South Korea vs United Kingdom: State Capacity Index

South Korea
1.96
in 2015
United Kingdom
1.78
in 2015
South Korea rank
15th
United Kingdom rank
17th

State Capacity Index over time

  • South Korea
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.96 against 1.78 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.184.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

South Korea ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 17th 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.