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France vs Italy: State Capacity Index

France
1.64
in 2015
Italy
1.52
in 2015
France rank
23rd
Italy rank
26th

State Capacity Index over time

  • France
  • Italy
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How they compare

France currently reports 1.64 against 1.52 in Italy, a difference of 0.121.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

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

France ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 26th 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.