Statizoid

Canada vs Spain: State Capacity Index

Canada
2.1
in 2015
Spain
2
in 2015
Canada rank
12th
Spain rank
14th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Canada
  • Spain
0.511.52196019872015

How they compare

Canada currently reports 2.1 against 2 in Spain, a difference of 0.092.

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

Canada ranks 12th and Spain ranks 14th 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.