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South Sudan vs Yemen: State Capacity Index

South Sudan
-1.37
in 2015
Yemen
-1.44
in 2015
South Sudan rank
162nd
Yemen rank
163rd

State Capacity Index over time

  • South Sudan
  • Yemen
-1.4-1.2-1-0.8-0.6199020022015

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports -1.37 against -1.44 in Yemen, a difference of 0.074.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Yemen ahead.

South Sudan ranks 162nd 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.