Mexico vs United Arab Emirates: State Capacity Index

Mexico

0.6593

in 2015

United Arab Emirates

0.7112

in 2015

Mexico rank

65th

United Arab Emirates rank

63rd

State Capacity Index over time

Mexico
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.7112 against 0.6593 in Mexico, a difference of 0.0519.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 65th and United Arab Emirates ranks 63rd 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.