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Central African Republic vs Libya: State Capacity Index

Central African Republic
-1.54
in 2015
Libya
-1.35
in 2015
Central African Republic rank
164th
Libya rank
161st

State Capacity Index over time

  • Central African Republic
  • Libya
-1.5-1-0.50196019872015

How they compare

Libya currently reports -1.35 against -1.54 in Central African Republic, a difference of 0.189.

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

Central African Republic ranks 164th and Libya ranks 161st 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.