Colombia vs Dominican Republic: State Capacity Index

Colombia

0.6181

in 2015

Dominican Republic

0.5986

in 2015

Colombia rank

73rd

Dominican Republic rank

74th

State Capacity Index over time

Colombia
Dominican Republic

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 0.6181 against 0.5986 in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.0195.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 73rd and Dominican Republic ranks 74th 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.