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Latvia vs Taiwan: State Capacity Index

Latvia
1.47
in 2015
Taiwan
1.46
in 2015
Latvia rank
30th
Taiwan rank
31st

State Capacity Index over time

  • Latvia
  • Taiwan
00.511.52196019872015

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 1.47 against 1.46 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.019.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Taiwan ahead.

Latvia ranks 30th and Taiwan ranks 31st 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.