Austria vs Congo - Kinshasa
Austria vs Congo - Kinshasa: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 89.7% in Austria in 2016 and 35.9% in Congo - Kinshasa in 1999, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Austria, by 25.9 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
- The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Austria | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 89.7 | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 89.4 | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 89.5 | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 88.9 | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 89 | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 87.8 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 87.9 | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 88 | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 88.1 | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 88.7 | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 88.9 | – | 86 |
| 2005 | 88.9 | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 88.9 | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 88.3 | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 89 | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 90.9 | – | 81 |
| 2000 | 91.8 | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 35.9 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 56 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 52.7 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 52.5 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 53.1 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 54.1 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 94.7 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 56.5 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 88 | 62.1 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 88 | 54.6 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 89.7 | 50 | 69 |
| 1965 | 91.5 | 43.9 | 66 |
| 1960 | 91.5 | 28.8 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 100 | 4.4 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 100 | 4.1 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 97.4 | 2.8 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 94.8 | 1.8 | 40 |
| 1935 | 92.2 | 1.2 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 89.5 | 0.8 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 86.9 | 0.5 | 33 |
| 1920 | 84.3 | 0.3 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 81.7 | 0.2 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 79.1 | 0.1 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 79.8 | 0.1 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 80.9 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 71.4 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 45.4 | 0 | 20 |
| 1885 | 64.2 | 0 | 19 |
| 1880 | 52.4 | 0 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 40.5 | 0 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 28.7 | 0 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 26.3 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 24 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 21.9 | 0 | 8 |
| 1850 | 19.9 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 18.1 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 16.3 | 0 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 14.8 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 13.3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 12 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 10.8 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997