Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 835 m above Germany’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Germany has 9.1 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Germany is 2.1 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 2.1 years older than in Austria

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.1 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 21% in Austria

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 2% more refugees per resident than Austria

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Germany 10.3

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Austria and Germany are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 8.7 times the size of Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Austria produces 2% more per person than Germany

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Austria (Gini 2.5 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

Germany and Austria are practically level

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.7% in Germany

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Germany’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 2% more on health per person than Austria

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

A baby in Germany is 11% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 22% more doctors per person than Germany

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 13% more hospital beds per person than Austria

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Austria is 27% higher than in Germany

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Austria

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 6% more alcohol than in Germany

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Austria has 4% more meat per person than Germany

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Austria has 221 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Austria put in 103 more hours a year than in Germany

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.9 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 6.5 times as many tourists per resident as Germany (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 43 more World Heritage sites than Austria (55 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Austria 367

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 92% in Austria

Austria: 92% (2025) · Germany: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 7% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Germany are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 6.7 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 5.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Germany

Austria: 5 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

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

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 10% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Austria carries 13% more fine dust than in Germany

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Austria are 20% deadlier than in Germany

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Germany is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Austria gets 46% more rain than Germany

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)