# Austria and Czechia compared Austria and Czechia side by side: 42 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 4 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/aut-vs-cze Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Austria: 996 — The name Ostarrîchi first appears - Czechia: c. 870 — The Přemyslids establish the Duchy of Bohemia ## Economy | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $535 B | 2024 | $347 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $58,269 | 2024 | $31,823 | 2024 | | GDP growth | -0.7% | 2024 | 1.2% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.9% | 2024 | 2.4% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 108.8% | 2024 | 131.5% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 9.2 m | 2024 | 11 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 82.0 yrs | 2024 | 80.0 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 69.5% | 2024 | 72.8% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.3 | 2024 | 1.4 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 81.4 | 2024 | 78.8 | 2024 | | Political stability | 74.3 | 2024 | 82.5 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 80.8 | 2024 | 74.2 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 76.2 | 2024 | 74.3 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 85.8 | 2024 | 77.4 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 74.1 | 2024 | 66.7 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 11.8% | 2024 | 8.5% | 2024 | | Physicians | 5.51 | 2023 | 4.35 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 3.3 | 2024 | 2.6 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 90.0% | 2024 | 89.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 98.9% | 2024 | 98.1% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Education spending | 5.3% | 2022 | 4.3% | 2022 | | Primary enrolment | 101.3% | 2024 | 99.7% | 2023 | | Secondary enrolment | 100.6% | 2024 | 97.6% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 92.6% | 2024 | 66.7% | 2023 | ## Technology | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 3.3% | 2023 | 1.8% | 2023 | | Researchers (per million) | 6,634 | 2023 | 4,505 | 2023 | | Internet users | 91.9% | 2025 | 87.7% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 124 | 2024 | 127 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 18.5% | 2024 | 22.4% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 82,520 km² | 2023 | 77,167 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 47.2% | 2023 | 34.8% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 31.5% | 2023 | 45.8% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 6.3 | 2024 | 7.1 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 36.0% | 2021 | 17.2% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.4% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.3% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Austria | Observed | Czechia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.0% | 2024 | 1.9% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $5.3 B | 2024 | $6.5 B | 2024 | | Armed forces | 23,000 | 2020 | 27,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/AUT.md and https://terralore.co/country/CZE.md. ## Entangled histories (4 events) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 1526: **Bohemia under the Habsburgs** — The Bohemian estates elected Ferdinand I of Habsburg as king, binding the kingdom to the Habsburg monarchy and to Austria and Hungary for nearly four centuries. (from the Czechia chronicle; sources: Czechoslovak history) - 8 Nov 1620: **Battle of White Mountain** — Imperial and Catholic League armies crushed the Bohemian rebels at White Mountain near Prague, ending Czech estates' power and ushering in Habsburg absolutism and forced Counter-Reformation. (from the Czechia chronicle; sources: Defenestration of Prague (1618); Czechoslovak history) - 19th century: **The Czech National Revival** — From the late 18th century, scholars led by the historian Frantisek Palacky rebuilt and codified the Czech language and national history, transforming a cultural awakening into a political movement within Austria-Hungary. (from the Czechia chronicle; sources: Frantisek Palacky; Czechoslovak history: National awakening and the rise of constitutionalism) - 28 Oct 1918: **Foundation of Czechoslovakia** — With Austria-Hungary collapsing, independence was proclaimed in Prague on 28 October 1918; Tomas Garrigue Masaryk became the first president of the new multi-ethnic democratic republic. (from the Czechia chronicle; sources: Tomas Masaryk; Foundation of Czechoslovakia) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/AUT/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/CZE/chronicle.md. 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