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Uganda vs Zambia: State Capacity Index

Uganda
0.3691
in 2015
Zambia
0.3532
in 2015
Uganda rank
91st
Zambia rank
92nd

State Capacity Index over time

  • Uganda
  • Zambia
-1.5-1-0.500.51196219882015

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.3691 against 0.3532 in Zambia, a difference of 0.0159.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Zambia ahead.

Uganda ranks 91st and Zambia ranks 92nd 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.