84.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Portugal, 19.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Austria, however, that number is 3.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Portugal, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Austria, 5.0 women do as of 2017.

have 17.3% more children

In Portugal, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Austria, there are 9.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

be 26.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Portugal, approximately 2.6 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Austria, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 17.5% more likely to have internet access

In Portugal, approximately 74.7% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Austria, about 87.7% do as of 2018.

Expenditures

spend 12.2% more on education

Portugal spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2015. 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.

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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