# Austria and Slovenia compared Austria and Slovenia side by side: 42 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 3 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/aut-vs-svn 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 - Slovenia: 1991 — Slovenia wins its independence from Yugoslavia ## Economy | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $535 B | 2024 | $73 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $58,269 | 2024 | $34,301 | 2024 | | GDP growth | -0.7% | 2024 | 1.7% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.9% | 2024 | 2.0% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 108.8% | 2024 | 155.7% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 9.2 m | 2024 | 2.1 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 82.0 yrs | 2024 | 82.3 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 69.5% | 2024 | 55.8% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.3 | 2024 | 1.5 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 81.4 | 2024 | 75.4 | 2024 | | Political stability | 74.3 | 2024 | 78.2 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 80.8 | 2024 | 72.5 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 76.2 | 2024 | 67.5 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 85.8 | 2024 | 73.8 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 74.1 | 2024 | 61.5 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 11.8% | 2024 | 9.9% | 2024 | | Physicians | 5.51 | 2023 | 3.37 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 3.3 | 2024 | 2.3 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 90.0% | 2024 | 95.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 98.9% | 2024 | 99.6% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Education spending | 5.3% | 2022 | 5.3% | 2022 | | Primary enrolment | 101.3% | 2024 | 100.9% | 2023 | | Secondary enrolment | 100.6% | 2024 | 107.6% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 92.6% | 2024 | 80.1% | 2023 | ## Technology | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 3.3% | 2023 | 2.1% | 2023 | | Researchers (per million) | 6,634 | 2023 | 5,616 | 2023 | | Internet users | 91.9% | 2025 | 90.8% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 124 | 2024 | 131 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 18.5% | 2024 | 8.3% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 82,520 km² | 2023 | 20,135 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 47.2% | 2023 | 61.2% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 31.5% | 2023 | 30.4% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 6.3 | 2024 | 6.3 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 36.0% | 2021 | 23.4% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Austria | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.0% | 2024 | 1.3% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $5.3 B | 2024 | $952 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 23,000 | 2020 | 7,000 | 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/SVN.md. ## Entangled histories (3 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. - 1335: **Habsburgs acquire Carniola and Carinthia** — Carinthia and Carniola passed to the Habsburg dynasty, which already held Styria, bringing nearly all the Slovene lands under the rule that would last about six centuries. (from the Slovenia chronicle; sources: Slovenia: The Middle Ages; History of Slovenia) - 1815: **Austria regains the Slovene lands** — After Napoleon's defeat the Congress of Vienna restored Habsburg rule over the Illyrian territories, returning the Slovene lands to the Austrian Empire. (from the Slovenia chronicle; sources: History of Slovenia; Ljubljana) - 10 Oct 1920: **The Carinthian Plebiscite** — In the disputed southern Carinthian basin, a majority of about 59 per cent voted to remain with Austria rather than join Yugoslavia, leaving a Slovene minority on the Austrian side of the border. (from the Slovenia chronicle; sources: Carinthian Plebiscite, 1920; Slovenia since 1918) ## 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/SVN/chronicle.md. 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