Sweden vs Austria

Sweden
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Stockholm
Population
10.6M
GDP
$604.8B
Austria
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Vienna
Population
9.2M
GDP
$534.8B

POP 1.2x GDP 1.1x LE 2.1 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Sweden vs Austria

GDP Growth Rate164.8%Net Migration82.4%Population Density76.6%Freshwater Withdrawal74.6%Foreign Direct Investment55.5%CO2 Emissions Per Capita43.5%Unemployment Rate38.1%Renewable Energy Consump…37.8%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is GDP Growth Rate rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Austria, 77% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Population Density 25.9 110.7 2023
Urban Population 88.9% 69.5% 2024
Population Ages 0-14 17.0% 14.2% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP Growth Rate (Sweden, 165% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
GDP Growth Rate 1.0% -0.7% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $30.7B $13.7B 2024
Unemployment Rate 8.4% 5.2% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Maternal Mortality Ratio (Sweden, 33% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Maternal Mortality Ratio 4 6 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 2.0 2.8 2024
Under-5 Mortality Rate 2.4 3.3 2024
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 4.4 5.5 2021

2 closer health rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Sweden, 28% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 7.3% 5.3% 2022
School Enrollment (Secondary) 132.0% 100.6% 2024

2 closer education rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Austria, 75% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 1.5% 5.7% 2022
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 3.6 6.3 2024
Renewable Energy Consumption 57.9% 36.0% 2021
Electric Power Consumption 12,226 7,897 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Sweden, 12% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Mobile Subscriptions 140.7 124.5 2024
Access to Sanitation 95.4% 98.5% 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Sweden, 82% spread)

Indicator Sweden Austria Year
Net Migration 50.1K 8.8K 2024
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 0.8% 0.5% 2023
Intentional Homicides 1.1 0.9 2023

3 closer social rows sit on the Sweden and Austria profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Sweden vs Austria comparison

Sweden vs Austria is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to GDP Growth Rate (~165% spread); 38 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 7 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Sweden vs Austria figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.