Austria vs Sweden
Austria vs Sweden: Government debt
Government debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 34.6% of GDP in Sweden in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Austria, by 46.1 percentage points, or 2.36 times that in Sweden.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Sweden.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and Sweden at 30.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Austria | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.4 | 34.6 |
| 2024 | 80 | 33.9 |
| 2023 | 77.8 | 32.2 |
| 2022 | 78.1 | 34.4 |
| 2021 | 82.4 | 37.2 |
| 2020 | 83.2 | 40.5 |
| 2019 | 71 | 36 |
| 2018 | 74.6 | 40.2 |
| 2017 | 79.1 | 41.9 |
| 2016 | 83.4 | 43.2 |
| 2015 | 85.6 | 44.8 |
| 2014 | 85.2 | 46.1 |
| 2013 | 82.4 | 41.2 |
| 2012 | 82.9 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 83.4 | 37.8 |
| 2010 | 83.7 | 38.7 |
| 2009 | 80.8 | 41.3 |
| 2008 | 69.5 | 38 |
| 2007 | 65.8 | 39.3 |
| 2006 | 68.2 | 43.9 |
| 2005 | 69.4 | 49 |
| 2004 | 65.9 | 48.7 |
| 2003 | 66.4 | 49.5 |
| 2002 | 67.4 | 49.9 |
| 2001 | 67.2 | 52 |
| 2000 | 66.1 | 50.4 |
| 1999 | 61.3 | 60.3 |
| 1998 | 69.2 | 65.4 |
| 1997 | 63.4 | 67.7 |
| 1996 | 68.2 | 68.9 |
| 1995 | 68.2 | 68.7 |
| 1994 | 64.1 | 68.6 |
| 1993 | 61 | 66.1 |
| 1992 | 56.3 | – |
| 1991 | 56.4 | – |
| 1990 | 56.2 | – |
| 1989 | 56.6 | – |
| 1988 | 57.7 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Austria | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82.4 | 35.1 |
| 2027 | 82.3 | 35.5 |
| 2028 | 82.4 | 34.8 |
| 2029 | 82.9 | 33.6 |
| 2030 | 83.5 | 32.3 |
| 2031 | 84.3 | 30.7 |
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.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025