Austria vs Canada
Austria vs Canada: National power
National power in 2022: 0.17% of world capability in Austria and 0.81% of world capability in Canada, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.63 percentage points, or 4.67 times that in Austria.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1920.
- In 2022, Austria ranked 69 and Canada ranked 25 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Austria | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.17 | 0.81 |
| 2021 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 2020 | 0.17 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.18 | 0.81 |
| 2018 | 0.18 | 0.83 |
| 2017 | 0.19 | 0.84 |
| 2016 | 0.19 | 0.85 |
| 2015 | 0.19 | 0.85 |
| 2014 | 0.2 | 0.87 |
| 2013 | 0.2 | 0.87 |
| 2012 | 0.2 | 0.92 |
| 2011 | 0.21 | 0.94 |
| 2010 | 0.21 | 0.96 |
| 2009 | 0.21 | 0.96 |
| 2008 | 0.24 | 1.04 |
| 2007 | 0.25 | 1.08 |
| 2006 | 0.24 | 1.08 |
| 2005 | 0.25 | 1.09 |
| 2004 | 0.24 | 1.11 |
| 2003 | 0.25 | 1.13 |
| 2002 | 0.25 | 1.15 |
| 2001 | 0.26 | 1.08 |
| 2000 | 0.26 | 1.13 |
| 1999 | 0.27 | 1.15 |
| 1998 | 0.29 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 0.27 | 1.12 |
| 1996 | 0.26 | 1.13 |
| 1995 | 0.28 | 1.15 |
| 1994 | 0.26 | 1.17 |
| 1993 | 0.27 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 0.26 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | 0.26 | 1.17 |
| 1990 | 0.25 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 0.26 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | 0.25 | 1.14 |
| 1987 | 0.26 | 1.13 |
| 1986 | 0.25 | 1.11 |
| 1985 | 0.25 | 1.11 |
| 1984 | 0.26 | 1.16 |
| 1983 | 0.26 | 1.12 |
| 1982 | 0.26 | 1.11 |
| 1981 | 0.26 | 1.17 |
| 1980 | 0.27 | 1.18 |
| 1979 | 0.28 | 1.18 |
| 1978 | 0.27 | 1.17 |
| 1977 | 0.27 | 1.17 |
| 1976 | 0.28 | 1.16 |
| 1975 | 0.28 | 1.17 |
| 1974 | 0.3 | 1.17 |
| 1973 | 0.29 | 1.16 |
| 1972 | 0.3 | 1.16 |
| 1971 | 0.3 | 1.15 |
| 1970 | 0.3 | 1.14 |
| 1969 | 0.3 | 1.11 |
| 1968 | 0.3 | 1.19 |
| 1967 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 1966 | 0.31 | 1.22 |
| 1965 | 0.32 | 1.28 |
| 1964 | 0.34 | 1.28 |
| 1963 | 0.36 | 1.25 |
| 1962 | 0.34 | 1.26 |
| 1961 | 0.36 | 1.26 |
| 1960 | 0.36 | 1.24 |
| 1959 | 0.35 | 1.28 |
| 1958 | 0.36 | 1.26 |
| 1957 | 0.37 | 1.32 |
| 1956 | 0.35 | 1.37 |
| 1955 | 0.34 | 1.32 |
| 1954 | – | 1.33 |
| 1953 | – | 1.42 |
| 1952 | – | 1.42 |
| 1951 | – | 1.35 |
| 1950 | – | 1.26 |
| 1949 | – | 1.28 |
| 1948 | – | 1.26 |
| 1947 | – | 1.32 |
| 1946 | – | 1.56 |
| 1945 | – | 1.7 |
| 1944 | – | 1.7 |
| 1943 | – | 1.85 |
| 1942 | – | 1.71 |
| 1941 | – | 1.51 |
| 1940 | – | 1.21 |
| 1939 | – | 0.91 |
| 1938 | 0.51 | 0.87 |
| 1937 | 0.5 | 0.89 |
| 1936 | 0.44 | 0.86 |
| 1935 | 0.46 | 0.87 |
| 1934 | 0.48 | 0.89 |
| 1933 | 0.48 | 0.84 |
| 1932 | 0.51 | 0.86 |
| 1931 | 0.53 | 0.92 |
| 1930 | 0.54 | 0.98 |
| 1929 | 0.57 | 0.98 |
| 1928 | 0.58 | 0.97 |
| 1927 | 0.6 | 0.94 |
| 1926 | 0.61 | 0.92 |
| 1925 | 0.63 | 0.87 |
| 1924 | 0.65 | 0.89 |
| 1923 | 0.64 | 0.99 |
| 1922 | 0.69 | 0.84 |
| 1921 | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| 1920 | 0.56 | 1.01 |
| 1919 | 0.66 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Canada
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Canada: 82.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Canada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Canada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Canada: 99% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Canada: 3.99% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Canada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Canada: 39.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Canada: 1.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Canada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Canada: 82.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Canada: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Canada: 19.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Canada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Canada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Canada: $37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Canada: $939 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Canada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Canada: 72,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Canada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Canada: 83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Canada: 312 million TIV in 2025