Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 1,012 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

France has 7.5 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

France is 14% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 1.3 years older than in France

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

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

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · France: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 21% in Austria

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

Austria hosts 2.7 times as many refugees per resident as France

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, France 9.5

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Austria and France are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 5.8 times the size of Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

Austria produces 20% more per person than France

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Austria (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · France: 31.8 (2023)

Austria and France are practically level

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 5.6% in Austria

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, France’s 23%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · France: 22.8% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× France’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

Austria spends 27% more on health per person than France

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in France is 21% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 68% more doctors per person than France

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Austria has 19% more hospital beds per person than France

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in France is 9% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 13% in France

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 24% in Austria

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in France

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 4% more alcohol than in France

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

France has 9% more meat per person than Austria

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

Austria has 266 kcal more food per person per day than France

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in France put in 49 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in Austria went to school 0.6 years longer than in France

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as France (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 44 more World Heritage sites than Austria (56 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Austria 367

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 89% in France

Austria: 92% (2025) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 2.6 times as fast as in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

Austria and France are practically level

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

Austria: 124 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

France’s railway network is 5.6 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from France

Austria: 5 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 33% of France

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

The average person in Austria emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in France

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

The air in Austria carries 16% more fine dust than in France

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 54% more likely to be murdered in France than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in France are 17% deadlier than in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Austria gets 10% more rain than France

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)