Statizoid

Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia: State Capacity Index

Equatorial Guinea
-0.5207
in 2015
Liberia
-0.5134
in 2015
Equatorial Guinea rank
146th
Liberia rank
145th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Liberia
-1.5-1.2-1-0.75-0.5-0.25196019872015

How they compare

Liberia currently reports -0.5134 against -0.5207 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0073.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Liberia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 146th and Liberia ranks 145th 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.