Malaysia vs Serbia: State Capacity Index

Malaysia
0.8117
in 2015
Serbia
0.8887
in 2015
Malaysia rank
51st
Serbia rank
48th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Malaysia
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.8887 against 0.8117 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.077.

That makes Serbia's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 51st and Serbia ranks 48th 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.