Earliest recorded position in this interval.
World Wealthiest Country · Abundance history
Austria 🇦🇹 · Country History
Movement in the World Wealthiest Country Abundance Scorecard, measured through access to life rather than GDP or money. Every archived point adjustment and source remains available; unchanged observations are condensed by date, not deleted.
World Wealthiest Country · Recorded rank history
21 meaningful rank/score point(s)Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National score over the same dates
The rank can hold while points move. This chart shows only actually recorded score readings; its vertical scale follows the visible minimum and maximum.
Dots mark initial readings and rank or score changes; unchanged readings extend a dated interval. Select a dot for the score and related archived events.
Selected rank observation
Held through 9 Oct 2026 · 07:51 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 59 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #32 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 6 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Israel #30 → #43; points -51.70 → -51.70
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #35 to #44 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (10)
- Guernsey #36 → #33; points -53.78 → -53.78
- Åland Islands #37 → #34; points -53.91 → -53.91
- French Polynesia #39 → #35; points -54.38 → -54.38
- Italy #40 → #36; points -54.54 → -54.54
- Spain #41 → #37; points -54.72 → -54.72
- Israel #42 → #38; points -54.79 → -54.79
- Luxembourg #43 → #39; points -55.04 → -55.04
- Maldives #44 → #40; points -55.05 → -55.05
- Guadeloupe #46 → #42; points -55.28 → -55.28
- Vietnam #47 → #43; points -55.43 → -55.43
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Åland Islands #2 → #37; points -37.26 → -53.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #35 to #38 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (4)
- Åland Islands #37 → #28; points -53.91 → -53.91
- Israel #42 → #32; points -54.79 → -54.79
- Italy #40 → #34; points -54.54 → -55.14
- Spain #41 → #35; points -54.72 → -55.17
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -34.15 | -34.15 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Family Fertility Method 1.0.0: 60% lived family environment + 40% fertility performance.
Sources archived before (3)
Austria provides substantial family, health and education capacity, but housing costs, care burden and very low fertility constrain continuity. The 2025 TFR of 1.30 is below replacement and far from the authored target of 5.0.
Total fertility rate: 1.30000000
Nationwide same-sex marriage recognition recorded by Pew Research Center; this is a legal-status observation, not a measured fertility effect.
Sources archived after the change (3)
Austria provides substantial family, health and education capacity, but housing costs, care burden and very low fertility constrain continuity. The 2025 TFR of 1.30 is below replacement and far from the authored target of 5.0.
Total fertility rate: 1.30000000
Nationwide same-sex marriage recognition recorded by Pew Research Center; this is a legal-status observation, not a measured fertility effect.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #44 to #38 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that fell below this country (6)
- Guernsey #33 → #42; points -53.78 → -56.58
- French Polynesia #35 → #43; points -54.38 → -56.71
- Luxembourg #39 → #44; points -55.04 → -56.73
- Guadeloupe #42 → #47; points -55.28 → -56.92
- Vietnam #43 → #51; points -55.43 → -55.43
- Maldives #40 → #53; points -55.05 → -57.08
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #38 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500; 1303 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #38 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovakia #37 → #41; points -55.52 → -56.22
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Brunei #15 → #220; points -50.29 → -50.29
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #34 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #34 to #33 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #33 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #33 to #32 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #32 to #31 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #3 → #223; points -48.73 → -48.73
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #31 to #30 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #30 to #29 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Andorra #9 → #196; points -49.97 → -49.97
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #29 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (8)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #29 to #32 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sweden #3 → #52; points -46.31 → -57.38
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 22 Oct 2026 · 20:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #4 → #41; points -48.59 → -56.34
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #34 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #4 → #49; points -48.73 → -57.04
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #34 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Brazil #99 → #34; points -60.98 → -55.41
Every recorded change
Each archived event is preserved. Category details and sources begin from the first detailed country snapshot; older records remain visible without invented comparisons.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #34 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Brazil #99 → #34; points -60.98 → -55.41
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #34 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #4 → #49; points -48.73 → -57.04
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #4 → #41; points -48.59 → -56.34
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #4 → #41; points -48.59 → -56.34
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sweden #3 → #52; points -46.31 → -57.38
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #29 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (8)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #29 to #32 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #30 to #29 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Andorra #9 → #196; points -49.97 → -49.97
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #31 to #30 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #32 to #31 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #3 → #223; points -48.73 → -48.73
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #33 to #32 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #34 to #33 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #33 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #35 to #34 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Brunei #15 → #220; points -50.29 → -50.29
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #38 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovakia #37 → #41; points -55.52 → -56.22
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #37 to #38 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #38 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #35 to #38 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (4)
- Åland Islands #37 → #28; points -53.91 → -53.91
- Israel #42 → #32; points -54.79 → -54.79
- Italy #40 → #34; points -54.54 → -55.14
- Spain #41 → #35; points -54.72 → -55.17
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -34.15 | -34.15 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Family Fertility Method 1.0.0: 60% lived family environment + 40% fertility performance.
Sources archived before (3)
Austria provides substantial family, health and education capacity, but housing costs, care burden and very low fertility constrain continuity. The 2025 TFR of 1.30 is below replacement and far from the authored target of 5.0.
Total fertility rate: 1.30000000
Nationwide same-sex marriage recognition recorded by Pew Research Center; this is a legal-status observation, not a measured fertility effect.
Sources archived after the change (3)
Austria provides substantial family, health and education capacity, but housing costs, care burden and very low fertility constrain continuity. The 2025 TFR of 1.30 is below replacement and far from the authored target of 5.0.
Total fertility rate: 1.30000000
Nationwide same-sex marriage recognition recorded by Pew Research Center; this is a legal-status observation, not a measured fertility effect.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #44 to #38 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that fell below this country (6)
- Guernsey #33 → #42; points -53.78 → -56.58
- French Polynesia #35 → #43; points -54.38 → -56.71
- Luxembourg #39 → #44; points -55.04 → -56.73
- Guadeloupe #42 → #47; points -55.28 → -56.92
- Vietnam #43 → #51; points -55.43 → -55.43
- Maldives #40 → #53; points -55.05 → -57.08
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #35 to #44 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (10)
- Guernsey #36 → #33; points -53.78 → -53.78
- Åland Islands #37 → #34; points -53.91 → -53.91
- French Polynesia #39 → #35; points -54.38 → -54.38
- Italy #40 → #36; points -54.54 → -54.54
- Spain #41 → #37; points -54.72 → -54.72
- Israel #42 → #38; points -54.79 → -54.79
- Luxembourg #43 → #39; points -55.04 → -55.04
- Maldives #44 → #40; points -55.05 → -55.05
- Guadeloupe #46 → #42; points -55.28 → -55.28
- Vietnam #47 → #43; points -55.43 → -55.43
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Åland Islands #2 → #37; points -37.26 → -53.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #36 to #35 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Åland Islands #2 → #37; points -37.26 → -53.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #37 to #36 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Israel #30 → #43; points -51.70 → -51.70
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
First detailed category snapshot. Earlier category-by-category changes were not recorded and cannot be reconstructed from current values.
16 category values captured as the first detailed baseline. No earlier category change is being invented.
Open the captured category scores
Sources at first snapshot (4)
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has strong waste-management capacity and materially recovers more than half of total waste, but 2024 total waste remained about 67 million tonnes and large material throughput prevents a high circularity score.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Public education receives high investment and public funding dominates compulsory education. Access is broad, while family background and foreign-student tuition show that capability reach is not friction-free at every level.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Reliable energy reaches households, but bills remain a gate. Statistics Austria classified 13.0% of households as energy-poor in 2025 under the new combined indicator, including inability to heat, arrears and high energy costs.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria finances humanitarian and food assistance abroad, including flexible WFP emergency support. Its 2025 ODA remained below the long-standing 0.7% GNI target and material/waste externalities limit a stronger non-extractive score.
Sources at first snapshot (3)
Austria provides substantial family, health and education capacity, but housing costs, care burden and very low fertility constrain continuity. The 2025 TFR of 1.30 is below replacement and far from the authored target of 5.0.
Total fertility rate: 1.30000000
Nationwide same-sex marriage recognition recorded by Pew Research Center; this is a legal-status observation, not a measured fertility effect.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Food capacity and retail reach are strong, but household food is still ordinarily purchased. In the first quarter of 2026, 4.8% reported being unable to afford a main meal every second day, showing that national capacity does not eliminate household payment friction.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
All residents are covered for a core set of health services and unmet need is low, with high clinical capacity. Mandatory prepayment covered 77% of health spending, so broad access still coexists with household cost-sharing rather than universal no-payment care.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Housing quality and municipal/cooperative supply are substantial, yet ordinary shelter remains payment-mediated. In 2025 cooperative and communal housing broadened reach while private rents, purchase prices and single-parent housing-cost strain remained significant.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has strong infrastructure and social systems, but paid work and unpaid care remain material household burdens. Statistics Austria reports substantial part-time work and care-related constraints, so high productivity is not treated as automatic time abundance.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
EU/Schengen mobility provides broad entry for many visitors and Austria processes asylum and naturalisation, but citizenship is restrictive and the resident naturalisation rate was only 0.8% in 2025. Welcome is real but strongly rule- and status-mediated.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has mature courts and administration and provides free legal counselling/representation for asylum applicants. Legal processes still carry complexity and private legal costs outside qualifying assistance routes.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has extensive rural and forest land, but settlement and productive land access remain primarily ownership/lease markets. Buildable land and housing purchase prices are material cash gates.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
About 48% of Austria is forest and forest area has continued to increase; protected forest and growing hardwood/deadwood indicators support resilience. Intensive land use and climate pressure remain contradictory evidence.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has dense public transport and a nationwide KlimaTicket, reducing dependence on private vehicles. The national pass is still purchased rather than a zero-fare baseline, so strong physical reach receives less Friction credit.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Forests cover about 48% of the country and the Forest Act generally allows public recreational entry, giving ordinary people broad no-ticket nature access. Some activities and closed areas still require permission.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Austria has very high water capacity and broad central-system reach; about 93% use central water systems and national demand is a small share of available volume. Household service remains tariff-mediated rather than a universal zero-payment baseline.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #32 to #37 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
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