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Somalia vs Yemen: State Capacity Index

Somalia
-2.1
in 2015
Yemen
-1.44
in 2015
Somalia rank
165th
Yemen rank
163rd

State Capacity Index over time

  • Somalia
  • Yemen
-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5196019872015

How they compare

Yemen currently reports -1.44 against -2.1 in Somalia, a difference of 0.654.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 165th and Yemen ranks 163rd 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.