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Austria vs South Korea
How Austria and South Korea compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, South Korea was higher: 84.3 years against 82 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Austria was higher: $46,090 against $37,470
- Population · In 2023, South Korea was higher: 51.8 million people against 9.13 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, South Korea was higher: 2.6% of GDP against 1.1% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, South Korea was higher: 11.36 tonnes against 6.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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