Austria vs China: National power

National power in 2022: 0.17% of world capability in Austria and 23.41% of world capability in China, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in China, by 23.24 percentage points, or 140 times that in Austria.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

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What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1919.
In 2022, Austria ranked 69 and China ranked 1 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Austria	China
2022	0.17	23.41
2021	0.18	23.29
2020	0.17	23.8
2019	0.18	22.91
2018	0.18	22.6
2017	0.19	22.2
2016	0.19	23.08
2015	0.19	23.14
2014	0.2	22.9
2013	0.2	22.82
2012	0.2	22.04
2011	0.21	21.42
2010	0.21	20.92
2009	0.21	20.95
2008	0.24	19.06
2007	0.25	18.69
2006	0.24	17.94
2005	0.25	17.19
2004	0.24	16.8
2003	0.25	16.03
2002	0.25	15.35
2001	0.26	16.54
2000	0.26	16.22
1999	0.27	15.74
1998	0.29	15.41
1997	0.27	14.91
1996	0.26	14.64
1995	0.28	14.28
1994	0.26	13.71
1993	0.27	13.17
1992	0.26	12.38
1991	0.26	11.85
1990	0.25	11.18
1989	0.26	11.45
1988	0.25	11.29
1987	0.26	11.16
1986	0.25	11.4
1985	0.25	11.35
1984	0.26	11.61
1983	0.26	11.9
1982	0.26	11.88
1981	0.26	11.99
1980	0.27	11.95
1979	0.28	11.98
1978	0.27	12.1
1977	0.27	11.83
1976	0.28	11.77
1975	0.28	11.87
1974	0.3	11.69
1973	0.29	11.34
1972	0.3	11.3
1971	0.3	11.32
1970	0.3	11.27
1969	0.3	10.82
1968	0.3	10.59
1967	0.3	10.56
1966	0.31	10.97
1965	0.32	10.89
1964	0.34	11
1963	0.36	10.71
1962	0.34	10.36
1961	0.36	10.49
1960	0.36	11.93
1959	0.35	11.7
1958	0.36	10.84
1957	0.37	9.95
1956	0.35	9.81
1955	0.34	9.13
1954	–	9.44
1953	–	9.51
1952	–	9.64
1951	–	10.36
1950	–	11.85
1949	–	10.41
1948	–	11.51
1947	–	11.92
1946	–	13.27
1945	–	9.35
1944	–	9.74
1943	–	9.99
1942	–	9.89
1941	–	9.87
1940	–	9.26
1939	–	9.71
1938	0.51	9.32
1937	0.5	11.72
1936	0.44	11.12
1935	0.46	11.09
1934	0.48	12
1933	0.48	12.26
1932	0.51	12.55
1931	0.53	12.54
1930	0.54	12.59
1929	0.57	12.66
1928	0.58	12.68
1927	0.6	13.21
1926	0.61	16.23
1925	0.63	13.83
1924	0.65	16.29
1923	0.64	14.72
1922	0.69	13.64
1921	0.66	12.89
1920	0.56	12.75
1919	0.66	10.35
1918	–	8.62
1917	–	10.28
1916	–	8.35
1915	–	10.02
1914	–	9.22
1913	–	9.64
1912	–	11.36
1911	–	11.34
1910	–	13.64
1909	–	13.72
1908	–	13.93
1907	–	14.18
1906	–	11.87
1905	–	11.01
1904	–	11.77
1903	–	11.85
1902	–	11.86
1901	–	11.57
1900	–	12
1899	–	12.48
1898	–	12.35
1897	–	12.14
1896	–	12.43
1895	–	15.22
1894	–	15.41
1893	–	15.39
1892	–	15.46
1891	–	15.47
1890	–	15.56
1889	–	15.59
1888	–	15.64
1887	–	15.8
1886	–	16.04
1885	–	16.1
1884	–	16.21
1883	–	16.3
1882	–	16.05
1881	–	15.99
1880	–	16.28
1879	–	16.36
1878	–	15.63
1877	–	16.17
1876	–	16.32
1875	–	16.66
1874	–	16.83
1873	–	16.67
1872	–	16.83
1871	–	15.37
1870	–	17.07
1869	–	17.01
1868	–	16.87
1867	–	16.85
1866	–	17.1
1865	–	16.11
1864	–	15.94
1863	–	16.43
1862	–	17.08
1861	–	17.27
1860	–	17.43

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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.

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