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Austria vs Czechia

Compare Austria and Czechia using 17 indicators with exactly comparable years.

Compare Austria and Czechia using 17 indicators with exactly comparable years.

Austria

AT

Czechia

CZ

Shared indicators

17

Austria better

6

Czechia better

11

Tie

0

Austria(AT)

Indicators comparison

Czechia(CZ)
5.7%

Unemployment rate

i

Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

2.8%
6.9%

Jobless Households

i

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

4.9%
7.5%

Housing & Utility Bill Arrears

i

Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

3.4%
115.2 index

Home Price Affordability

i

Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

112.1 index
6.1%

Housing Affordability

i

Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

8.2%
14.2%

Overcrowded Housing

i

Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

16.7%
4%

Energy Poverty / Cold Homes

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to keep their home adequately warm.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

4.1%
118

GDP per Capita

i

Measures GDP per inhabitant after adjusting for differences in price levels between countries using purchasing power standards (PPS). The EU27 average is set to 100, so values above or below 100 indicate a level above or below the EU average for that year. The index is primarily intended for cross-country comparison and changes over time should not be interpreted as real GDP growth.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

92
27.4 index

Income Inequality (Gini Index)

i

Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

24 index
4.25 ratio

Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

i

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

3.34 ratio
15.9%

Poverty Rate

i

Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

9.6%
18.8%

Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

i

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

11.5%
20.9%

Financial Vulnerability

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

18.7%
82.1 years

Life Expectancy

i

Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

80.1 years
6.3%

Material and Social Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

5.8%
1.6 rooms/person

Housing Space per Person

i

Measures the average number of rooms available in a household relative to the number of people living there, using Eurostat rules on which habitable spaces count as rooms.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Austria

1.5 rooms/person
3.7%

Severe Material Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Czechia

2.6%

Indicative result based on the count of shared indicators. Each indicator uses the latest exact year available for both countries, and no weighted composite score is applied.

View data table
Indicator Country A value Country B value Better outcome
Unemployment rate 5.7% 2.8% Czechia
Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) 6.9% 4.9% Czechia
Arrears on housing or utility bills 7.5% 3.4% Czechia
House price to income ratio 115.2 index 112.1 index Czechia
Housing cost overburden rate 6.1% 8.2% Austria
Overcrowding rate 14.2% 16.7% Austria
Inability to keep home adequately warm 4% 4.1% Austria
GDP per capita in PPS 118 92 Austria
Gini coefficient 27.4 index 24 index Czechia
Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 4.25 ratio 3.34 ratio Czechia
At-risk-of-poverty rate 15.9% 9.6% Czechia
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion 18.8% 11.5% Czechia
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses 20.9% 18.7% Czechia
Life expectancy at birth 82.1 years 80.1 years Austria
Material and social deprivation rate 6.3% 5.8% Czechia
Average number of rooms per person 1.6 rooms/person 1.5 rooms/person Austria
Severe material and social deprivation rate 3.7% 2.6% Czechia

Housing & Energy Costs: mixed signals

Austria has the more favorable reading on Housing Affordability, while Czechia has it on Housing & Utility Bill Arrears. Against the European benchmark, Austria is on the favorable side and Czechia on the adverse side for Housing Affordability. Both are on the favorable side of the European benchmark for Housing & Utility Bill Arrears.

Topic: Housing & Energy Costs Primary indicator: Housing Affordability Year: 2025 Difference: significant

Income & Purchasing Power: mixed signals

Austria has the more favorable reading on GDP per Capita, while Czechia has it on Income Inequality (Gini Index). Against the European benchmark, Austria is on the favorable side and Czechia on the adverse side for GDP per Capita. Both are on the favorable side of the European benchmark for Income Inequality (Gini Index).

Topic: Income & Purchasing Power Primary indicator: GDP per Capita Year: 2025 Difference: significant

Poverty & Financial Hardship: more favorable reading for Czechia

Czechia has the more favorable reading on Poverty Rate compared with Austria. Both are on the favorable side of the European benchmark for Poverty Rate.

Topic: Poverty & Financial Hardship Primary indicator: Poverty Rate Year: 2025 Difference: strong

Quality of Life in Europe: more favorable reading for Austria

Austria has the more favorable reading on Life Expectancy compared with Czechia. Against the European benchmark, Austria is on the favorable side and Czechia on the adverse side for Life Expectancy.

Topic: Quality of Life in Europe Primary indicator: Life Expectancy Year: 2024 Difference: significant