What is key features of human rights in Austria?

Key features of human rights in Austria was 0.907 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest key features of human rights recorded in Austria?

The highest recorded value was 0.949 in 2013.

What is the lowest key features of human rights recorded in Austria?

The lowest recorded value was 0.249 in 1795.

How does Austria rank for key features of human rights?

Austria ranks 30th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is key features of human rights rising or falling in Austria?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Austria data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of human rights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Key features of human rights in Austria

Name: Key features of human rights in Austria
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Austria: Key features of human rights was 0.907 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.907

Change on year

down 0.3%

World rank

30th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.949

in 2013

All-time low

0.249

in 1795

Years of data

231

1789–2025

Key features of human rights in Austria, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for key features of human rights in Austria is 0.907, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, key features of human rights in Austria peaked at 0.949 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.249, in 1795.

That places Austria 30th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 231 years of available data.

Key features of human rights in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Key features of human rights in Austria, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.375	—
1790	0.375	+0.0%
1791	0.375	+0.0%
1792	0.375	+0.0%
1793	0.365	-2.7%
1794	0.352	-3.6%
1795	0.249	-29.3%
1796	0.354	+42.2%
1797	0.354	+0.0%
1798	0.354	+0.0%
1799	0.354	+0.0%
1800	0.354	+0.0%
1801	0.354	+0.0%
1802	0.354	+0.0%
1803	0.354	+0.0%
1804	0.354	+0.0%
1805	0.354	+0.0%
1806	0.354	+0.0%
1807	0.354	+0.0%
1808	0.354	+0.0%
1809	0.354	+0.0%
1810	0.354	+0.0%
1811	0.354	+0.0%
1812	0.354	+0.0%
1813	0.343	-3.1%
1814	0.343	+0.0%
1815	0.336	-2.0%
1816	0.336	+0.0%
1817	0.336	+0.0%
1818	0.336	+0.0%
1819	0.336	+0.0%
1820	0.336	+0.0%
1821	0.336	+0.0%
1822	0.336	+0.0%
1823	0.336	+0.0%
1824	0.336	+0.0%
1825	0.336	+0.0%
1826	0.336	+0.0%
1827	0.336	+0.0%
1828	0.336	+0.0%
1829	0.336	+0.0%
1830	0.336	+0.0%
1831	0.336	+0.0%
1832	0.336	+0.0%
1833	0.336	+0.0%
1834	0.336	+0.0%
1835	0.336	+0.0%
1836	0.336	+0.0%
1837	0.336	+0.0%
1838	0.336	+0.0%
1839	0.336	+0.0%
1840	0.336	+0.0%
1841	0.336	+0.0%
1842	0.336	+0.0%
1843	0.336	+0.0%
1844	0.336	+0.0%
1845	0.336	+0.0%
1846	0.336	+0.0%
1847	0.336	+0.0%
1848	0.459	+36.6%
1849	0.299	-34.9%
1850	0.325	+8.7%
1851	0.325	+0.0%
1852	0.325	+0.0%
1853	0.325	+0.0%
1854	0.325	+0.0%
1855	0.325	+0.0%
1856	0.325	+0.0%
1857	0.325	+0.0%
1858	0.325	+0.0%
1859	0.325	+0.0%
1860	0.334	+2.8%
1861	0.334	+0.0%
1862	0.334	+0.0%
1863	0.334	+0.0%
1864	0.334	+0.0%
1865	0.334	+0.0%
1866	0.334	+0.0%
1867	0.482	+44.3%
1868	0.579	+20.1%
1869	0.579	+0.0%
1870	0.614	+6.0%
1871	0.614	+0.0%
1872	0.614	+0.0%
1873	0.614	+0.0%
1874	0.614	+0.0%
1875	0.607	-1.1%
1876	0.607	+0.0%
1877	0.607	+0.0%
1878	0.607	+0.0%
1879	0.607	+0.0%
1880	0.607	+0.0%
1881	0.607	+0.0%
1882	0.607	+0.0%
1883	0.607	+0.0%
1884	0.607	+0.0%
1885	0.607	+0.0%
1886	0.607	+0.0%
1887	0.607	+0.0%
1888	0.622	+2.5%
1889	0.642	+3.2%
1890	0.664	+3.4%
1891	0.664	+0.0%
1892	0.664	+0.0%
1893	0.664	+0.0%
1894	0.664	+0.0%
1895	0.664	+0.0%
1896	0.664	+0.0%
1897	0.664	+0.0%
1898	0.664	+0.0%
1899	0.664	+0.0%
1900	0.664	+0.0%
1901	0.664	+0.0%
1902	0.664	+0.0%
1903	0.664	+0.0%
1904	0.664	+0.0%
1905	0.664	+0.0%
1906	0.664	+0.0%
1907	0.664	+0.0%
1908	0.664	+0.0%
1909	0.664	+0.0%
1910	0.664	+0.0%
1911	0.664	+0.0%
1912	0.664	+0.0%
1913	0.664	+0.0%
1914	0.679	+2.3%
1915	0.679	+0.0%
1916	0.679	+0.0%
1917	0.679	+0.0%
1918	0.689	+1.5%
1919	0.835	+21.2%
1920	0.843	+1.0%
1921	0.84	-0.4%
1922	0.84	+0.0%
1923	0.84	+0.0%
1924	0.84	+0.0%
1925	0.842	+0.2%
1926	0.842	+0.0%
1927	0.825	-2.0%
1928	0.828	+0.4%
1929	0.828	+0.0%
1930	0.817	-1.3%
1931	0.817	+0.0%
1932	0.817	+0.0%
1933	0.589	-27.9%
1934	0.383	-35.0%
1935	0.367	-4.2%
1936	0.367	+0.0%
1937	0.365	-0.5%
1938	0.371	+1.6%
1945	0.746	+101.1%
1946	0.8	+7.2%
1947	0.801	+0.1%
1948	0.801	+0.0%
1949	0.803	+0.2%
1950	0.817	+1.7%
1951	0.817	+0.0%
1952	0.817	+0.0%
1953	0.817	+0.0%
1954	0.817	+0.0%
1955	0.844	+3.3%
1956	0.909	+7.7%
1957	0.908	-0.1%
1958	0.908	+0.0%
1959	0.908	+0.0%
1960	0.909	+0.1%
1961	0.909	+0.0%
1962	0.909	+0.0%
1963	0.909	+0.0%
1964	0.909	+0.0%
1965	0.9	-1.0%
1966	0.91	+1.1%
1967	0.91	+0.0%
1968	0.91	+0.0%
1969	0.91	+0.0%
1970	0.917	+0.8%
1971	0.928	+1.2%
1972	0.93	+0.2%
1973	0.929	-0.1%
1974	0.933	+0.4%
1975	0.933	+0.0%
1976	0.943	+1.1%
1977	0.943	+0.0%
1978	0.943	+0.0%
1979	0.943	+0.0%
1980	0.934	-1.0%
1981	0.943	+1.0%
1982	0.943	+0.0%
1983	0.943	+0.0%
1984	0.943	+0.0%
1985	0.943	+0.0%
1986	0.943	+0.0%
1987	0.943	+0.0%
1988	0.943	+0.0%
1989	0.944	+0.1%
1990	0.946	+0.2%
1991	0.946	+0.0%
1992	0.946	+0.0%
1993	0.946	+0.0%
1994	0.946	+0.0%
1995	0.936	-1.1%
1996	0.947	+1.2%
1997	0.947	+0.0%
1998	0.947	+0.0%
1999	0.947	+0.0%
2000	0.947	+0.0%
2001	0.947	+0.0%
2002	0.947	+0.0%
2003	0.947	+0.0%
2004	0.947	+0.0%
2005	0.947	+0.0%
2006	0.947	+0.0%
2007	0.947	+0.0%
2008	0.945	-0.2%
2009	0.945	+0.0%
2010	0.944	-0.1%
2011	0.944	+0.0%
2012	0.945	+0.1%
2013	0.949	+0.4%
2014	0.949	+0.0%
2015	0.947	-0.2%
2016	0.947	+0.0%
2017	0.938	-1.0%
2018	0.928	-1.1%
2019	0.922	-0.6%
2020	0.924	+0.2%
2021	0.926	+0.2%
2022	0.917	-1.0%
2023	0.925	+0.9%
2024	0.91	-1.6%
2025	0.907	-0.3%

Austria compared with similar countries

Austria's 0.907 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Austria's 0.907 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.375	0.375	0.375	1
1790s	0.3507	0.249	0.375	10
1800s	0.354	0.354	0.354	10
1810s	0.3428	0.336	0.354	10
1820s	0.336	0.336	0.336	10
1830s	0.336	0.336	0.336	10
1840s	0.3446	0.299	0.459	10
1850s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1860s	0.3978	0.334	0.579	10
1870s	0.6105	0.607	0.614	10
1880s	0.612	0.607	0.642	10
1890s	0.664	0.664	0.664	10
1900s	0.664	0.664	0.664	10
1910s	0.6896	0.664	0.835	10
1920s	0.8368	0.825	0.843	10
1930s	0.5437	0.365	0.817	9
1940s	0.7902	0.746	0.803	5
1950s	0.8562	0.817	0.909	10
1960s	0.9085	0.9	0.91	10
1970s	0.9342	0.917	0.943	10
1980s	0.9422	0.934	0.944	10
1990s	0.9454	0.936	0.947	10
2000s	0.9466	0.945	0.947	10
2010s	0.9413	0.922	0.949	10
2020s	0.9182	0.907	0.926	6

Countries ranked near Austria

27 Ghana 0.912 compare
27 Netherlands 0.912 compare
27 South Korea 0.912 compare
30 Cape Verde 0.907 compare
32 Australia 0.906 compare
33 Seychelles 0.904 compare

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More social development data for Austria

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 286,651 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 33 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 33 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0311 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is key features of human rights in Austria?: Key features of human rights in Austria was 0.907 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest key features of human rights recorded in Austria?: The highest recorded value was 0.949 in 2013.
What is the lowest key features of human rights recorded in Austria?: The lowest recorded value was 0.249 in 1795.
How does Austria rank for key features of human rights?: Austria ranks 30th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is key features of human rights rising or falling in Austria?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of human rights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Key features of human rights
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.