Cape Verde vs Iran: State Capacity Index

Cape Verde

0.486

in 2015

Iran

0.5043

in 2015

Cape Verde rank

84th

Iran rank

81st

State Capacity Index over time

Cape Verde
Iran

How they compare

Iran currently reports 0.5043 against 0.486 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0183.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Iran ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 84th and Iran ranks 81st of 165 countries.

Individual pages

State Capacity Index in Cape Verde
State Capacity Index in Iran
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.