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Afghanistan vs Eritrea: State Capacity Index

Afghanistan
-1.05
in 2015
Eritrea
-1.23
in 2015
Afghanistan rank
157th
Eritrea rank
160th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Eritrea
-2-1.5-1-0.500.5196019872015

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports -1.05 against -1.23 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.188.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 157th and Eritrea ranks 160th of 165 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
State Capacity Index
Source
Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 8,015 data points, 1960–2015
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Measures state capacity by combining 21 different indicators related to three key dimensions: extractive capacity, coercive capacity, and administrative capacity. Higher values indicate greater state capacity.