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Benin vs Paraguay: State Capacity Index

Benin
0.122
in 2015
Paraguay
0.1222
in 2015
Benin rank
113th
Paraguay rank
112th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Benin
  • Paraguay
-1-0.500.5196019872015

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 0.1222 against 0.122 in Benin, a difference of 0.0002.

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

Benin ranks 113th and Paraguay ranks 112th 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.