Chile vs Latvia: State Capacity Index

Chile
1.5
in 2015
Latvia
1.47
in 2015
Chile rank
28th
Latvia rank
30th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Chile
  • Latvia
0.50.7511.21.5196019872015

How they compare

Chile currently reports 1.5 against 1.47 in Latvia, a difference of 0.029.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 28th and Latvia ranks 30th 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.