China vs United Arab Emirates: State Capacity Index

China

0.7145

in 2015

United Arab Emirates

0.7112

in 2015

China rank

62nd

United Arab Emirates rank

63rd

State Capacity Index over time

China
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

China currently reports 0.7145 against 0.7112 in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.0033.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

China ranks 62nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 63rd 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
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.