Hungary vs Italy: State Capacity Index

Hungary
1.52
in 2015
Italy
1.52
in 2015
Hungary rank
27th
Italy rank
26th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Hungary
  • Italy
00.511.52196019872015

How they compare

Italy currently reports 1.52 against 1.52 in Hungary, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Hungary ranks 27th 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.