Austria

Overview

Every country has a weak point. Austria's happens to be political institutions, where political polarization ranks worse than 25% of the 72 countries on this list. Economic policy and healthcare financing aren't doing much better, landing at the 24th and 35th percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts Austria at #66 — 7th Least Cooked.

Austria scores 15 out of 100, the global median sits at 27 — so this is 12 points below that line (higher means more cooked). Performance is lopsided: political polarization ranks worse than 25% of countries, while billionaires hoarded (7 billionaires) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 56% of the field. None of this is really about Austria specifically — it's about what's propping up the political institutions numbers underneath.

Sources: V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022) · WHO / World Bank SDG 3.8.2 (2024)