Chile vs Taiwan: State Capacity Index

Chile

1.5

in 2015

Taiwan

1.46

in 2015

Chile rank

28th

Taiwan rank

31st

State Capacity Index over time

Chile
Taiwan

How they compare

Chile currently reports 1.5 against 1.46 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.048.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 28th and Taiwan ranks 31st of 165 countries.

Individual pages

State Capacity Index in Chile
State Capacity Index in Taiwan
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.