Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 3,768 m above New Zealand’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Austria has 73% more people than New Zealand

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Austria is 5.5 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 5.8 years older than in New Zealand

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.3 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Austria hosts 77 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Austria 1

Austria: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Austria’s economy is 2.2 times the size of New Zealand’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Austria produces 34% more per person than New Zealand

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

New Zealand and Austria are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Austria’s 26%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

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

Austria: 82% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Austria spends 34% more on health per person than New Zealand

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 43% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 53% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Austria has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 2% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.15 points higher than in Austria

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 31% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 8% more meat per person than Austria

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Austria has 634 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 269 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 0.52 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 4.8 times as many tourists per resident as New Zealand (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Austria has 9 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (12 against 3)

Austria: 12 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 92% in Austria

Austria: 92% (2025) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 56% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Austria and New Zealand are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Austria’s railway network is 20% longer than New Zealand’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from Austria fly 77% more passengers per resident than those from New Zealand

Austria: 5 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 39% of New Zealand

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

New Zealand and Austria are nearly identical here

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 84% in Austria

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Austria carries 47% more fine dust than in New Zealand

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 67% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 68% deadlier than in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 26% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)