Data for 2012

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012

Name: Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's measure of government cyber-security capacity asks whether a state has the skilled staff and resources to protect itself against cyber attacks, from none at all to attacks by highly skilled actors. It is an expert-coded estimate on an open-ended scale centred near zero, and a higher figure means more capacity.

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012 covers 176 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.497; Timor-Leste is lowest, at -3.069. The middle country reads -0.252. Against 2011, 26 values changed (23 up, 3 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Cyber Security Capacity · Data for 2012

HighestIsrael

3.497

LowestTimor-Leste

-3.069

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
173distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.497
2	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2.771
3	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.741
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.678
5	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.570
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.548
7	United States`USA`Northern America	2.153
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.960
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.945
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.851
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.818
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.746
13	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.739
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.726
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.678
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.660
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.652
18	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.633
19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.477
20	Chile`CHL`South America	1.466
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.422
=21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.422
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.418
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.417
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.326
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.249
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.195
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.190
29	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.100
30	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.091
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.063
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.043
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.033
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.990
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.959
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.931
37	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.885
38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.871
39	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.851
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.842
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.833
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.825
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.823
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.804
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.778
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.744
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.709
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.706
49	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.682
50	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.662
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.638
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.631
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.566
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.560
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.559
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.551
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.521
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.498
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.476
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.473
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.469
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.438
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.411
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.385
65	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.372
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.367
67	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.350
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.347
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.278
70	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.220
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.190
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.189
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.147
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.135
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.127
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.124
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.099
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.080
79	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.075
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.098
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.102
=82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.136
=82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.136
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-0.185
85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.196
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.215
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.221
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-0.234
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-0.270
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.308
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.313
92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.340
93	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-0.393
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.439
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.487
96	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-0.499
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.503
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.509
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-0.514
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.565
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.602
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.608
103	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.616
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.625
105	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-0.628
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.637
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.653
108	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.663
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.688
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.702
111	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.747
112	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.759
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.773
114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-0.786
115	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.789
116	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.846
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.862
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-0.870
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.874
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-0.878
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.894
122	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.905
123	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.916
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.925
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.947
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.974
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.993
128	Peru`PER`South America	-1.017
129	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-1.028
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.030
=131	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-1.034
=131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.034
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	-1.170
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.171
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.261
136	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-1.313
137	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.319
138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.339
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.370
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.374
141	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.376
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.385
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.426
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.457
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-1.507
146	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.530
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-1.536
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.549
149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.564
150	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.591
151	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.597
152	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.625
153	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.627
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.702
155	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-1.709
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-1.711
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.733
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.768
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.803
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.858
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-1.865
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-2.013
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-2.065
164	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-2.081
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-2.109
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-2.197
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-2.215
168	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-2.280
169	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.328
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.350
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-2.363
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.364
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-2.402
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-2.516
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-3.050
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-3.069

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel3.497
2North Korea2.771
3Malaysia2.741
4Russia2.678
5China2.570

Lowest

176Timor-Leste-3.069
175Solomon Islands-3.050
174Guinea-Bissau-2.516
173Liberia-2.402
172Laos-2.364

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.252. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+0 / −0countries joined / left
26values changed, of 176 in both
23 · 3rose · fell
150unchanged

Rose most

Latvia0.974 → 1.818+0.844
Somalia-2.571 → -1.733+0.838
Zambia-0.862 → -0.215+0.647
Sierra Leone-2.988 → -2.363+0.625
Syria0.296 → 0.825+0.529

Fell most

Georgia1.042 → 0.347−0.695
United States2.612 → 2.153−0.459
Libya-1.790 → -2.065−0.275

04Caveats

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How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.
173 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.422. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2012). Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cyber-security-capacity/2012

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