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Belgium vs USSR: State Capacity Index

Belgium
2.38
in 2015
USSR
0.4764
in 1991
Belgium rank
4th
USSR rank
1st

State Capacity Index over time

  • Belgium
  • USSR
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 2.38 against 0.4764 in USSR, a difference of 1.9.

That makes Belgium's figure about 5.0 times USSR's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 4th and USSR ranks 1st 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.