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Switzerland vs. Austria

How Switzerland and Austria compare on income per person, population, life expectancy, internet use and access to electricity, each next to the world figure and linked to its chart, where you'll find its source, its date and every country's numbers.

The biggest differences

  • GDP per person is 85% higher in Switzerland ($107,702) than in Austria ($58,269).
  • Life expectancy at birth is 2.4 years longer in Switzerland (84.4 years) than in Austria (82).
  • The share of people using the internet is 2.4 percentage points higher in Switzerland (97.3%) than in Austria (94.9%).

The two are about the same on the population and the share of people with electricity.

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Figures are from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), for the newest year most countries have reported; many are estimates, and they are revised as new data comes in. GDP per person is in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices. Two figures are called about the same when GDP or population differ by less than 5%, life expectancy by less than a year, or a share by less than 2 percentage points.

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