Austria vs Belgium

Austria and Belgium compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Belgium has about 1.3 times as many people as Austria: 11.9 million against 9.2 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Austria ($62,930) is 4% higher than in Belgium ($60,750) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Belgium (1%) than in Austria (0.6%), a difference of 0.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Austria (3.5%) than in Belgium (2.5%), a difference of 1 percentage point in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Belgium (5.9%) than in Austria (5.6%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Austria (82 years) and Belgium (82.3 years) in 2024.
• The population of Austria is older: half of its people are over 43.1 years, against 41.4 years in Belgium in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Belgium (95.8% in 2024) than in Austria (91.9% in 2025), a difference of 3.9 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Belgium (7.3 tonnes) are 16% higher than in Austria (6.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Austria (47.3%) than in Belgium (22%), a difference of 25.3 percentage points in 2024.