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Austria and Italy

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Austria

Italy

The widest gap is With a degree: Austria 37.6% against Italy 22.3%, 15.3 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Austria
Italy

People

Median age5.3 years
43.8 years
49.1 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
82.1 years
83.7 years
People6.41×
9.2m
58.9m
People per square kilometre77.5%
112 per km²
198 per km²
Women in the population0.3 points
50.7%
51.0%
Born abroad10.7 points
22.5%
11.8%
Born outside the EU3.7 points
12.8%
9.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person65.7%
€36,546
€22,062
Average net income59.3%
€39,854
€25,011
Take-home pay, average-wage worker52.4%
€42,347
€27,788
Gross pay, average-wage worker56.4%
€62,628
€40,056
In work, age 20 to 6410.0 points
77.6%
67.6%
Out of work0.4 points
5.7%
6.1%
Hours worked a week1.4 hours
35.9 hours
37.3 hours
At risk of poverty2.7 points
15.9%
18.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.1 points
6.1%
5.0%
GDP per person45.9%
€55,880
€38,310

Family and home

People at home
2.2
2.2
Households with children1.5 points
26.6%
28.1%
Children per woman11.0%
1.31
1.18
Own their home22.9 points
54.2%
77.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds2.10×
655 per 100,000 people
312 per 100,000 people
Doctors0.3%
577 per 100,000 people
575 per 100,000 people
Nurses64.3%
1,076 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree15.3 points
37.6%
22.3%
Students per 1,000 people23.2%
48.3 per 1,000 people
39.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them58.3%
€29,771
€18,808
Tax raised per person42.7%
€23,626
€16,554
Government debt55.6 points
81.5%
137.1%

Country and infrastructure

Land area3.60×
83,882 km²
302,073 km²
Railway density20.3%
68.2 per 1,000 km²
56.7 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density19.8%
21.2 per 1,000 km²
25.4 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people23.5%
574 per 1,000 people
709 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.4 points
95.5%
94.1%
Tourist nights per resident61.0%
14.62
9.08

Environment

Renewable energy23.7 points
44.2%
20.5%
Land under forest15.7 points
47.3%
31.6%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Austria

Italy

Function
Austria
Italy
10.9%
15.4%
1.2%
2.6%
2.7%
3.5%
12.9%
10.1%
1.3%
1.8%
0.7%
1.5%
17.2%
13.2%
2.3%
1.7%
9.6%
8.0%
41.3%
42.2%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Austria and Italy

  1. Where do more people live: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 6.41×: Italy 58.9m, Austria 9.2m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 3.60×: Italy 302,073, Austria 83,882. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which spends more on health per resident: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 2.06×: Austria €5,108, Italy €2,477. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 1.3 points: Italy 2.6%, Austria 1.2%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where does more energy come from renewables: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 23.7 points: Austria 44.2%, Italy 20.5%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 2.10×: Austria 655, Italy 312. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where were more residents born abroad: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 10.7 points: Austria 22.5%, Italy 11.8%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where do more adults hold a degree: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 15.3 points: Austria 37.6%, Italy 22.3%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

  9. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 65.7%: Austria €36,546, Italy €22,062. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where do more people own their home: Austria or Italy?

    The gap is 22.9 points: Italy 77.1%, Austria 54.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.