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What is the Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI)?
What is the Bertelsmann Transformation Index?
What is the BTI & Transformation Index?
How does the BTI measure political transformation?
The Transformation Index analyzes and compares transformation processes towards democracy and a market economy worldwide and identifies successful strategies for peaceful change.
- Methodology
- Analytical Framework
- Country Selection
- Measurement and Review Process
- Index Aggregation
- Democracies and Autocracies
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates whether and how developing countries and countries in transition are steering social change toward democracy and a market economy. Guided by a standardized codebook, country experts assess the extent to which a total of 17 criteria have been met for each of the 137 countri...
The state of political transformationis measured in terms of five criteria, which in turn are derived from assessments made in response to 18 questions. The BTI’s concept of democracy goes well beyond other definitions of democracy, which are limited primarily to basic civil rights and the conduct of free elections. Stateness, which is seen as a pr...
Because the BTI focuses in its analysis on transformation toward democracy under the rule of law and a market economy anchored in principles of social justice, it excludes countries that might be considered long-consolidated democratic systems and in which economic development can be regarded as well-advanced. In the absence of a clearly defined “t...
The Transformation Index is based on a qualitative expert survey in which written assessments are translated into numerical ratings and examined in a multistage review process so as to make them comparable both within and across regions. This method enables those factors of political and economic development that elude purely quantitative assessmen...
The Status Index is aggregated by calculating the average of the total scores given for the dimensions of political (democracy status) and economic (economy status) transformation. The state of transformation in each analytic dimension is equivalent to the average of the scores of the associated criteria. Criterion scores are, in turn, based on the...
The indicators on the state of political transformation are also used in determining whether a country is classified as a democracy or autocracy. This analysis comprises more than just whether sufficiently free and fair elections are held. In accordance with the Transformation Index’s comprehensive concept of democracy, seven threshold values marking...
The Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) is a measure of the development status and governance of political and economic transformation processes in developing and transition countries around the world.
CountryStatus-index 2022Governance-index 2022Status-index 20202.924.023.214.133.774.206.686.286.845.044.675.03Transformation Atlas 7124 scores are rating the status of democracy, market economy and good governance. Discover them with the help of our interactive visualization tool and in context with 137 detailed country reports.
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyses and evaluates whether and how developing countries and countries in transition are steering social change toward democracy and a market economy.
Over the last 17 years, the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) has become the most comprehensive survey of countries’ transformation efforts. We invite you to explore BTI results in depth and discover new ideas through the Transformation Atlas, the BTI's visualization tool.
Feb 22, 2022 · The BTI measures and compares transition processes in 137 transformation countries with data collected between 2019 and 2021, and establishes their global rating based on detailed country reports.
