Australia vs Canada: State Capacity Index

Australia
2.22
in 2015
Canada
2.1
in 2015
Australia rank
10th
Canada rank
12th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.22 against 2.1 in Canada, a difference of 0.123.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

Across all 56 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 12th 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.