Democracy Improvement Ranking 2012*
		Democracy Improvement Gain/Loss	Democracy Improvement Gain/Loss
		Rank Change	Score
		2007-2011	2007-2011
1	Tunisia	+9	8.1
2	Bangladesh	+12	6.3
3	Libya	+2	4.1
4	Zambia	+2	3.6
5	Pakistan	+2	3.6
6	Moldova	+8	3.3
7	Tanzania	+3	3.1
8	Georgia	+9	2.7
9	Togo	0	2.7
10	Kenya	+1	2.7
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	+2	2.3
12	Singapore	+2	2.2
13	Benin	+1	2.1
14	Thailand	+4	2.0
15	Macedonia, FYR	+5	2.0
16	Belgium	+3	1.9
17	Indonesia	+2	1.9
18	Philippines	+1	1.9
19	Mongolia	+3	1.9
20	Brazil	+1	1.8
21	Ghana	+4	1.6
22	Haiti	-2	1.6
23	Lebanon	-1	1.5
24	Panama	+1	1.4
25	Korea, Rep.	+5	1.4
26	India	+5	1.4
27	Costa Rica	+6	1.3
28	Paraguay	+3	1.3
29	Germany	+1	1.3
30	Poland	+4	1.2
31	Serbia	+1	1.2
32	Norway	0	1.1
33	Timor-Leste	-3	1.1
34	Guatemala	+3	1.1
35	Mauritius	0	1.1
36	Nigeria	0	1.1
37	Bolivia	0	1.0
38	Romania	0	1.0
39	Switzerland	0	1.0
40	Austria	+1	1.0
41	Canada	+1	0.9
42	Japan	+1	0.9
43	Chile	+4	0.9
44	Malaysia	+1	0.8
45	Uruguay	+2	0.8
46	Argentina	0	0.7
47	Croatia	+1	0.7
48	Australia	-1	0.7
49	China	-1	0.7
50	Namibia	-2	0.7
51	Senegal	+1	0.6
52	Nepal	-1	0.6
53	El Salvador	+1	0.6
54	Finland	0	0.6
55	Colombia	0	0.5
56	Trinidad and Tobago	+1	0.5
57	Albania	-1	0.5
58	Lesotho	-2	0.5
59	Mozambique	-1	0.4
60	Nicaragua	-1	0.4
61	Cyprus	+2	0.3
62	Armenia	-2	0.3
63	Denmark	0	0.3
64	Netherlands	0	0.3
65	Yemen, Rep.	-1	0.2
66	United States	-1	0.2
67	Kyrgyz Republic	-3	0.2
68	Slovenia	0	0.2
69	Kuwait	+1	0.2
70	Ireland	-1	0.2
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1	0.2
72	Portugal	0	0.1
73	Morocco	-1	0.1
74	New Zealand	0	0.0
75	Russian Federation	-3	0.0
76	Turkey	-3	0.0
77	Peru	-1	-0.2
78	Jamaica	-2	-0.3
79	Sweden	0	-0.4
80	United Kingdom	-3	-0.4
81	Israel	-1	-0.4
82	Czech Republic	-1	-0.4
83	Spain	0	-0.5
84	South Africa	-7	-0.5
85	Syrian Arab Republic	-1	-0.6
86	Ecuador	-1	-0.6
87	Venezuela, RB	-7	-0.6
88	Botswana	-5	-0.6
89	Slovak Republic	+1	-0.7
90	Bulgaria	-3	-0.7
91	Estonia	-3	-0.9
92	France	0	-1.1
93	Lithuania	-4	-1.2
94	Dominican Republic	-2	-1.2
95	Guinea-Bissau	-3	-1.2
96	Mexico	-4	-1.3
97	Greece	-2	-1.7
98	Italy	-6	-1.7
99	Sri Lanka	-6	-1.7
100	Ukraine	-8	-1.7
101	Latvia	-4	-2.2
102	Honduras	-6	-2.3
103	Bahrain	-6	-2.5
104	Hungary	-5	-2.5
	Green: Country is among the 10 best	Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period	Green: Gain of democracy score
		White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
	Red: Country is among the 10 worst	Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period	Red: Loss of democracy score
	Grey: "Virtual scores" for countries,
	categorized by Freedom Hous as
	"not free" in the years 2010 and 2011.
	Tunisia is categorized by Freedom
	House as "partly free" in 2011.
	David F. J. Campbell
	University of Klagenfurt
	Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (iff)
	Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research (WIHO)
	david.campbell@uni-klu.ac.at
	http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho
	Paul Pölzlbauer
	p.poelzlbauer@gmx.at
	Thorsten D. Barth
	thorsten.d.barth@gmail.com
	Georg Pölzlbauer
	poelzlbauer@ifs.tuwien.ac.at
	Recommended citation: Campbell, David F. J. / Paul Pölzlbauer / Thorsten D. Barth / Georg Pölzlbauer (2012). Democracy Improvement Ranking 2012 (Scores). Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
	* The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2012 compares the democracy ranking scores of 2007-2008 and 2010-2011.