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Denmark vs Norway: State Capacity Index

Denmark
2.7
in 2015
Norway
2.53
in 2015
Denmark rank
1st
Norway rank
2nd

State Capacity Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Norway
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2.7 against 2.53 in Norway, a difference of 0.17.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

Across all 56 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 1st and Norway ranks 2nd 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.