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Netherlands vs Spain: State Capacity Index

Netherlands
2.21
in 2015
Spain
2
in 2015
Netherlands rank
11th
Spain rank
14th

State Capacity Index over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 2.21 against 2 in Spain, a difference of 0.21.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

Across all 56 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 11th and Spain ranks 14th 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.