Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 2,757 m above Ireland’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Austria has 68% more people than Ireland

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Austria is 40% more densely populated than Ireland

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 4.7 years older than in Ireland

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Ireland have 0.2 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Austria hosts 24% more refugees per resident than Ireland

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Austria 1

Austria: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 25% larger than Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2 times as much per person as Austria

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Ireland (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

Austria and Ireland are practically level

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

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

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

Austria spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

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

Austria: 82% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 10% more on health per person than Austria

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

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

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

Austria has 42% more doctors per person than Ireland

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Austria has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Austria is 76% higher than in Ireland

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.08 points higher than in Austria

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 13% more alcohol than in Ireland

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 33% more meat per person than Austria

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 165 kcal more food per person per day than Austria

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 216 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Austria went to school 0.64 years longer than in Ireland

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 32% more tourists per resident than Ireland (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Austria has 10 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (12 against 2)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 92% in Austria

Austria: 92% (2025) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 73% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Ireland are practically level

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

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Austria: 70% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Austria: 124 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Austria’s railway network is 3 times as long as Ireland’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Austria

Austria: 5 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 12% of Ireland

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 3% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Austria carries 39% more fine dust than in Ireland

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 34% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in Ireland

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Austria are 25% deadlier than in Ireland

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Austria

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

Austria gets 11% more rain than Ireland

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)