🇦🇹 Austria Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇹 Austria AT / AUT #113

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 9

Region European Union, Danube Region, Alpine Countries, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Central Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 69/100

Press Freedom (2025) 78.1/100 #22

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.839

HDI 0.930

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 72th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 97th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 83th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 90th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 90th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 94th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.9/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 4.9/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Austria	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor of Austria	Christian Stocker

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 69 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 78.1 / 100

Global Rank #22 / 180

Rank Change +10 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #24 72.6

Economic #23 64.7

Legal #20 82.0

Social #30 78.8

Safety #19 92.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.839

Liberal 0.757

Participatory 0.582

Deliberative 0.729

Egalitarian 0.723

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	78.1	22	72.6	64.7	82.0	78.8	92.6
2024	74.7	32	69.0	60.2	78.5	75.3	90.5
2023	77.3	29	74.0	61.9	77.3	84.1	89.2
2022	76.7	31	77.8	61.4	79.0	81.2	84.3
2021	83.7	17	-	-	-	-	89.0
2020	84.2	18	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	84.7	16	-	-	-	-	79.2
2018	86.0	11	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	86.5	11	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	86.8	11	-	-	-	-	27.0
2015	89.2	7	-	-	-	-	86.1
2014	90.0	12	-	-	-	-	-
2013	90.6	12	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-8.0	5	-	-	-	-	-
2010	0.5	7	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3.0	13	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.5	14	-	-	-	-	-
2007	4.3	16	-	-	-	-	-
2006	4.5	16	-	-	-	-	-
2005	2.5	16	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index