Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 836 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Austria has 1% more people than Switzerland

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.1 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 0.75 years older than in Switzerland

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Austria and Switzerland are practically level

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Austria hosts 36% more refugees per resident than Switzerland

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Austria 20.6

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Austria 1

Austria: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 80% larger than Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 34% more per person than Austria

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Austria (Gini 2.3 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Austria and Switzerland are practically level

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

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Austria and Switzerland are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Austria’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 75% more on health per person than Austria

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

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

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

Austria has 23% more doctors per person than Switzerland

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

Austria has 53% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

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

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

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

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

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

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Austria

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 32% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Austria has 15% more meat per person than Switzerland

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Austria has 353 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Switzerland put in 90 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 1.6 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 2.8 times as many tourists per resident as Switzerland (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 1 more World Heritage site than Austria (13 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Austria 367

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

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

Austria: 92% (2025) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 2.3 times as fast as in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

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

Austria’s railway network is 20% longer than Switzerland’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 64% more passengers per resident than those from Switzerland

Austria: 5 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 32% of Switzerland

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Austria emits 72% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Austria carries 14% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 47% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in Switzerland

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Austria are 67% deadlier than in Switzerland

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Austria is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Switzerland

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 27% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)