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Central African Republic vs Somalia: State Capacity Index

Central African Republic
-1.54
in 2015
Somalia
-2.1
in 2015
Central African Republic rank
164th
Somalia rank
165th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Central African Republic
  • Somalia
-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5196019872015

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports -1.54 against -2.1 in Somalia, a difference of 0.555.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 164th and Somalia ranks 165th 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.