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Belgium vs Norway: State Capacity Index

Belgium
2.38
in 2015
Norway
2.53
in 2015
Belgium rank
4th
Norway rank
2nd

State Capacity Index over time

  • Belgium
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 2.53 against 2.38 in Belgium, a difference of 0.148.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.

Belgium ranks 4th and Norway ranks 2nd 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.