Social Development in Austria

171 indicators covering social development for Austria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 16 2025 up 220.0% 184th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 200.3% 192nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 109.6% 191st
Political Rights Score 38 2025 up 2.7% 19th
Freedom Score 94 2025 down 1.1% 22nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 22,014 2025 down 72.5% 40th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0024 units per person 2025 down 74.2% 28th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 82.0% 76th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -60 % change on previous year 2025 up 40.0% 174th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -23.78 % change on previous year 2025 down 109.4% 121st
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.923 2025 down 1.8% 13th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.926 2025 down 3.9% 47th
Political Corruption Index 0.095 2025 up 120.9% 148th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.095 2025 up 120.9% 148th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.06 2024 down 2.0% 3rd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% 184th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.461 units per square kilometre 2023 up 67.3% 17th
LGBT+ Rights Index 8.92 2019 up 81.3% 19th
Forcibly displaced people 308,665 2025 up 102.7% 56th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st
Age of electoral democracy 81 years 2025 up 14.1% 9th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 67 2024 down 6.9% 25th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 11.6 2024 down 4.6% 16th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 11.28 2024 down 3.7% 10th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7762 2024 down 14.5% 77th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.455 2024 down 0.2% 187th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.84 2025 down 3.8% 18th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.84 2025 down 3.8% 18th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 54.1% 2024 up 3.8% 48th
Homicide rate 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 21.8% 139th
Homicides 80 homicides 2023 up 31.1% 98th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 21.8% 139th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 21.8% 138th
Age of electoral democracy 81 years 2025 up 14.1% 10th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 1.78 2020 up 63.5% 10th
Homicides 56 deaths 2023 up 51.4% 64th
Child homicide rate 0.2292 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 94.2% 75th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.35 2020 up 8.6% 12th
Homicide rate 0.6167 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 41.3% 84th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.6167 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 41.3% 84th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 1st
Homicides 44.08 deaths 2021 down 37.1% 147th
Homicide rate 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 41.7% 185th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.4944 2021 down 40.8% 178th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.31 million 2030 down 27.5% 71st
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 11.74 2030 up 0.9% 13th