Austria vs Liechtenstein
Austria vs Liechtenstein: Government debt
Government debt in 2024: 80% of GDP in Austria and 0.5% of GDP in Liechtenstein, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Austria, by 79.5 percentage points, or 160 times that in Liechtenstein.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2011.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and Liechtenstein at 0.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Austria | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 77.8 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 78.1 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 82.4 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 83.2 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 71 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 74.6 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 79.1 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 83.4 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 85.6 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 85.2 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 82.4 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 82.9 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 83.4 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 83.7 | – |
| 2009 | 80.8 | – |
| 2008 | 69.5 | – |
| 2007 | 65.8 | – |
| 2006 | 68.2 | – |
| 2005 | 69.4 | – |
| 2004 | 65.9 | – |
| 2003 | 66.4 | – |
| 2002 | 67.4 | – |
| 2001 | 67.2 | – |
| 2000 | 66.1 | – |
| 1999 | 61.3 | – |
| 1998 | 69.2 | – |
| 1997 | 63.4 | – |
| 1996 | 68.2 | – |
| 1995 | 68.2 | – |
| 1994 | 64.1 | – |
| 1993 | 61 | – |
| 1992 | 56.3 | – |
| 1991 | 56.4 | – |
| 1990 | 56.2 | – |
| 1989 | 56.6 | – |
| 1988 | 57.7 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Austria | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.4 | 0.5 |
| 2026 | 82.4 | 0.5 |
| 2027 | 82.3 | 0.5 |
| 2028 | 82.4 | 0.5 |
| 2029 | 82.9 | 0.5 |
| 2030 | 83.5 | 0.5 |
| 2031 | 84.3 | 0.5 |
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 Liechtenstein
Health
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Liechtenstein: 39,600 people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Liechtenstein: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Liechtenstein: 1.54 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Liechtenstein: 14.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Liechtenstein: 44.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Liechtenstein: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Liechtenstein: 5.4 per 1,000 people in 2023