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Austria rankings 2026: where Austria places in 195 global Top 10s

Austria is #3 in Countries that drink the most beer per person and inside the top 10 of 30 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

This is the complete picture of Austria across Top10Earth: 195 current rankings out of 491 that compare countries, from the economy and health to energy, education and food. Every figure below is the latest published value from its source. Its best position is #3 in Countries that drink the most beer per person, where it is measured at 6.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year (Beer consumption per person) as of 2026-11-01. Austria finishes inside the top 10 in 30 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Austria is inside the top 10 of 30 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

The remaining 18 top-10 positions are in the full list at the end of this guide.

Austria by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Austria holds 52 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest government revenues as a share of GDP (45.07 % of GDP), #9 of 50 in Countries with the highest median daily income (51.51 international-$ per day (2011 prices)), #10 of 43 in Countries with the highest government procurement spending (15.52 % of GDP) and #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending as a share of GDP (46.03 % of GDP). 48 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Austria holds 47 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest industrial share of water withdrawals (93.31 %), #8 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of energy from fossil fuels (0 % of total energy), #10 of 50 in Countries with the largest share of global plastic waste imports (3.88 %) and #15 of 50 in Countries with the highest plug-in hybrid share of car sales (9.99 %). 43 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Austria holds 27 positions: #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest pancreatic cancer death rates (9.22 per 100,000 people), #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from Parkinson's disease (13.39 per 100,000 people), #7 of 50 in Countries with the most adults who drank alcohol in the last year (79.4 %) and #7 of 50 in Countries with the most doctors per 1,000 people (5.52 per 1,000 people). 23 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Austria holds 24 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries that drink the most beer per person (6.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year), #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest sugar beet yields (79.88 tonnes per hectare), #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest sorghum yields (6.63 tonnes per hectare) and #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen (19.72 kilograms per bird). 20 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Austria holds 23 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using improved water sources (100 %), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of rural people with basic drinking water (100 %), #6 of 50 in Countries with the most ATMs per 100,000 adults (170.06 per 100,000 adults) and #8 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people with access to electricity (100 %). 19 more rankings are listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Austria holds 13 positions: #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest primary school completion rates (99.97 %), #8 of 50 in Countries spending the most on research as a share of GDP (3.26 % of GDP), #8 of 50 in Countries with the most researchers per million people (6,633.65 per million people) and #10 of 50 in Countries with the most students reaching minimum maths level (primary) (83.55 %). 9 more rankings are listed below.

Travel

In travel, Austria holds 5 positions: #13 of 50 in Countries earning the most from tourism (15.36 US$ bn), #18 of 50 in Most-visited countries by international arrivals (15.09 million), #23 of 50 in Countries with the most airline departures (325.9 thousand) and #25 of 50 in Countries with the most air passengers (46.04 million). 1 more ranking is listed below.

Consumer tech

In consumer tech, Austria holds 4 positions: #32 of 50 in Countries by communications, computer, etc. (52.58 % of service imports, BoP), #34 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed telephone subscriptions (3,481.1 thousand subscriptions), #46 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using the internet (91.93 %) and #50 of 50 in Countries with the most internet users (share of population) (91.93 % of population).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Austria moved in 177 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Austria ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Austria's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries where 15–19 year olds drink the most alcohol (10 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest consumption-based CO2 emissions (76.47 million tonnes) and 50th of 50 in Countries with the most air freight carried (207.84 million ton-km). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Austria

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Austria's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Austria

What is Austria's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#3 in Countries that drink the most beer per person, with 6.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year (Beer consumption per person) as of 2026-11-01.

How many rankings include Austria?

195 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Austria in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 30 rankings, including #3 in Countries that drink the most beer per person, #3 in Countries with the highest industrial share of water withdrawals and #3 in Countries with the highest share of people using improved water sources.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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