Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · China: 14,500 km (2026 edition)

China’s highest peak towers 5,051 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · China: 8,849 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 42% of China, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · China: 41.7% (2024)

China has 153 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · China: 1.41 billion (2025)

China is 34% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · China: 150 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 4 years older than in China

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · China: 39.1 years (2023)

Women in Austria have 0.3 more children on average than in China

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · China: 1.01 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 15% in China

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · China: 14.9% (2025)

Austria hosts 190,378 times as many refugees per resident as China

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · China: 0.00016 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, China 0.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · China: 0.1 (2026)

Austria and China are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · China: 1 (2026)

China’s economy is 34 times the size of Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · China: $19.5 trillion (2025)

Austria produces 2.6 times as much per person as China

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · China: Int$29,333 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in China than in Austria (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · China: 36 (2022)

0.5% of people in Austria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in China

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · China: 0% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 4.6% in China

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · China: 4.6% (2025)

China spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · China: 1.7% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, China’s 7.0%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · China: 7% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× China’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · China: 47% (2025)

Austria spends 8.8 times as much on health per person as China

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · China: $763 (2023)

A baby in China is 46% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · China: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 77% more doctors per person than China

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · China: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Austria has 19% more hospital beds per person than China

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · China: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Austria is 59% higher than in China

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · China: 8 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 9.1% in China

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · China: 9.1% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 23% in China

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · China: 22.8% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 0.77 points higher than in China

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · China: 6.07 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in China

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · China: 3.7 litres (2023)

Austria and China are nearly identical here

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · China: 73.5 kg (2023)

Austria has 229 kcal more food per person per day than China

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · China: 3,527 kcal (2023)

Workers in China put in 889 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · China: 2,328 hours (2023)

Adults in Austria went to school 4.3 years longer than in China

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · China: 8 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 62 times as many tourists per resident as China (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · China: 0.05 (2019)

China has 49 more World Heritage sites than Austria (61 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · China: 61 (2026)

China has won 819 Olympic medals, Austria 367

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · China: 819 (2026 edition)

Austria and China are practically level

Austria: 92% (2025) · China: 92% (2025)

Home internet in China is 2.1 times as fast as in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · China: 364 Mbps (2026)

Austria and China are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · China: 100% (2024)

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 66% in China

Austria: 70% (2025) · China: 66% (2025)

China has 132 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · China: 132 (2024)

China’s railway network is 22 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · China: 109,767 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from China

Austria: 5 (2023) · China: 0.44 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 24% of China

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · China: 24% (2024)

The average person in China emits 40% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · China: 8.7 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 37% in China

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · China: 37% (2025)

The air in China carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · China: 31.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 75% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in China

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · China: 0.5 per 100k (2020)

Roads in China are 3.8 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · China: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Austria and China are practically level

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · China: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Austria gets 56% more rain than China

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · China: 813 mm (2016–2025 avg)