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Slovakia and Austria

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Slovakia

Austria

The widest gap is Disposable income per person: Austria €36,546 against Slovakia €12,990, 2.81× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Slovakia
Austria

People

Median age0.8 years
43.0 years
43.8 years
Life expectancy at birth3.7 years
78.4 years
82.1 years
People69.7%
5.4m
9.2m
People per square kilometre0.2%
111 per km²
112 per km²
Women in the population0.4 points
51.1%
50.7%
Born abroad18.5 points
4.0%
22.5%
Born outside the EU11.7 points
1.1%
12.8%

Money and work

Disposable income per person2.81×
€12,990
€36,546
Average net income2.88×
€13,857
€39,854
Take-home pay, average-wage worker2.34×
€18,097
€42,347
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.58×
€24,240
€62,628
In work, age 20 to 640.5 points
78.1%
77.6%
Out of work0.3 points
5.4%
5.7%
Hours worked a week3.6 hours
39.5 hours
35.9 hours
At risk of poverty3.7 points
12.2%
15.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income2.6 points
3.5%
6.1%
GDP per person2.23×
€25,060
€55,880

Family and home

People at home40.9%
3.1
2.2
Households with children15.5 points
42.1%
26.6%
Children per woman11.5%
1.46
1.31
Own their home39.6 points
93.8%
54.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds17.5%
558 per 100,000 people
655 per 100,000 people
Doctors46.2%
395 per 100,000 people
577 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree7.8 points
29.8%
37.6%
Students per 1,000 people85.8%
26.0 per 1,000 people
48.3 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.61×
€11,394
€29,771
Tax raised per person2.55×
€9,259
€23,626
Government debt20.1 points
61.4%
81.5%

Country and infrastructure

Land area71.1%
49,035 km²
83,882 km²
Railway density9.3%
74.5 per 1,000 km²
68.2 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density19.2%
17.8 per 1,000 km²
21.2 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people12.1%
512 per 1,000 people
574 per 1,000 people
Households with internet3.0 points
92.5%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident5.41×
2.7
14.62

Environment

Renewable energy27.9 points
16.3%
44.2%
Land under forest7.5 points
39.8%
47.3%

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.

Slovakia

Austria

Function
Slovakia
Austria
11.5%
10.9%
2.9%
1.2%
4.9%
2.7%
11.5%
12.9%
1.6%
1.3%
1.0%
0.7%
14.6%
17.2%
2.4%
2.3%
10.8%
9.6%
38.8%
41.3%

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

Frequently asked: Slovakia and Austria

  1. Where were more residents born abroad: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 18.5 points: Austria 22.5%, Slovakia 4.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU · 2025. See the figure

  2. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 2.81×: Austria €36,546, Slovakia €12,990. 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. Eurostat · Disposable income per person, Average net income, & Disposable income by age · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 3.07×: Austria €5,108, Slovakia €1,663. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where does more energy come from renewables: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 27.9 points: Austria 44.2%, Slovakia 16.3%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where is more tax raised per resident: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 2.55×: Austria €23,626, Slovakia €9,259. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. Eurostat · Tax raised per person · 2025. See the figure

  6. Which government spends more per resident: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 2.61×: Austria €29,771, Slovakia €11,394. Total general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 85.8%: Austria 48.3, Slovakia 26.0. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people · 2024. See the figure

  8. Which covers more ground: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 71.1%: Austria 83,882, Slovakia 49,035. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  9. Where do more people own their home: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 39.6 points: Slovakia 93.8%, Austria 54.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. Eurostat · Own their home · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Slovakia or Austria?

    The gap is 46.2%: Austria 577, Slovakia 395. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 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.