Earliest recorded position in this interval.
Rank— → #91National score— → —
World Wealthiest Country · Abundance history
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · 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
36 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.
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Selected rank observation
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #89 to #91 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#89 → #91National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#91 → #92National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #91 to #92 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#91 → #92National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
National score changed while rank held.
Rank#92 → #92National score— → -58.87
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.
Rank#92 → #107National score-58.87 → -60.21
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 10 Oct 2026 · 15:02 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #92 to #107 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#92 → #107National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#107 → #106National score-60.21 → -60.21
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 #107 to #106 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#107 → #106National score-60.21 → -60.21
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- China #93 → #129; points -59.17 → -62.31
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#106 → #105National score-60.21 → -60.21
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 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #106 to #105 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#106 → #105National score-60.21 → -60.21
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Germany #103 → #112; points -59.98 → -60.57
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#105 → #86National score-60.21 → -58.19
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from pending to 34.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 34.75 |
| Base category score | — | 34.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 80.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | — | 70.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | — | 30.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | — | 5.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | — | 35.00 |
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +34.75 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived after the change (8)
Settlement and citizenship grants offer practical long-term continuity, subject to eligibility and costs.
Asylum grants, decisions, refusals and backlogs are documented separately from visitation.
Provisional year-end 2025 long-term immigrants were 813,000; immigration is not equivalent to protected status.
ETA can facilitate certain short visits but does not permit ordinary work or long-term settlement.
In the year ending June 2026, the UK issued about 200,000 settlement grants, 336,000 EU Settlement Scheme settled-status grants and 245,520 British citizenship grants. These administrative outcomes demonstrate functioning continuity pathways but do not by themselves measure cost, delay or lived integration.
In the year ending June 2026, 42,394 people were granted refugee protection or other leave at initial decision and the main-applicant initial grant rate was 38%. At end-June, 40,000 people were awaiting an initial decision. These figures record actual system outcomes without assuming that volume alone establishes welcome or friction.
ONS provisionally estimated 813,000 long-term immigrants, 642,000 emigrants and net migration of 171,000 in the year ending December 2025. These are 12-month-or-longer migration flows, not visitor arrivals and not a measure of the ease of regularising status.
Eligible ETA travellers can visit the UK for up to six months for tourism, family visits, business or short-term study. An ETA does not itself permit ordinary UK employment, public funds or repeated residence, so short-stay accessibility is kept separate from migration and settlement.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from pending to 4.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 4.75 |
| Base category score | — | 4.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 78.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | — | 75.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | — | 25.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | — | -60.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | — | 5.00 |
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +4.75 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived after the change (7)
ODA decreased from 2024; nationwide net accountability for transboundary harms remains incomplete.
UK 2023 consumption footprint was substantially above territorial emissions, indicating impacts along imported supply chains.
Aid allocations provide measurable outward support, but financing is not automatic proof of equivalent local benefit.
2025 UK aid totaled about £13.1 billion, 0.44% of GNI.
Final FCDO statistics record £13.095 billion of UK ODA in 2025, equal to 0.44% of GNI, down 7.0% in cash volume from 2024. The publication also records the government decision to reduce ODA spending toward 0.3% of GNI by 2027. ODA is retained as a positive-contribution signal without assuming every programme has equal local benefit.
UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were provisionally estimated at 367 MtCO2e in 2025, 54% below 1990. This is evidence of domestic decarbonisation progress, but territorial accounting excludes emissions embodied in imported goods and services and therefore is not treated as a complete global-footprint measure.
ONS reports that in 2023 UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were 384 MtCO2e while the consumption footprint was 699 MtCO2e. The footprint includes supply-chain emissions in imported goods and services and therefore records a substantial part of the climate burden associated with UK consumption that occurs beyond UK borders.
Water & Sanitation Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 59.75 | 59.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Public drinking-water quality is extremely high in England and Wales at 99.97% regulatory compliance in 2025. The score is held below the top range because wastewater and storm-overflow burdens remain material: England recorded 291,492 monitored storm-overflow spill events in 2025, even after a large weather-influenced annual decline.
Sources archived before (3)
Monitored storm-overflow spill events — England: 291492.00000000
Public drinking-water regulatory compliance — Wales: 99.97000000
Public drinking-water regulatory compliance — England: 99.97000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
England public water supplies. Private supplies and wastewater are separate systems.
Monitored storm-overflow spill events — England: 291492.00000000
Public drinking-water regulatory compliance — Wales: 99.97000000
Public drinking-water regulatory compliance — England: 99.97000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.25 | 45.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
National well-being data show broad everyday capability alongside noticeable strain. In late 2025, 4.9% of adults reported low life satisfaction, 8.1% low happiness and 23.6% high anxiety; 60.9% reported visits to green and natural spaces in December 2025. England separately reports 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of green or blue space.
Sources archived before (3)
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Mobility & Reachability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 52.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Great Britain has very high transport capacity: rail passengers made 1.83 billion journeys in the year to March 2026. Road safety has improved over the long run and fatalities fell to 1,538 in 2025, though 29,918 people were killed or seriously injured. The score recognizes strong reach while retaining the physical cost of road harm.
Sources archived before (3)
Killed or seriously injured road casualties — Great Britain: 29918.00000000
Reported road fatalities — Great Britain: 1538.00000000
Passenger rail journeys — Great Britain: 1.83000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
Great Britain rail network, April 2025-March 2026. Northern Ireland rail is outside this ORR series.
Killed or seriously injured road casualties — Great Britain: 29918.00000000
Reported road fatalities — Great Britain: 1538.00000000
Passenger rail journeys — Great Britain: 1.83000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains large agricultural and natural-land systems, but biodiversity evidence shows severe long-run depletion. England’s monitored priority-species abundance was around 80% below its 1970 baseline by 2024 and fell around 17% between 2019 and 2024. UK habitat accounts also show mountains, moorland and heath falling from 14% of land in 1990 to 9% in 2024.
Sources archived before (4)
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 18.00 | 18.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has substantial productive ground: utilised agricultural area covered 69% of national land in 2025. Ordinary spatial reach is more constrained than raw land capacity implies; England data show 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space, leaving a meaningful access gap and not establishing household land ownership or productive-land access.
Sources archived before (3)
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 47.50 | 47.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Physical safety is comparatively strong in the available England-and-Wales homicide series, with 499 homicides and a rate of 8.1 per million in the year ending March 2026. Institutional friction is substantial: magistrates’ open caseload reached 380,230 and Crown Court open cases 80,829 at June 2026, with 23,706 Crown Court cases open for at least a year.
Sources archived before (3)
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
England and Wales only. 499 homicide offences; lowest rate since current police recording practices began in YE March 2003.
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
Human Time & Burden Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 47.50 | 47.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK combines a 36.7-hour average actual full-time work week with a statutory 5.6 weeks of paid annual leave and substantial reported job satisfaction. Time protection is real, but ordinary access to essentials remains tied to paid income and ONS well-being data show only 59.3% were satisfied with how they spent their time in a typical week.
Sources archived before (3)
Adults satisfied with how they spend their time: 59.30000000
Statutory paid annual leave entitlement: 5.60000000
Average actual weekly hours of full-time workers: 36.70000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
Seasonally adjusted UK average for April-June 2026. This measures paid work hours, not unpaid household/care work.
Adults satisfied with how they spend their time: 59.30000000
Statutory paid annual leave entitlement: 5.60000000
Average actual weekly hours of full-time workers: 36.70000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 15.50 | 15.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has large physical housing capacity but severe reach friction. In England a median home cost 7.6 times median full-time earnings in 2025 and in Wales 6.0 times. England recorded 4,793 people sleeping rough on a single autumn 2025 night, while Scotland had 19,004 households in temporary accommodation at March 2026. These are jurisdiction-specific indicators and are not presented as a single UK homelessness rate.
Sources archived before (4)
Households in temporary accommodation — Scotland: 19004.00000000
People estimated sleeping rough on one autumn night — England: 4793.00000000
Median home price to full-time earnings ratio — Wales: 6.00000000
Median home price to full-time earnings ratio — England: 7.60000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
England only. Median home £300,000 versus median full-time annual earnings £39,300. ONS uses five years of earnings as a broad affordability threshold.
Households in temporary accommodation — Scotland: 19004.00000000
People estimated sleeping rough on one autumn night — England: 4793.00000000
Median home price to full-time earnings ratio — Wales: 6.00000000
Median home price to full-time earnings ratio — England: 7.60000000
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 56.25 | 56.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has universal core health-service coverage and life expectancy near 81 years, but access friction remains visible. OECD reports 61% satisfaction with the availability of quality healthcare and 4.5% unmet healthcare needs, while ONS life tables place 2022-24 life expectancy at 83.0 years for females and 79.1 for males.
Sources archived before (5)
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
OECD coverage measure. Coverage does not by itself establish timely practical access to every service.
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 32.50 | 32.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Food supply capacity is substantial, but reach is incomplete: the Food Standards Agency classified 80% of respondents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as food secure and 20% as food insecure. UK domestic production supplied an estimated 60% of all food and 72% of indigenous-type food in 2025, with large import dependence retained as a resilience limitation.
Sources archived before (4)
Food production to supply ratio — indigenous-type food: 72.00000000
Food production to supply ratio — all food: 60.00000000
Respondents classified food insecure — England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 20.00000000
Respondents classified food secure — England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 80.00000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Fieldwork covered October 2024 to February 2025. Scotland is not included in this survey result, so it is not presented as a full-UK prevalence estimate.
Food production to supply ratio — indigenous-type food: 72.00000000
Food production to supply ratio — all food: 60.00000000
Respondents classified food insecure — England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 20.00000000
Respondents classified food secure — England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 80.00000000
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 | -31.00 | -31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains strong institutional and service capacity around family life, but current family-formation and child-stability signals are weak. England and Wales recorded a total fertility rate of 1.39 in 2025, while 26% of UK children aged under 16 lived in relative low-income families after housing costs in FYE 2025. Divorce evidence is retained as an England-and-Wales measure rather than generalized to the entire UK.
Sources archived before (4)
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Sources archived after the change (5)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 51.25 | 51.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
UK electricity capacity is increasingly renewable: renewables supplied 52.5% of generation in 2025. Yet the national system remained 43.5% net import dependent for total energy, and England still had an estimated 9.4% of households in fuel poverty in 2025. High technical capacity therefore coexists with household affordability and import friction.
Sources archived before (3)
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Sources archived after the change (4)
Annual 2025 figure. Renewable output reached 152.5 TWh; this is electricity generation, not total final energy.
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Education & Human Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 55.25 | 55.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
UK students remained above the OECD average in PISA 2022, with 76% reaching baseline mathematics proficiency and 80% reaching baseline reading and science proficiency. Current reach frictions remain: 18.10% of pupils in England were persistently absent in autumn 2025/26 and 13.0% of UK 16-24-year-olds were NEET in April-June 2026.
Sources archived before (5)
Young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training: 13.00000000
Persistently absent pupils — England: 18.10000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — science: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — reading: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — mathematics: 76.00000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
PISA 2022; OECD notes UK sampling standards require caution when interpreting estimates. The data are deliberately dated rather than presented as current-year attainment.
Young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training: 13.00000000
Persistently absent pupils — England: 18.10000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — science: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — reading: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — mathematics: 76.00000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.50 | 45.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has strong waste-recovery capability but incomplete household circularity. Household waste recycling was 44.5% in 2024 and provisional packaging recycling was 70.5% in 2025. England recovered 60.3 million tonnes of 63.3 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in 2024, while 50.3% of English local-authority waste was still sent to incineration in 2024/25.
Sources archived before (4)
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Includes incinerator-bottom-ash metal. Rate was 44.6% in 2023, so 2024 was broadly flat.
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) changed from 3.17 to 5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 3.17 | 5.00 |
| Food / 4 | — | 0.50 |
| Housing / Land / 4 | — | 0.50 |
| Healthcare / 4 | — | 3.50 |
| Transportation / 4 | — | 0.25 |
| Water / Energy / 4 | — | 0.25 |
Category point adjustment: +1.83 category points
Updated reasoning
- Food
- Free infant school meals and benefit-eligible school meals give real institutional food access in England, not ordinary free food for entire households.
- Housing / Land
- Universal Credit and Housing Benefit may pay some housing costs; rent remains the basis of the service.
- Healthcare
- NHS gives most eligible residents extensive no-point-of-use care, though dentistry, prescriptions and certain visitor services are chargeable.
- Transport
- Eligibility-based free school transport exists, while ordinary adult travel is fare-based.
- Water / Energy
- Gas and electricity continue to be billed, with a regulated price cap rather than zero-cost universal energy.
Earlier reasoning
Transitional proxy or benchmark; no invented five-part direct audit.
Sources archived after the change (5)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-60.21 → -58.19
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.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #105 to #86 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#105 → #86National score-60.21 → -58.19
Countries that fell below this country (19)
- Bulgaria #86 → #87; points -58.21 → -58.21
- Curaçao #87 → #88; points -58.27 → -58.27
- Palau #88 → #89; points -58.76 → -58.76
- Albania #89 → #90; points -58.92 → -58.92
- Bhutan #90 → #91; points -58.95 → -58.95
- Kazakhstan #91 → #92; points -58.99 → -58.99
- North Macedonia #92 → #93; points -59.19 → -59.19
- Taiwan #93 → #94; points -59.23 → -59.23
- Azerbaijan #94 → #95; points -59.27 → -59.27
- French Guiana #95 → #96; points -59.30 → -59.30
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #96 → #97; points -59.34 → -59.34
- Japan #97 → #98; points -59.37 → -59.37
- Antigua and Barbuda #98 → #99; points -59.42 → -59.42
- Malaysia #99 → #100; points -59.44 → -59.44
- Georgia #100 → #101; points -59.46 → -59.46
- Türkiye #101 → #102; points -59.72 → -59.72
- Anguilla #102 → #103; points -59.73 → -59.73
- Trinidad and Tobago #103 → #104; points -60.05 → -60.05
- Samoa #104 → #105; points -60.15 → -60.15
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#86 → #85National score-58.19 → -58.19
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; 24 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #86 to #85 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#86 → #85National score-58.19 → -58.19
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Russia #72 → #88; points -56.97 → -58.47
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#85 → #84National score-58.19 → -58.19
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; 33 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #85 to #84 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#85 → #84National score-58.19 → -58.19
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Portugal #71 → #87; points -57.05 → -57.05
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#84 → #69National score-58.19 → -58.19
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 #84 to #69 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#84 → #69National score-58.19 → -58.35
Countries that fell below this country (16)
- Northern Mariana Islands #56 → #70; points -56.04 → -58.36
- France #78 → #71; points -57.56 → -58.45
- Barbados #79 → #72; points -57.70 → -58.52
- New Caledonia #65 → #73; points -56.55 → -58.60
- Armenia #81 → #74; points -57.96 → -58.78
- Montserrat #60 → #75; points -56.19 → -58.79
- Cyprus #72 → #76; points -57.14 → -58.85
- Saudi Arabia #82 → #77; points -57.99 → -58.86
- Mauritius #83 → #78; points -58.15 → -58.97
- U.S. Virgin Islands #66 → #80; points -56.66 → -59.10
- Bermuda #62 → #81; points -56.48 → -59.12
- Niue #71 → #82; points -57.11 → -59.51
- Saint Barthélemy #77 → #83; points -57.45 → -59.53
- Cook Islands #75 → #84; points -57.33 → -59.66
- Cayman Islands #70 → #87; points -57.00 → -59.84
- Iceland #80 → #89; points -57.82 → -59.91
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 #77 to #69 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#77 → #69National score-58.19 → -58.19
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (10)
- Northern Mariana Islands #52 → #70; points -56.04 → -58.36
- France #72 → #71; points -57.56 → -58.45
- New Caledonia #60 → #73; points -56.55 → -58.60
- Montserrat #57 → #75; points -56.19 → -58.79
- Saudi Arabia #75 → #77; points -57.99 → -57.99
- Mauritius #76 → #78; points -58.15 → -58.97
- U.S. Virgin Islands #61 → #80; points -56.66 → -56.66
- Niue #67 → #82; points -57.11 → -59.51
- Saint Barthélemy #71 → #83; points -57.45 → -59.53
- Iceland #73 → #89; points -57.82 → -59.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#83 → #68National score-58.19 → -58.35
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
National score changed while rank held.
Rank#69 → #69National score-58.19 → -58.35
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#68 → #67National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #69 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#68 → #67National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #69 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #67 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#67 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #67 to #69 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#67 → #69National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#67 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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; 5 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#68 → #69National score-58.35 → -58.35
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; 7 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#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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; 3 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#68 → #69National score-58.35 → -58.35
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; 1292 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#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 13 Oct 2026 · 18:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #69 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#69 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovenia #60 → #81; points -57.84 → -59.14
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#68 → #67National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#68 → #67National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Bahrain #52 → #70; points -57.15 → -58.49
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#67 → #66National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #67 to #66 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#67 → #66National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Korea #55 → #117; points -57.70 → -57.70
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#66 → #65National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #66 to #65 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#66 → #65National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#65 → #64National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #65 to #64 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#65 → #64National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#64 → #63National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #64 to #63 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#64 → #63National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#63 → #62National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #63 to #62 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#63 → #62National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #64 to #62 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#64 → #62National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#62 → #61National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #62 to #61 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#62 → #61National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#61 → #60National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #61 to #60 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#61 → #60National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#60 → #59National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #60 to #59 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#60 → #59National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#59 → #58National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #59 to #58 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#59 → #58National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Montenegro #48 → #227; points -57.74 → -57.74
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#58 → #57National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #58 to #57 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#58 → #57National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Maldives #44 → #221
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#57 → #56National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #57 to #56 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#57 → #56National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#56 → #55National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #56 to #55 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#56 → #55National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Serbia #52 → #231
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#55 → #54National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #55 to #54 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#55 → #54National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Latvia #52 → #212
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#54 → #53National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #54 to #53 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#54 → #53National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Lithuania #49 → #213
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#53 → #58National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #53 to #58 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#53 → #58National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (5)
- Lithuania First recorded here at #46; earlier position unavailable
- Montenegro First recorded here at #47; earlier position unavailable
- South Korea First recorded here at #48; earlier position unavailable
- Latvia First recorded here at #54; earlier position unavailable
- Barbados First recorded here at #57; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#58 → #61National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #58 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#58 → #67National score-58.35 → -58.35
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (9)
- 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
- Maldives First recorded here at #51; earlier position unavailable
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #58 to #61 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#58 → #61National score-58.35 → -58.35
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#61 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #67 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#67 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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 #67 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#67 → #68National score-58.35 → -58.35
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
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.25 | 45.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
National well-being data show broad everyday capability alongside noticeable strain. In late 2025, 4.9% of adults reported low life satisfaction, 8.1% low happiness and 23.6% high anxiety; 60.9% reported visits to green and natural spaces in December 2025. England separately reports 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of green or blue space.
Sources archived before (4)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
ONS subjective well-being provides reported life quality; it cannot isolate the effects of public scenery or free family outings.
ONS national well-being datasets measure self-reported quality-of-life indicators across the UK.
The same England dataset puts urban green/blue space access at 78% versus 91% for rural households.
Defra 2025 analysis found 80% of England households lived within a 15-minute walk of at least one qualifying green or blue space.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains large agricultural and natural-land systems, but biodiversity evidence shows severe long-run depletion. England’s monitored priority-species abundance was around 80% below its 1970 baseline by 2024 and fell around 17% between 2019 and 2024. UK habitat accounts also show mountains, moorland and heath falling from 14% of land in 1990 to 9% in 2024.
Sources archived before (5)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Sources archived after the change (9)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
UK agricultural land covers 69% of land; farm use and livestock patterns describe human-managed living ground.
England has about 4.6 million properties at modeled surface-water flood risk, indicating a continuing ground-water friction.
The England flood risk assessment identifies 2.4 million properties in areas at risk from rivers and sea in the model.
Defra species-abundance indicator tracks ecological change rather than proven family living-ground return.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 18.00 | 18.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has substantial productive ground: utilised agricultural area covered 69% of national land in 2025. Ordinary spatial reach is more constrained than raw land capacity implies; England data show 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space, leaving a meaningful access gap and not establishing household land ownership or productive-land access.
Sources archived before (4)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Defra reports many different farm sizes and land use structures; existing holdings cannot be treated as universal family ownership.
Croppable UK area was about 6.1 million hectares in 2025, reflecting farming capacity without measuring family soil restoration.
UK agricultural land use was about 16.8 million hectares, 69% of national land area in 2025.
ONS renting statistics show substantial financial friction in housing, but not exact land-title and farm-access costs.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 47.50 | 47.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Physical safety is comparatively strong in the available England-and-Wales homicide series, with 499 homicides and a rate of 8.1 per million in the year ending March 2026. Institutional friction is substantial: magistrates’ open caseload reached 380,230 and Crown Court open cases 80,829 at June 2026, with 23,706 Crown Court cases open for at least a year.
Sources archived before (4)
England and Wales only. 499 homicide offences; lowest rate since current police recording practices began in YE March 2003.
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
England and Wales only. 499 homicide offences; lowest rate since current police recording practices began in YE March 2003.
Police crime and survey series document outcomes and long-run changes, but do not measure family restoration after error.
ONS estimated 4.5 million fraud incidents and 3.8 million fraud victims in the latest annual England/Wales survey.
Police records covered 499 homicides for England/Wales in year ending March 2026; enforcement capacity is present but case access uncertain.
Crime Survey estimates 9.6 million headline incidents in England and Wales year ending March 2026.
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 34.75 | 34.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +34.75 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (8)
Settlement and citizenship grants offer practical long-term continuity, subject to eligibility and costs.
Asylum grants, decisions, refusals and backlogs are documented separately from visitation.
Provisional year-end 2025 long-term immigrants were 813,000; immigration is not equivalent to protected status.
ETA can facilitate certain short visits but does not permit ordinary work or long-term settlement.
In the year ending June 2026, the UK issued about 200,000 settlement grants, 336,000 EU Settlement Scheme settled-status grants and 245,520 British citizenship grants. These administrative outcomes demonstrate functioning continuity pathways but do not by themselves measure cost, delay or lived integration.
In the year ending June 2026, 42,394 people were granted refugee protection or other leave at initial decision and the main-applicant initial grant rate was 38%. At end-June, 40,000 people were awaiting an initial decision. These figures record actual system outcomes without assuming that volume alone establishes welcome or friction.
ONS provisionally estimated 813,000 long-term immigrants, 642,000 emigrants and net migration of 171,000 in the year ending December 2025. These are 12-month-or-longer migration flows, not visitor arrivals and not a measure of the ease of regularising status.
Eligible ETA travellers can visit the UK for up to six months for tourism, family visits, business or short-term study. An ETA does not itself permit ordinary UK employment, public funds or repeated residence, so short-stay accessibility is kept separate from migration and settlement.
Sources archived after the change (12)
Settlement and citizenship grants offer practical long-term continuity, subject to eligibility and costs.
Asylum grants, decisions, refusals and backlogs are documented separately from visitation.
Provisional year-end 2025 long-term immigrants were 813,000; immigration is not equivalent to protected status.
ETA can facilitate certain short visits but does not permit ordinary work or long-term settlement.
UK protection grants at initial asylum decision totalled 42,394 YE June 2026 and permission duration was narrowed for newer claims.
UK recorded 125,000 grants of leave on safe/legal humanitarian routes in YE June 2026, including in-country extensions.
2.2 million UK visitor visas were granted in year ending June 2026, alongside 23.2m electronic travel authorisations.
In the year ending June 2026, the UK issued about 200,000 settlement grants, 336,000 EU Settlement Scheme settled-status grants and 245,520 British citizenship grants. These administrative outcomes demonstrate functioning continuity pathways but do not by themselves measure cost, delay or lived integration.
In the year ending June 2026, 42,394 people were granted refugee protection or other leave at initial decision and the main-applicant initial grant rate was 38%. At end-June, 40,000 people were awaiting an initial decision. These figures record actual system outcomes without assuming that volume alone establishes welcome or friction.
ONS provisionally estimated 813,000 long-term immigrants, 642,000 emigrants and net migration of 171,000 in the year ending December 2025. These are 12-month-or-longer migration flows, not visitor arrivals and not a measure of the ease of regularising status.
UK entry requires visas/ETA for eligible groups and is subject to official approval and fees.
Eligible ETA travellers can visit the UK for up to six months for tourism, family visits, business or short-term study. An ETA does not itself permit ordinary UK employment, public funds or repeated residence, so short-stay accessibility is kept separate from migration and settlement.
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 | -31.00 | -31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains strong institutional and service capacity around family life, but current family-formation and child-stability signals are weak. England and Wales recorded a total fertility rate of 1.39 in 2025, while 26% of UK children aged under 16 lived in relative low-income families after housing costs in FYE 2025. Divorce evidence is retained as an England-and-Wales measure rather than generalized to the entire UK.
Sources archived before (5)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Sources archived after the change (9)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
The 2025 fertility observation and childcare-use breakdown signal limits to family formation and support, not lifetime marriage stability.
Final 2025 fertility rate was 1.39 children per woman in England and Wales, below replacement and the Scorecard target 5.0.
FRS finds households with children experienced more food insecurity than childless households in 2024–25.
UK FRS has childcare-use data by nation: formal childcare among users varied, with Scotland and Northern Ireland lower than England.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 4.75 | 4.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +4.75 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (7)
ODA decreased from 2024; nationwide net accountability for transboundary harms remains incomplete.
UK 2023 consumption footprint was substantially above territorial emissions, indicating impacts along imported supply chains.
Aid allocations provide measurable outward support, but financing is not automatic proof of equivalent local benefit.
2025 UK aid totaled about £13.1 billion, 0.44% of GNI.
Final FCDO statistics record £13.095 billion of UK ODA in 2025, equal to 0.44% of GNI, down 7.0% in cash volume from 2024. The publication also records the government decision to reduce ODA spending toward 0.3% of GNI by 2027. ODA is retained as a positive-contribution signal without assuming every programme has equal local benefit.
UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were provisionally estimated at 367 MtCO2e in 2025, 54% below 1990. This is evidence of domestic decarbonisation progress, but territorial accounting excludes emissions embodied in imported goods and services and therefore is not treated as a complete global-footprint measure.
ONS reports that in 2023 UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were 384 MtCO2e while the consumption footprint was 699 MtCO2e. The footprint includes supply-chain emissions in imported goods and services and therefore records a substantial part of the climate burden associated with UK consumption that occurs beyond UK borders.
Sources archived after the change (11)
ODA decreased from 2024; nationwide net accountability for transboundary harms remains incomplete.
UK 2023 consumption footprint was substantially above territorial emissions, indicating impacts along imported supply chains.
Aid allocations provide measurable outward support, but financing is not automatic proof of equivalent local benefit.
2025 UK aid totaled about £13.1 billion, 0.44% of GNI.
Final FCDO statistics record £13.095 billion of UK ODA in 2025, equal to 0.44% of GNI, down 7.0% in cash volume from 2024. The publication also records the government decision to reduce ODA spending toward 0.3% of GNI by 2027. ODA is retained as a positive-contribution signal without assuming every programme has equal local benefit.
UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were provisionally estimated at 367 MtCO2e in 2025, 54% below 1990. This is evidence of domestic decarbonisation progress, but territorial accounting excludes emissions embodied in imported goods and services and therefore is not treated as a complete global-footprint measure.
ONS reports that in 2023 UK territorial greenhouse-gas emissions were 384 MtCO2e while the consumption footprint was 699 MtCO2e. The footprint includes supply-chain emissions in imported goods and services and therefore records a substantial part of the climate burden associated with UK consumption that occurs beyond UK borders.
UK international aid statistics include £2.395bn in-donor refugee/asylum costs in 2025; those differ from transferable goods.
UK ODA declined 7.4% between 2024 and 2025; this is an international spending trend, not full external extraction accounting.
FCDO data distinguishes bilateral/multilateral aid, but not local control of every funded institution or asset.
UK provisional official development assistance totalled £13.036bn in 2025, or 0.43% of GNI.
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.50 | 45.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has strong waste-recovery capability but incomplete household circularity. Household waste recycling was 44.5% in 2024 and provisional packaging recycling was 70.5% in 2025. England recovered 60.3 million tonnes of 63.3 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in 2024, while 50.3% of English local-authority waste was still sent to incineration in 2024/25.
Sources archived before (5)
Includes incinerator-bottom-ash metal. Rate was 44.6% in 2023, so 2024 was broadly flat.
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Sources archived after the change (9)
Includes incinerator-bottom-ash metal. Rate was 44.6% in 2023, so 2024 was broadly flat.
UK 2024 overall household recycling 44.5% indicates some material return but not fully circular family stewardship.
UK household waste generation was about 26.2m tonnes in 2024; losses remain after material recovery.
England recycled 43.8% household waste in 2024, versus Wales 58.6%, Scotland 42.7%, Northern Ireland 50.1%.
UK household waste recycling rate including incinerator bottom ash metal was 44.5% in 2024.
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.25 | 45.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
National well-being data show broad everyday capability alongside noticeable strain. In late 2025, 4.9% of adults reported low life satisfaction, 8.1% low happiness and 23.6% high anxiety; 60.9% reported visits to green and natural spaces in December 2025. England separately reports 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of green or blue space.
Sources archived before (4)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
ONS subjective well-being provides reported life quality; it cannot isolate the effects of public scenery or free family outings.
ONS national well-being datasets measure self-reported quality-of-life indicators across the UK.
The same England dataset puts urban green/blue space access at 78% versus 91% for rural households.
Defra 2025 analysis found 80% of England households lived within a 15-minute walk of at least one qualifying green or blue space.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains large agricultural and natural-land systems, but biodiversity evidence shows severe long-run depletion. England’s monitored priority-species abundance was around 80% below its 1970 baseline by 2024 and fell around 17% between 2019 and 2024. UK habitat accounts also show mountains, moorland and heath falling from 14% of land in 1990 to 9% in 2024.
Sources archived before (5)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Sources archived after the change (9)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
UK agricultural land covers 69% of land; farm use and livestock patterns describe human-managed living ground.
England has about 4.6 million properties at modeled surface-water flood risk, indicating a continuing ground-water friction.
The England flood risk assessment identifies 2.4 million properties in areas at risk from rivers and sea in the model.
Defra species-abundance indicator tracks ecological change rather than proven family living-ground return.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 18.00 | 18.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has substantial productive ground: utilised agricultural area covered 69% of national land in 2025. Ordinary spatial reach is more constrained than raw land capacity implies; England data show 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space, leaving a meaningful access gap and not establishing household land ownership or productive-land access.
Sources archived before (4)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Defra reports many different farm sizes and land use structures; existing holdings cannot be treated as universal family ownership.
Croppable UK area was about 6.1 million hectares in 2025, reflecting farming capacity without measuring family soil restoration.
UK agricultural land use was about 16.8 million hectares, 69% of national land area in 2025.
ONS renting statistics show substantial financial friction in housing, but not exact land-title and farm-access costs.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 47.50 | 47.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Physical safety is comparatively strong in the available England-and-Wales homicide series, with 499 homicides and a rate of 8.1 per million in the year ending March 2026. Institutional friction is substantial: magistrates’ open caseload reached 380,230 and Crown Court open cases 80,829 at June 2026, with 23,706 Crown Court cases open for at least a year.
Sources archived before (4)
England and Wales only. 499 homicide offences; lowest rate since current police recording practices began in YE March 2003.
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
England and Wales only. 499 homicide offences; lowest rate since current police recording practices began in YE March 2003.
Police crime and survey series document outcomes and long-run changes, but do not measure family restoration after error.
ONS estimated 4.5 million fraud incidents and 3.8 million fraud victims in the latest annual England/Wales survey.
Police records covered 499 homicides for England/Wales in year ending March 2026; enforcement capacity is present but case access uncertain.
Crime Survey estimates 9.6 million headline incidents in England and Wales year ending March 2026.
Open Crown Court caseload — England and Wales: 80829.00000000
Open magistrates’ court caseload — England and Wales: 380230.00000000
Police-recorded homicide rate — England and Wales: 8.10000000
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 | -31.00 | -31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains strong institutional and service capacity around family life, but current family-formation and child-stability signals are weak. England and Wales recorded a total fertility rate of 1.39 in 2025, while 26% of UK children aged under 16 lived in relative low-income families after housing costs in FYE 2025. Divorce evidence is retained as an England-and-Wales measure rather than generalized to the entire UK.
Sources archived before (5)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Sources archived after the change (9)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
The 2025 fertility observation and childcare-use breakdown signal limits to family formation and support, not lifetime marriage stability.
Final 2025 fertility rate was 1.39 children per woman in England and Wales, below replacement and the Scorecard target 5.0.
FRS finds households with children experienced more food insecurity than childless households in 2024–25.
UK FRS has childcare-use data by nation: formal childcare among users varied, with Scotland and Northern Ireland lower than England.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.50 | 45.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has strong waste-recovery capability but incomplete household circularity. Household waste recycling was 44.5% in 2024 and provisional packaging recycling was 70.5% in 2025. England recovered 60.3 million tonnes of 63.3 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in 2024, while 50.3% of English local-authority waste was still sent to incineration in 2024/25.
Sources archived before (5)
Includes incinerator-bottom-ash metal. Rate was 44.6% in 2023, so 2024 was broadly flat.
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Sources archived after the change (9)
Includes incinerator-bottom-ash metal. Rate was 44.6% in 2023, so 2024 was broadly flat.
UK 2024 overall household recycling 44.5% indicates some material return but not fully circular family stewardship.
UK household waste generation was about 26.2m tonnes in 2024; losses remain after material recovery.
England recycled 43.8% household waste in 2024, versus Wales 58.6%, Scotland 42.7%, Northern Ireland 50.1%.
UK household waste recycling rate including incinerator bottom ash metal was 44.5% in 2024.
Local-authority waste sent to incineration — England: 50.30000000
Non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recovered — England: 60.30000000
Packaging waste recycled — UK provisional: 70.50000000
Waste from households recycling rate — UK: 44.50000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 45.25 | 45.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
National well-being data show broad everyday capability alongside noticeable strain. In late 2025, 4.9% of adults reported low life satisfaction, 8.1% low happiness and 23.6% high anxiety; 60.9% reported visits to green and natural spaces in December 2025. England separately reports 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of green or blue space.
Sources archived before (4)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
UK, October-December 2025. ONS reports no significant short-term change from a year earlier.
ONS subjective well-being provides reported life quality; it cannot isolate the effects of public scenery or free family outings.
ONS national well-being datasets measure self-reported quality-of-life indicators across the UK.
The same England dataset puts urban green/blue space access at 78% versus 91% for rural households.
Defra 2025 analysis found 80% of England households lived within a 15-minute walk of at least one qualifying green or blue space.
Adults reporting visits to green and natural spaces: 60.90000000
Adults reporting high anxiety: 23.60000000
Adults reporting low life satisfaction: 4.90000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains large agricultural and natural-land systems, but biodiversity evidence shows severe long-run depletion. England’s monitored priority-species abundance was around 80% below its 1970 baseline by 2024 and fell around 17% between 2019 and 2024. UK habitat accounts also show mountains, moorland and heath falling from 14% of land in 1990 to 9% in 2024.
Sources archived before (5)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Sources archived after the change (9)
England monitored priority species indicator; around 80% decline since 1970. This is not a complete UK all-species census.
UK agricultural land covers 69% of land; farm use and livestock patterns describe human-managed living ground.
England has about 4.6 million properties at modeled surface-water flood risk, indicating a continuing ground-water friction.
The England flood risk assessment identifies 2.4 million properties in areas at risk from rivers and sea in the model.
Defra species-abundance indicator tracks ecological change rather than proven family living-ground return.
Urban habitat share of UK land: 8.00000000
Mountains, moorland and heath share of UK land: 9.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 2019 — England: -17.00000000
Priority-species abundance change since 1970 — England: -80.00000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 18.00 | 18.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has substantial productive ground: utilised agricultural area covered 69% of national land in 2025. Ordinary spatial reach is more constrained than raw land capacity implies; England data show 80% of households within a 15-minute walk of a green or blue space, leaving a meaningful access gap and not establishing household land ownership or productive-land access.
Sources archived before (4)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
16.8 million hectares in the release, representing 69% of UK land. Agricultural use does not imply household access or ownership.
Defra reports many different farm sizes and land use structures; existing holdings cannot be treated as universal family ownership.
Croppable UK area was about 6.1 million hectares in 2025, reflecting farming capacity without measuring family soil restoration.
UK agricultural land use was about 16.8 million hectares, 69% of national land area in 2025.
ONS renting statistics show substantial financial friction in housing, but not exact land-title and farm-access costs.
Households within 15-minute walk of green or blue space — England: 80.00000000
UK croppable agricultural area: 6.10000000
Utilised agricultural area as share of UK land: 69.00000000
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 | -31.00 | -31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK retains strong institutional and service capacity around family life, but current family-formation and child-stability signals are weak. England and Wales recorded a total fertility rate of 1.39 in 2025, while 26% of UK children aged under 16 lived in relative low-income families after housing costs in FYE 2025. Divorce evidence is retained as an England-and-Wales measure rather than generalized to the entire UK.
Sources archived before (5)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Sources archived after the change (9)
England and Wales only; England was 1.39 and Wales 1.33. The combined measure is not represented as a full UK fertility rate.
The 2025 fertility observation and childcare-use breakdown signal limits to family formation and support, not lifetime marriage stability.
Final 2025 fertility rate was 1.39 children per woman in England and Wales, below replacement and the Scorecard target 5.0.
FRS finds households with children experienced more food insecurity than childless households in 2024–25.
UK FRS has childcare-use data by nation: formal childcare among users varied, with Scotland and Northern Ireland lower than England.
Opposite-sex divorce rate — England and Wales: 8.40000000
Children under 16 in relative low-income families after housing costs: 26.00000000
Total fertility rate — England and Wales: 1.39000000
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.
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
Mobility & Reachability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 52.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Great Britain has very high transport capacity: rail passengers made 1.83 billion journeys in the year to March 2026. Road safety has improved over the long run and fatalities fell to 1,538 in 2025, though 29,918 people were killed or seriously injured. The score recognizes strong reach while retaining the physical cost of road harm.
Sources archived before (4)
Great Britain rail network, April 2025-March 2026. Northern Ireland rail is outside this ORR series.
Killed or seriously injured road casualties — Great Britain: 29918.00000000
Reported road fatalities — Great Britain: 1538.00000000
Passenger rail journeys — Great Britain: 1.83000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Great Britain rail network, April 2025-March 2026. Northern Ireland rail is outside this ORR series.
National Travel Survey measures commuting, shopping and modal shares; average journey activity is not net family time returned.
The UK rail regulator tracks passenger rail journeys and service usage, while private/pubic travel remains costed.
England average 2025 travel time was 342 hours per person, about 56 minutes daily.
In England, people made 841 trips per person and travelled about 5,605 miles per person in 2025.
Killed or seriously injured road casualties — Great Britain: 29918.00000000
Reported road fatalities — Great Britain: 1538.00000000
Passenger rail journeys — Great Britain: 1.83000000
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 56.25 | 56.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has universal core health-service coverage and life expectancy near 81 years, but access friction remains visible. OECD reports 61% satisfaction with the availability of quality healthcare and 4.5% unmet healthcare needs, while ONS life tables place 2022-24 life expectancy at 83.0 years for females and 79.1 for males.
Sources archived before (6)
OECD coverage measure. Coverage does not by itself establish timely practical access to every service.
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Sources archived after the change (10)
OECD coverage measure. Coverage does not by itself establish timely practical access to every service.
OECD country comparisons provide measured life and care outcomes, but not the full family time returned by integrated care.
An NHS waiting-time series explicitly records delay to treatment and can be used to test practical care friction.
NHS England publishes consultant-led referral-to-treatment volumes and waiting times by provider in 2026–27.
UK health service capacity is covered by OECD Health at a Glance country indicators, including population health and services.
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 51.25 | 51.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
UK electricity capacity is increasingly renewable: renewables supplied 52.5% of generation in 2025. Yet the national system remained 43.5% net import dependent for total energy, and England still had an estimated 9.4% of households in fuel poverty in 2025. High technical capacity therefore coexists with household affordability and import friction.
Sources archived before (4)
Annual 2025 figure. Renewable output reached 152.5 TWh; this is electricity generation, not total final energy.
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Annual 2025 figure. Renewable output reached 152.5 TWh; this is electricity generation, not total final energy.
Energy Trends demonstrates generation statistics; it does not measure resilient local household return, reuse of waste heat or autonomy.
Ofgem publishes electricity and gas tariffs and fixed standing charges, confirming compulsory retail billing for ordinary households.
Ofgem 1 October–31 December 2026 capped electricity unit price is 26.32 p/kWh with 54.83 p/day standing charge for typical direct debit.
UK energy generation is monitored under DESNZ Energy Trends; generation capacity does not quantify usable household device services.
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Education & Human Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 55.25 | 55.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
UK students remained above the OECD average in PISA 2022, with 76% reaching baseline mathematics proficiency and 80% reaching baseline reading and science proficiency. Current reach frictions remain: 18.10% of pupils in England were persistently absent in autumn 2025/26 and 13.0% of UK 16-24-year-olds were NEET in April-June 2026.
Sources archived before (6)
PISA 2022; OECD notes UK sampling standards require caution when interpreting estimates. The data are deliberately dated rather than presented as current-year attainment.
Young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training: 13.00000000
Persistently absent pupils — England: 18.10000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — science: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — reading: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — mathematics: 76.00000000
Sources archived after the change (10)
PISA 2022; OECD notes UK sampling standards require caution when interpreting estimates. The data are deliberately dated rather than presented as current-year attainment.
PISA country notes measure student literacy, mathematics and science achievement, not every useful household or craft skill.
The attainment gap is direct evidence of education inequality and friction, without proving which causes account for it.
English and maths grade-5 attainment shows a 27.3-point disadvantaged versus non-disadvantaged gap in 2024–25.
DfE 2024–25 records nationally assessed key-stage-4 outcomes; EBacc five-component grade-5 pass share was 18.7%.
Young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training: 13.00000000
Persistently absent pupils — England: 18.10000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — science: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — reading: 80.00000000
Students attaining PISA Level 2 or higher — mathematics: 76.00000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 56.25 | 56.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The UK has universal core health-service coverage and life expectancy near 81 years, but access friction remains visible. OECD reports 61% satisfaction with the availability of quality healthcare and 4.5% unmet healthcare needs, while ONS life tables place 2022-24 life expectancy at 83.0 years for females and 79.1 for males.
Sources archived before (6)
OECD coverage measure. Coverage does not by itself establish timely practical access to every service.
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Sources archived after the change (10)
OECD coverage measure. Coverage does not by itself establish timely practical access to every service.
OECD country comparisons provide measured life and care outcomes, but not the full family time returned by integrated care.
An NHS waiting-time series explicitly records delay to treatment and can be used to test practical care friction.
NHS England publishes consultant-led referral-to-treatment volumes and waiting times by provider in 2026–27.
UK health service capacity is covered by OECD Health at a Glance country indicators, including population health and services.
Life expectancy at birth — males: 79.10000000
Life expectancy at birth — females: 83.00000000
People reporting unmet healthcare needs: 4.50000000
People satisfied with availability of quality healthcare: 61.00000000
Population covered for core set of health services: 100.00000000
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 51.25 | 51.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
UK electricity capacity is increasingly renewable: renewables supplied 52.5% of generation in 2025. Yet the national system remained 43.5% net import dependent for total energy, and England still had an estimated 9.4% of households in fuel poverty in 2025. High technical capacity therefore coexists with household affordability and import friction.
Sources archived before (4)
Annual 2025 figure. Renewable output reached 152.5 TWh; this is electricity generation, not total final energy.
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Annual 2025 figure. Renewable output reached 152.5 TWh; this is electricity generation, not total final energy.
Energy Trends demonstrates generation statistics; it does not measure resilient local household return, reuse of waste heat or autonomy.
Ofgem publishes electricity and gas tariffs and fixed standing charges, confirming compulsory retail billing for ordinary households.
Ofgem 1 October–31 December 2026 capped electricity unit price is 26.32 p/kWh with 54.83 p/day standing charge for typical direct debit.
UK energy generation is monitored under DESNZ Energy Trends; generation capacity does not quantify usable household device services.
Households in fuel poverty — England: 9.40000000
UK net energy import dependency: 43.50000000
Renewables share of UK electricity generation: 52.50000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
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