Brazil vs India: State Capacity Index
Brazil
0.7382
in 2015
India
0.767
in 2015
Brazil rank
58th
India rank
55th
State Capacity Index over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.767 against 0.7382 in Brazil, a difference of 0.0288.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 58th and India ranks 55th of 166 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1162 | -0.0114 | 0.1277 | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.218 | 0.0209 | 0.1972 | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.5381 | -0.0087 | 0.5469 | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.887 | 0.2941 | 0.5929 | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.8854 | 0.6666 | 0.2188 | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.8399 | 0.7677 | 0.0723 | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher state capacity index, Brazil or India?
- India, at 0.767 against 0.7382 in Brazil as of 2015.
- What is the difference in state capacity index between Brazil and India?
- 0.0288, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2015.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for state capacity index?
- Brazil ranks 58th and India ranks 55th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as State Capacity Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.