Austria The Republic of Austria is a parliamentary democracy with constitutional power shared between a popularly elected president and a bicameral parliament (Federal Assembly). Parliamentary elections are considered free and fair. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.The overall score indicates that there are low risks of potential human rights violations in this country. Still, violations of human rights can always happen. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:Threats of violence targeting Muslims and Africans, as well as LGBTQI+ persons Threats of violence motivated by antisemitism Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 81/100 Global Rights Index 90/100 (1) Human Development Index 82,3/100 (0,823) Kids Rights Index 58,2/100 (0,582) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 77,0/100 (2,3) Global Slavery Index 92,0/100 (8) Trafficking in persons report 87,5/100 (T1) Global Gender Gap Index 74,0/100 (0,74) Rule of Law Index 80,0/100 (0,80) Fragile States Index 79,7/100 (24,4) Freedom in the World Index 93,0/100 (93) Environmental Performance Index 69,0/100 (69) Corruption Perceptions Index 71,0/100 )71) Equality Index 77,0/100 (77)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB