Australia vs Germany: State Capacity Index

Australia
2.22
in 2015
Germany
2.3
in 2015
Australia rank
10th
Germany rank
7th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.3 against 2.22 in Australia, a difference of 0.083.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Germany ranks 7th 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.