Austria vs Japan
Austria vs Japan: Government debt
Government debt in 2024: 80% of GDP in Austria and 213.6% of GDP in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 133.6 percentage points, or 2.67 times that in Austria.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Austria.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and Japan at 188.9% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Austria | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80 | 213.6 |
| 2023 | 77.8 | 220.1 |
| 2022 | 78.1 | 228 |
| 2021 | 82.4 | 222.6 |
| 2020 | 83.2 | 228.8 |
| 2019 | 71 | 206.3 |
| 2018 | 74.6 | 203.7 |
| 2017 | 79.1 | 203.1 |
| 2016 | 83.4 | 202.1 |
| 2015 | 85.6 | 200.1 |
| 2014 | 85.2 | 203.6 |
| 2013 | 82.4 | 201.2 |
| 2012 | 82.9 | 197.1 |
| 2011 | 83.4 | 190.6 |
| 2010 | 83.7 | 178.6 |
| 2009 | 80.8 | 172.9 |
| 2008 | 69.5 | 153.6 |
| 2007 | 65.8 | 150.4 |
| 2006 | 68.2 | 152.1 |
| 2005 | 69.4 | 153.4 |
| 2004 | 65.9 | 148.8 |
| 2003 | 66.4 | 140.2 |
| 2002 | 67.4 | 134.6 |
| 2001 | 67.2 | 126.8 |
| 2000 | 66.1 | 118.5 |
| 1999 | 61.3 | 113.5 |
| 1998 | 69.2 | 101.6 |
| 1997 | 63.4 | 91.3 |
| 1996 | 68.2 | 85.3 |
| 1995 | 68.2 | 80.7 |
| 1994 | 64.1 | 73.3 |
| 1993 | 61 | 63.2 |
| 1992 | 56.3 | 57.9 |
| 1991 | 56.4 | 54.1 |
| 1990 | 56.2 | 54.8 |
| 1989 | 56.6 | 56.9 |
| 1988 | 57.7 | 62.4 |
| 1987 | – | 65.8 |
| 1986 | – | 64.2 |
| 1985 | – | 59.2 |
| 1984 | – | 56.9 |
| 1983 | – | 55.1 |
| 1982 | – | 50.1 |
| 1981 | – | 45.8 |
| 1980 | – | 41.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Austria | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.4 | 204.8 |
| 2026 | 82.4 | 199.4 |
| 2027 | 82.3 | 196.4 |
| 2028 | 82.4 | 193.8 |
| 2029 | 82.9 | 191.5 |
| 2030 | 83.5 | 190.1 |
| 2031 | 84.3 | 188.9 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
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Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025