Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 92.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Austria, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2017.

live 10.4 years longer

In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022. In Austria, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 57.0% more money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $35,600 as of 2022, while in Austria, the GDP per capita is $55,900 as of 2022.

be 59.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 12.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Austria, that number is 5.0% as of 2022.

be 57.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Austria, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

Life

be 95.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Austria, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 85.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Guyana, approximately 22.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Austria, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

have 44.3% fewer children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Austria, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 13.3% more on education

Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Austria spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Guyana spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Austria, that number is 11.5% of GDP as of 2020.

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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