Spain vs United Kingdom: State Capacity Index

Spain

in 2015

United Kingdom

1.78

in 2015

Spain rank

14th

United Kingdom rank

17th

State Capacity Index over time

Spain
United Kingdom

How they compare

Spain currently reports 2 against 1.78 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.226.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Spain ranks 14th and United Kingdom ranks 17th 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.