Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile
Germany 🇩🇪
Country profile & diagnostic reading
Tracking baselineEvidence through 9 Oct 2026How the headline score is calculated
Evidence before Gate = Σ (published category score × category weight × research coverage) ÷ Σ (category weight × research coverage). The five-part Money Gate sets a proportional ceiling, with Friction already in the category evidence score.
Current evidence: +34.6 · Money Gate: 2.75/20 · Cash-register lock: +86.3 · Graded pressure: +86.3 · Headline: -61.7.
The fully detailed gate formula is explained in the Money Gate method; no international score can independently clear it.
TBF Rank TBF Rank Rank compares only published profiles. It follows the TBF Abundance Score, not GDP size, and can move when a country score changes or when another country enters the published table. Read Small Island Abundance Theory
Global standing based on life reachability
GermanyLast recorded move: down from #107 to #108.Recent recorded movements
- #107 → #10811 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500
- #107 → #10711 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500
- #108 → #10711 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500
- #109 → #10811 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500
Rank journey · newest first
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National Abundance Gate Money Gate Food, Housing / Land, Healthcare, Transportation and Water / Energy are four points each. All five must reach 4/4 before the country can cross zero. Money may still exist as an exchange tool; it cannot remain the permission slip for these five basics. Read Money Is a Weak Civilization Engine
Graded status · five basics not fully cleared
Research Coverage Research coverage Coverage tells you how much of the weighted domestic framework has publishable evidence. Missing research stays missing; it is not silently converted into a zero score. Explore Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
Coverage calculation
Sum of each published category weight × its verified research coverage ÷ 100. For the current country:
9.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 9.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 7.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 80.0% + 6.0 × 78.0% = 97.48% weighted coverage
Unreviewed international categories do not receive fabricated coverage or zero scores.
14 / 14 domestic categories scored; 2 / 2 international categories with documented research (scores require full audit)
GDP Rank GDP Rank GDP rank is context only. It can show how much money and production move through an economy, but it contributes zero points to the TBF Abundance Score. Read Make the World Truly Productive Again
Shown for context, not as the abundance ranking
Money Gate · Overall Gate 0.7.0
Five basics stand between this country and zero
All five basics must reach 4/4 before a country can cross zero. Open any gate reading to see exactly why its points were assigned and review the source record.
Food Food · 4 points Full credit means nutritious food is ordinary civilization provision without a checkout or poverty test. School meals and other narrow institutional routes can earn limited partial credit without being mistaken for free food abundance. Read A Civilization Laid Out in Orchards
Why 0.5 / 4?
Income-tested school and kindergarten lunch costs can be paid under the Bildungspaket, not household food generally.
Point calculation
0.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 12.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Housing / Land Housing / Land · 4 points Full credit means families can secure a home or suitable productive ground without rent, purchase price or mortgage debt deciding whether they may remain sheltered and grounded. Read the Distributed Founding Nuclei Strategy
Why 0.3 / 4?
Housing support is rent/income-conditioned; rent still normally needs to be paid.
Point calculation
0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Healthcare Healthcare · 4 points Full credit requires dependable no-payment care across prevention, primary care, maternity, dentistry, medicine, emergency treatment and necessary specialist care. Read Money Zombie Outbreaks
Why 1.5 / 4?
Statutory insurance funds essential services, but contributions and €5–€10 co-payments apply, with income-related exemptions.
Point calculation
1.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 37.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Transportation Transportation · 4 points Full credit means ordinary movement is free across the routes people actually need. A free Sunday, one route or a temporary promotion earns only limited credit. Read The Caterport: Free Human Movement
Why 0.3 / 4?
Deutschlandticket is still a paid €63 monthly ticket in 2026; limited social/student concession routes exist.
Point calculation
0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Water / Energy Water / Energy · 4 points Full credit requires both safe water and essential household energy to stay available without payment deciding whether cooking, cooling, washing, pumping or food preservation stops. Read Nucleus Formation Stewards
Why 0.3 / 4?
Residential electricity and gas are billed, with some hardship protection; no unconditional nationwide free baseline is demonstrated.
Point calculation
0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
- Food0.5 / 4
- Housing / Land0.3 / 4
- Healthcare1.5 / 4
- Transportation0.3 / 4
- Water / Energy0.3 / 4
- Money still needed17.3 / 20
Grey means points not yet earned toward fully money-free basic life—not a cash price or currency sum.
Why 2.8 / 20?
The Money Gate total is the sum of the five direct 0–4 readings. Every basic need remains visible separately so one strong area cannot hide another weak one.
Actual calculation
Food 0.50 + Housing / Land 0.25 + Healthcare 1.50 + Transportation 0.25 + Water / Energy 0.25 = 2.75 / 20
A country remains money-gated until the total reaches 20 / 20.
Why 86.3 / 100?
The five direct Money Gate readings total 0–20. Every point removes five of the 100 payment-lock units; a 7/20 reading produces a 65/100 lock.
Actual calculation
100 - (2.75 × 5) = 86.25
Why 69.1 / 100?
Friction is visible as its own 0–100 contextual reading from domestic category rails. Its effect is already in the evidence score and is not applied to the ceiling again.
Actual calculation
(100 - -38.24) ÷ 2 = 69.12 / 100
The weighted Friction rail comes from the published domestic category rails.
Why -43.1?
Each Money Gate point raises the negative ceiling by 2.5 points: 0/20 → −50, 7/20 → −32.5, 10/20 → −25, 19.5/20 → −1.25. At 20/20 the gate is removed, so the evidence score becomes the headline directly.
Actual calculation
86.25 = 86.25 (Friction already counted in category scores)
-50 + 2.5 × 2.75 = -43.1
16-category profile
All categories at a glance
All sixteen categories use the −100 to +100 evidence scale once verified. International Welcome and External Footprint remain pending until their rail scores are properly researched. Select a category for sourced findings and transparent calculations.
Category readings & evidence
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9% weight
Human Time & Burden Return
What this category measures
Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.
TBFC targetNecessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life. Access-gate research questionHow much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Family Shubaka: protecting human and family time
+44.8↓
Score breakdown
Human Time & Burden Return
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Usual weekly hours for dependent full-time employees.
Exact point calculation
65.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 22.75 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Share of dependent employees working part-time: 31.90 %
Exact point calculation
-20.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -5.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Germany Destatis reports 4.7% of employed people, more than two million workers, had at least one additional job in 2024. It explicitly distinguishes earnings necessity from voluntary extra work.
Exact point calculation
55.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 8.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Usual weekly hours for dependent full-time employees.
Germany Destatis reports 4.7% of employed people, more than two million workers, had at least one additional job in 2024. It explicitly distinguishes earnings necessity from voluntary extra work.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 22.75 + -5.00 + 8.25 = 44.75
Base: 44.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +44.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 44.75 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 4.13 points
This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +4.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +10.0
What the evidence found
Usual weekly hours for dependent full-time employees.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Germany Destatis reports 4.7% of employed people, more than two million workers, had at least one additional job in 2024. It explicitly distinguishes earnings necessity from voluntary extra work.
2024-12-31 DestatisPublished indicators
German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
Source
8% weight
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
What this category measures
Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.
TBFC targetAdequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay. Access-gate research questionWhat share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Mother-Sight compound home
+13.8↓
Score breakdown
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Overburden means more than 40% of disposable household income spent on housing.
Exact point calculation
20.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 7.00 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Population living in rented housing: 52.80 %
People in accommodated homelessness: 474,700.00 people
Exact point calculation
-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Population in households overburdened by housing costs: 11.20 %
Housing costs as share of disposable household income: 24.10 %
Exact point calculation
20.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 3.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Overburden means more than 40% of disposable household income spent on housing.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 7.00 + -15.00 + 3.00 = 13.75
Base: 13.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +13.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 13.75 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.13 points
This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +55.0
What the evidence found
Overburden means more than 40% of disposable household income spent on housing.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office / EurostatPublished indicators
German Federal Statistical Office / Eurostat · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office / Eurostat · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office / Eurostat · 2025
Source
9% weight
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
What this category measures
Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.
TBFC targetNutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend. Access-gate research questionCan people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Complete Reordering of Earth’s Food System
+23.0↓
Score breakdown
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
A proper meal is defined as meat, chicken, fish or a vegetarian equivalent.
Exact point calculation
30.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 10.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Population unable to afford a proper meal every second day: 11.00 %
Exact point calculation
-55.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -13.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Food waste generated: 10.80 million tonnes/year
Exact point calculation
25.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 3.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
National food-waste reduction target by 2030: 50.00 %
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Weighted rails: 22.50 + 10.50 + -13.75 + 3.75 = 23.00
Base: 23.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +23.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 23.00 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.12 points
This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +60.0
What the evidence found
A proper meal is defined as meat, chicken, fish or a vegetarian equivalent.
2026-10-10 EurostatPublished indicators
Eurostat · 2024
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2022
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2030
Source
6% weight
Water & Sanitation Abundance
What this category measures
Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.
TBFC targetSafe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power. Access-gate research questionCan households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+66.3↓
Score breakdown
Water & Sanitation Abundance
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
UBA states more than 99% of the population is supplied through public drinking-water distribution.
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 33.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Population connected to public drinking-water system: 99.00 %
Population connected to public sewerage: 98.30 %
Population connected to central wastewater treatment: 96.30 %
Exact point calculation
-5.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -1.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
UBA states more than 99% of the population is supplied through public drinking-water distribution.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 10.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
UBA states more than 99% of the population is supplied through public drinking-water distribution.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 23.75 + 33.25 + -1.25 + 10.50 = 66.25
Base: 66.25 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +66.3 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 66.25 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 4.08 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +4.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: 0.0
What the evidence found
UBA states more than 99% of the population is supplied through public drinking-water distribution.
2026-10-10 German Environment Agency (UBA)Published indicators
German Environment Agency (UBA) · 2026
SourceGerman Environment Agency (UBA) · 2026
SourceGerman Environment Agency (UBA) · 2026
SourceGerman Environment Agency (UBA) · 2022
Source
5% weight
Energy & Household Capability
What this category measures
Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.
TBFC targetEssential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off. Access-gate research questionCan households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Solar Moon Panel
+32.3↓
Score breakdown
Energy & Household Capability
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Renewables supplied 256.9 billion kWh, 58.6% of domestic generation fed into the grid.
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 15.75 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Renewables supplied 256.9 billion kWh, 58.6% of domestic generation fed into the grid.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -15.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Household electricity price, second half 2025: 38.69 euro/100 kWh
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Renewables supplied 256.9 billion kWh, 58.6% of domestic generation fed into the grid.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 22.50 + 15.75 + -15.00 + 9.00 = 32.25
Base: 32.25 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +32.3 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 32.25 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.65 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.7 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +45.0
What the evidence found
Renewables supplied 256.9 billion kWh, 58.6% of domestic generation fed into the grid.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Published indicators
7% weight
Health & Care Reach
What this category measures
Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.
TBFC targetPrevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced. Access-gate research questionCan necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: No Shrugging Our Shoulders at Family Suffering
+64.0↓
Score breakdown
Health & Care Reach
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Less than 0.1% of the total population; Germany has mandatory health insurance.
Exact point calculation
92.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 32.20 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
People without health insurance or other care entitlement: 72,000.00 people
Population reporting unmet healthcare needs: 0.80 %
Exact point calculation
-10.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -2.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Less than 0.1% of the total population; Germany has mandatory health insurance.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 10.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Life expectancy at birth: 81.50 years
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 23.75 + 32.20 + -2.50 + 10.50 = 63.95
Base: 63.95 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +64.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 63.95 × (7.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 4.59 points
This category carries 7% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 7.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +4.6 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +3.0
What the evidence found
Less than 0.1% of the total population; Germany has mandatory health insurance.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Published indicators
German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2023
SourceOECD · 2024
SourceOECD · 2025
SourceOECD / European Observatory · 2024
Source
6% weight
Education & Human Capability
What this category measures
Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.
TBFC targetFoundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income. Access-gate research questionWhich essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: What Is NoDumbDumbs?
+49.8↓
Score breakdown
Education & Human Capability
Exact point calculation
85.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 21.25 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Germany was close to the OECD average.
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 28.00 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Germany was close to the OECD average.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-25.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -6.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Early leavers from education and training, ages 18–24: 12.40 %
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Students attaining at least PISA Level 2 in mathematics: 70.00 %
Students attaining at least PISA Level 2 in reading: 75.00 %
Students attaining at least PISA Level 2 in science: 77.00 %
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 21.25 + 28.00 + -6.25 + 6.75 = 49.75
Base: 49.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +49.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 49.75 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.06 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
Germany was close to the OECD average.
2026-10-10 OECDPublished indicators
OECD · 2022
SourceOECD · 2022
SourceOECD · 2022
SourceEurostat · 2024
Source
4% weight
Mobility & Reachability
What this category measures
Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.
TBFC targetOrdinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Caterport: Free Human Movement
+45.0↓
Score breakdown
Mobility & Reachability
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
About 11.3 billion trips were in local public transport.
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 24.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Local public transport passenger trips: 11.30 billion trips
Exact point calculation
-35.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -8.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Road traffic deaths: 2,832.00 people
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
About 11.3 billion trips were in local public transport.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 22.50 + 24.50 + -8.75 + 6.75 = 45.00
Base: 45.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +45.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 45.00 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.85 points
This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +20.0
What the evidence found
About 11.3 billion trips were in local public transport.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Published indicators
German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
Source
8% weight
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
What this category measures
Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, multiply generations, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers. New and re-reviewed profiles include total fertility as an explicit outcome signal.
TBFC targetPeople should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds. Access-gate research questionHow strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target? Fertility methodNew and re-reviewed Family Formation scores blend 60% lived family conditions with 40% fertility performance. Five children per woman is the 100/100 fertility target. The 2.1 replacement floor earns +25/100 fertility performance; below replacement declines proportionally, while rates above 2.1 rise progressively toward +100 at 5.0. Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Courtship, Marriage & Married Life
-29.8↓
Score breakdown
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
677,117 births in 2024.
Exact point calculation
55.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 19.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Children under 3 in formal/publicly supported childcare: 37.80 %
Children aged 3 to under 6 in formal/publicly supported childcare: 95.00 %
Exact point calculation
-55.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -13.75 weighted points
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Why this score
677,117 births in 2024.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-35.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = -5.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children per woman
Marriages: 349,216.00 marriages
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 19.25 + -13.75 + -5.25 = 20.25
Base: 20.25 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −50.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published -29.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: -29.75 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = -2.44 points
This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes -2.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Family Formation — two-part calculation and marriage-law criterion
First half — the established family and fertility assessment
The original family score remains available. It combines 60% conditions for family life with 40% observed total fertility performance. Its source research is preserved.
Pre-policy score: +20.3
Second half — binary marriage-law policy criterion
This is a Trott Bailey Family policy preference, not an estimate of births lost. Recognition: −50 points. Reviewed non-recognition: 0 deduction. An unreviewed status stays pending and causes no deduction.
Country legal status: Same-sex marriage legally recognized
Reported effective year: 2017
Deduction calculation: 50 × 1 = −50 points
Final category calculation: +20.3 − 50 = -29.8 (clamped to −100..+100, before any independent material-transfer deductions)
The country-specific national legislation or court record corroborates legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The score adjustment is an authored TBF policy judgment, not a causal fertility estimate.
Legal-status source: Pew Research Center · 2017-10-01 · Reviewed: 2026-10-09
Fertility and family policy: research and source notes
Trott Bailey Family target and observed fertility The 5.0-children-per-woman target is an authored civilization benchmark; approximately 2.1 children per woman is the usual long-run replacement benchmark. The existing Family Formation method blends 60% lived family conditions and 40% measured fertility performance.
How policy is evaluated Assess housing, care, parental time, material security, access to family formation, and actual demographic outcomes. A government statement or law is not proof that national births increased or declined. Establish its effects with dated comparative evidence before assigning points.
How the two kinds of evidence differ The binary legal-status deduction is an authored TBF policy assessment, not a statistic of observed births. Carroll and Schumm argue that marriage-law changes can weaken procreative norms, while other empirical studies find no negative effect on different-sex family formation. This disagreement is disclosed rather than presented as scientific consensus.
Independent research OECD fertility trends (2024) · UN population projections (2024) · Peer-reviewed family-formation study (2015) · Carroll & Schumm — The Fall of Fertility (2016/2017) · Public Discourse (2015).
Trott Bailey Family thinking Courtship, Marriage & Married Life · Official Core World View · No Shrugging at Family Suffering.
Abundance Gap: +25.0
What the evidence found
677,117 births in 2024.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Published indicators
German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2024
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2024
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
Source
5% weight
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
What this category measures
Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.
TBFC targetSuitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Compounds Are Civilization Circulation Systems
+8.8↓
Score breakdown
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
About half of Germany’s total land area was agriculturally used in 2023.
Exact point calculation
10.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 3.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Agricultural land that is leased: 60.00 %
Exact point calculation
-70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -17.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Average purchase value of agricultural land: 33,430.00 euro/hectare
Exact point calculation
35.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 5.25 weighted points
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Why this score
About half of Germany’s total land area was agriculturally used in 2023.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 17.50 + 3.50 + -17.50 + 5.25 = 8.75
Base: 8.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +8.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 8.75 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 0.45 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +60.0
What the evidence found
About half of Germany’s total land area was agriculturally used in 2023.
2026-10-10 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH)Published indicators
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2023
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2023
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity / Destatis · 2023
Source
6% weight
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
What this category measures
Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.
TBFC targetBeauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment. Access-gate research questionHow much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
+45.8↓
Score breakdown
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
EU average was 7.2.
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 24.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Land area covered by nature parks: 28.70 %
Exact point calculation
-25.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -6.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Deaths by suicide: 10,372.00 people
Exact point calculation
50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Overall life satisfaction: 7.00 0-10
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 24.50 + -6.25 + 7.50 = 45.75
Base: 45.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +45.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 45.75 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.82 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +10.0
What the evidence found
EU average was 7.2.
2026-10-10 EurostatPublished indicators
6% weight
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
What this category measures
Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.
TBFC targetRegenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable. Access-gate research questionAre regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+24.0↓
Score breakdown
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
11.5 million hectares; forest area increased by about 15,000 hectares since 2012.
Exact point calculation
50.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Sampled trees classed healthy by crown condition: 21.00 %
Terrestrial area covered by Natura 2000: 15.50 %
Exact point calculation
-65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -16.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Forest area estimated to require reforestation after damage: 500,000.00 hectares
Exact point calculation
35.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 5.25 weighted points
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Why this score
11.5 million hectares; forest area increased by about 15,000 hectares since 2012.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 17.50 + 17.50 + -16.25 + 5.25 = 24.00
Base: 24.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +24.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 24.00 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.48 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.5 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +20.0
What the evidence found
11.5 million hectares; forest area increased by about 15,000 hectares since 2012.
2026-10-10 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH)Published indicators
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2024
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2024
SourceFederal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) · 2019
SourceFederal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) · 2025
Source
5% weight
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
What this category measures
Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.
TBFC targetUsable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth. Access-gate research questionDo fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Pacorips Constitutional Foundations
+61.0↓
Score breakdown
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Recorded crime is a police-statistics measure and is not equivalent to victimization prevalence.
Exact point calculation
85.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 29.75 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index score: 0.83 0-1
Exact point calculation
-10.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -2.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Recorded crime is a police-statistics measure and is not equivalent to victimization prevalence.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 11.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Change in police-recorded violent crime: -2.30 %
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Weighted rails: 22.50 + 29.75 + -2.50 + 11.25 = 61.00
Base: 61.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +61.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 61.00 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.13 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
Recorded crime is a police-statistics measure and is not equivalent to victimization prevalence.
2026-10-10 Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)Published indicators
4% weight
Durability, Repair & Material Return
What this category measures
Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.
TBFC targetRepair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use. Access-gate research questionDo repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Repair Is Sovereignty
+53.8↓
Score breakdown
Durability, Repair & Material Return
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Down 4.6% from 2023.
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 28.00 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Down 4.6% from 2023.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-35.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -8.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Total waste generated: 362.70 million tonnes
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Total waste recovery rate: 82.00 %
Municipal waste recovery rate: 98.00 %
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Weighted rails: 22.50 + 28.00 + -8.75 + 12.00 = 53.75
Base: 53.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +53.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 53.75 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.21 points
This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +10.0
What the evidence found
Down 4.6% from 2023.
2026-10-10 German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)Published indicators
6% weight
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
What this category measures
How easily visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families can enter, remain, regularize status, prevent statelessness, build family continuity and participate in ordinary civic and economic life.
TBFC targetA country should have a humane vision for visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families: practical entry, legal identity, family continuity, protection from statelessness, a route into ordinary life and a real place to contribute and grow with the society. Access-gate research questionWho can enter and stay, how wide is visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, can newcomers regularize status and work, are refugees and children protected from statelessness, can families remain together, and does the country have a practical long-term vision for newcomers to join ordinary life and contribute? International scoring method
Welcome research checks practical entry breadth, visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, lawful passport or citizenship pathways available to foreigners, birthright citizenship and statelessness prevention, parent/child family-status continuity, refugee recognition, migrant regularization, work/school/health access, family reunion and a credible national vision for newcomers to settle, contribute and grow with society.
A verified eVisa program open to more than 100 nationalities is recorded as a positive factual Welcome finding (the historical +5 scoring rule is retired). Researchers must verify the eligible-nationality breadth, not merely the existence of an online visa form. A lawful international citizenship/passport route available to qualifying foreigners is recorded as a Welcome access finding. The score must distinguish a usable transparent route from an expensive, narrow or highly discretionary program. Broad birthright citizenship, conditional territorial citizenship and statelessness safeguards are recorded with their precise legal eligibility and practical results. A system that leaves children without effective nationality, identity or durable status is a serious negative. A practical route that lets parents secure residence or citizenship through a child born in the country is documented for family-continuity review; long limbo, family separation or rules that strand the child between statuses reduce the score.
Refugee and migrant welcome is judged by lived access as well as admission: recognition, non-refoulement, legal documents, work, education, health care, family continuity, regularization, permanence and citizenship pathways all matter. Forced removal, refoulement, arbitrary detention, family separation and especially deporting or transferring people to unrelated third countries without a genuine durable-protection connection are negative Welcome evidence. Welcome is stronger when the country has a coherent plan for land, housing, work, contribution, family life and civic integration so newcomers are absorbed as people who can help the country grow, rather than warehoused indefinitely in camps or temporary limbo.
Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Refugee Living Should Be Glamorous, Purposeful and Liberating
+64.0↓
International score breakdown
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 17.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
EU and Schengen entry plus visa applications coexist with proof-of-means and insurance requirements.
The Federal Foreign Office states that visa-free non-EU/EWR travellers may be asked to prove sufficient means for subsistence and return travel; national-visa procedures generally require adequate health-insurance evidence. This is directly relevant to the TBF access-gate question, but it is retained as factual evidence rather than converted into an unsupported overall welcome score.
Germany recorded 332,524 naturalisations in 2025 and about 3.24 million registered persons seeking protection at year-end. The Federal Foreign Office lists normal application fees of €90 for a Schengen visa and €75 for a national visa, with specified waivers and reductions. These measures describe citizenship, protection and entry pathways but are not mechanically converted into one policy judgment.
Exact point calculation
65.00 × (30.00 ÷ 100) = 19.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
332,524 naturalisations in 2025 indicate a working route to citizenship, not automatic residence for everyone.
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 15.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Protection population and naturalisation outcomes show practical reception at scale, but legal status and waiting costs vary.
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (20.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Family settlement and long-stay visa applications have requirements; short-stay freedom is not the same as residence.
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Weighted rails: 17.50 + 19.50 + 15.00 + 12.00 = 64.00
Base: 64.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +64.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 64.00 × (6.00 × 80.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.15 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 80% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.80%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
What the evidence found
Family settlement and long-stay visa applications have requirements; short-stay freedom is not the same as residence.
2026-10-10 Federal Foreign Office GermanyProtection population and naturalisation outcomes show practical reception at scale, but legal status and waiting costs vary.
2026-10-10 Destatis332,524 naturalisations in 2025 indicate a working route to citizenship, not automatic residence for everyone.
2026-10-10 DestatisEU and Schengen entry plus visa applications coexist with proof-of-means and insurance requirements.
2026-10-10 Federal Foreign Office GermanyThe Federal Foreign Office states that visa-free non-EU/EWR travellers may be asked to prove sufficient means for subsistence and return travel; national-visa procedures generally require adequate health-insurance evidence. This is directly relevant to the TBF access-gate question, but it is retained as factual evidence rather than converted into an unsupported overall welcome score.
Federal Foreign OfficeGermany recorded 332,524 naturalisations in 2025 and about 3.24 million registered persons seeking protection at year-end. The Federal Foreign Office lists normal application fees of €90 for a Schengen visa and €75 for a national visa, with specified waivers and reductions. These measures describe citizenship, protection and entry pathways but are not mechanically converted into one policy judgment.
Destatis / Federal Foreign OfficePublished indicators
German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceGerman Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) · 2025
SourceFederal Foreign Office · 2026
SourceFederal Foreign Office · 2026
Source
6% weight
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
What this category measures
Documented effects a country, its public institutions or materially supported programs have beyond its borders: beneficial contribution, medical and technical help, mutuality, external harm, extraction, accountability and repair.
TBFC targetA civilization should increase useful local capability beyond its borders through medicine, training, disaster help, technical cooperation, peace-building and other mutually useful contribution, while avoiding extraction, exported harm and displacement. Access-gate research questionDo the country’s actions abroad increase health, skill, safety, resilience and locally retained capability, or do they export extraction, coercion, environmental harm, displacement, debt or other burdens? International scoring method
Legacy method: External Footprint documents independently verified beneficial action beyond the border, including medical missions, public-health help, scholarships, training, technical cooperation, disaster relief, humanitarian logistics, peacekeeping and other programs that leave useful capability with the receiving society. It also documents extractive conduct, exported environmental or human harm, coercive external security practices, abusive displacement outsourcing and whether documented harm is repaired, with a separately scored 6% category once four evidence-backed rails have been reviewed. Verified waste exports and disguised low-utility dumping are penalized through the transboundary harm ledger, as are irresponsible import acceptance practices through Domestic Durability & Material Return.
International contribution is investigated relative to capacity and quality, not raw size alone; documented outward activity is distinguished from independent benefit and local mutuality.
Dumping and harmful material transfers
Waste or disguised low-utility exports reduce External Footprint. Real reuse must be distinguished from disguised disposal. The sender retains responsibility for harms shifted abroad. Method v3: harmful imported garbage and low-utility dumping belong in External Footprint, where inbound transfer responsibility is 15% of the category. Historical method v2 import deductions remain archived under Domestic Durability until that country receives a sourced v3 score. Do not double-count.
Read the Trott Bailey Family work: When Another Nation Cleans Up Your Garbage
+24.8↓
International score breakdown
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
Exact point calculation
85.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 21.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Germany reported US$29.1 billion ODA for 2025, at 0.56% of GNI.
OECD preliminary data put Germany’s 2025 ODA at USD 29.1 billion, 0.56% of GNI, down 17.4% in real terms from 2024. Germany also reported €11.8 billion in international climate finance for 2024, including €6.1 billion in federal budget resources. These are substantial positive-contribution measures, but scale alone does not establish mutuality, absence of extraction or accountability across all external relationships.
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 11.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Sector and recipient assistance is described; local results are not assumed identical across programs.
Exact point calculation
-35.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = -12.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
ODA fell 17.4% in real terms; other outward climate/material effects remain only partly audited.
Exact point calculation
30.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 4.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Aid accountability exists, but a country-wide remediation ledger for external harms is not verified.
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Weighted rails: 21.25 + 11.25 + -12.25 + 4.50 = 24.75
Base: 24.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +24.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 24.75 × (6.00 × 78.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.19 points
Cross-border waste and low-utility goods deductions
A country sending harmful material abroad and a country allowing it onto its land are assessed separately. Beneficial second-hand reuse is not automatically dumping. A pending audit is not a zero-harm finding.
Germany — 2024 export of plastic waste and scrap. Germany reported US$306.26m of plastic waste/scrap exports in 2024, with substantial inbound trade too; trading volume is not an audited harm finding. The customs heading identifies traded material; neither permitted recycling nor proven harmful dumping follows from the heading. Source-level trade measurement is verified, downstream disposition is not.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 3915; not a downstream inspection
Germany — 2024 export of worn clothing and other worn articles. Germany exported 437,971,000 kg of worn clothing in 2024. Receiving-market quality and recovery are not established by this code. A worn garment can be useful or trash; this audit has no shipment sorting/usable-share or recipient-facility record proving either outcome.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 630900; not a downstream inspection
Germany — 2024 import of plastic waste and scrap. Germany reported US$306.26m of plastic waste/scrap exports in 2024, with substantial inbound trade too; trading volume is not an audited harm finding. The customs heading identifies traded material; neither permitted recycling nor proven harmful dumping follows from the heading. Source-level trade measurement is verified, downstream disposition is not.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 3915; not a downstream inspection
Germany — 2024 import of worn clothing and other worn articles. Germany exported 437,971,000 kg of worn clothing in 2024. Receiving-market quality and recovery are not established by this code. A worn garment can be useful or trash; this audit has no shipment sorting/usable-share or recipient-facility record proving either outcome.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 630900; not a downstream inspection
2024 trade flows have been checked and linked above. Their harmful impact has not yet been independently verified; therefore no new deduction is assigned. Additional recipient-site evidence is required to close a harm audit.
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 78% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.68%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
What the evidence found
Aid accountability exists, but a country-wide remediation ledger for external harms is not verified.
2026-10-10 OECD DACODA fell 17.4% in real terms; other outward climate/material effects remain only partly audited.
2026-10-10 OECD DACSector and recipient assistance is described; local results are not assumed identical across programs.
2026-10-10 OECD DACGermany reported US$29.1 billion ODA for 2025, at 0.56% of GNI.
2026-10-10 OECD DACOECD preliminary data put Germany’s 2025 ODA at USD 29.1 billion, 0.56% of GNI, down 17.4% in real terms from 2024. Germany also reported €11.8 billion in international climate finance for 2024, including €6.1 billion in federal budget resources. These are substantial positive-contribution measures, but scale alone does not establish mutuality, absence of extraction or accountability across all external relationships.
OECD / BMZ · Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Published indicators
OECD · 2025
SourceOECD · 2025
SourceFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) · 2024
SourceFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) · 2024
SourceTrott Bailey Family Civilization Target
The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping
Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.
This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can use all sixteen weighted categories: fourteen domestic plus International Welcome (6%) and External Footprint (6%), when each international category has four verified rail scores and dated source evidence. Unreviewed international rails remain pending, not zero. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.
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