Austria vs Denmark

Austria and Denmark 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.

• Austria has about 1.5 times as many people as Denmark: 9.2 million against 6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Denmark ($76,970) is 22% higher than in Austria ($62,930) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Denmark (2.9%) than in Austria (0.6%), a difference of 2.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Austria (3.5%) than in Denmark (1.9%), a difference of 1.6 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Austria (5.6%) than in Denmark (5.5%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Austria (82 years) and Denmark (82.3 years) in 2024.
• The population of Austria is older: half of its people are over 43.1 years, against 41.2 years in Denmark in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Denmark (99.8% in 2024) than in Austria (91.9% in 2025), a difference of 7.9 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Austria (6.3 tonnes) are 47% higher than in Denmark (4.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Austria (47.3%) than in Denmark (16%), a difference of 31.3 percentage points in 2024.