Ukraine vs Zambia: State Capacity Index

Ukraine

0.3095

in 2015

Zambia

0.3532

in 2015

Ukraine rank

95th

Zambia rank

92nd

State Capacity Index over time

Ukraine
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.3532 against 0.3095 in Ukraine, a difference of 0.0437.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ukraine's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Zambia ahead.

Ukraine ranks 95th 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
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.