State Capacity Index in Chad

Chad: State Capacity Index was -0.5349 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
-0.5349
Change on year
up 8.9%
World rank
148th
of 166 countries
All-time high
-0.5349
in 2015
All-time low
-1.39
in 1960
Years of data
56
1960–2015

State Capacity Index in Chad, 1960–2015

-1.4-1.2-1-0.8-0.6196019872015

Source: Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Chad recorded -0.5349 for state capacity index in 2015. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, state capacity index in Chad peaked at -0.5349 in 2015 and was at its lowest, -1.39, in 1960.

That places Chad 148th out of 166 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.

State Capacity Index in Chad, year by year

Annual values for State Capacity Index in Chad, 1960 to 2015.
Year Value Change
1960 -1.39
1961 -1.34 -3.5%
1962 -1.34 +0.3%
1963 -1.23 -8.8%
1964 -1.23 -0.1%
1965 -1.13 -7.9%
1966 -1.12 -0.8%
1967 -1.14 +1.6%
1968 -1.1 -3.4%
1969 -1.18 +7.3%
1970 -1.22 +3.8%
1971 -0.9927 -18.8%
1972 -1.16 +17.1%
1973 -1.2 +3.1%
1974 -1.24 +3.4%
1975 -1.18 -5.2%
1976 -1.23 +4.9%
1977 -0.9701 -21.3%
1978 -0.9427 -2.8%
1979 -1.2 +27.6%
1980 -1.22 +1.2%
1981 -0.9448 -22.4%
1982 -1.32 +39.4%
1983 -1.31 -0.4%
1984 -1.27 -3.5%
1985 -1.16 -8.2%
1986 -1 -13.6%
1987 -0.9376 -6.6%
1988 -0.883 -5.8%
1989 -0.8127 -8.0%
1990 -0.9276 +14.1%
1991 -0.8134 -12.3%
1992 -0.7659 -5.8%
1993 -0.7818 +2.1%
1994 -0.8602 +10.0%
1995 -0.8378 -2.6%
1996 -0.8328 -0.6%
1997 -0.8654 +3.9%
1998 -0.9178 +6.1%
1999 -0.831 -9.5%
2000 -0.8406 +1.2%
2001 -0.8409 +0.0%
2002 -0.7206 -14.3%
2003 -0.6688 -7.2%
2004 -0.5918 -11.5%
2005 -0.6912 +16.8%
2006 -0.7171 +3.7%
2007 -0.9318 +29.9%
2008 -0.9948 +6.8%
2009 -0.882 -11.3%
2010 -0.8546 -3.1%
2011 -0.941 +10.1%
2012 -0.8035 -14.6%
2013 -0.6181 -23.1%
2014 -0.5872 -5.0%
2015 -0.5349 -8.9%

Chad compared with similar countries

  • Chad's -0.5349 is above the median for low income countries, which is -0.5349, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Chad's -0.5349 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.0931, 5.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s -1.22 -1.39 -1.1 10
1970s -1.13 -1.24 -0.9427 10
1980s -1.09 -1.32 -0.8127 10
1990s -0.8434 -0.9276 -0.7659 10
2000s -0.788 -0.9948 -0.5918 10
2010s -0.7232 -0.941 -0.5349 6

Countries ranked near Chad

  1. 145 Congo -0.4654 compare
  2. 146 Liberia -0.5134 compare
  3. 147 Equatorial Guinea -0.5207 compare
  4. 149 Iraq -0.6327 compare
  5. 150 Madagascar -0.6381 compare
  6. 151 Burundi -0.6417 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is state capacity index in Chad?
State capacity index in Chad was -0.5349 in 2015, according to Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest state capacity index recorded in Chad?
The highest recorded value was -0.5349 in 2015.
What is the lowest state capacity index recorded in Chad?
The lowest recorded value was -1.39 in 1960.
How does Chad rank for state capacity index?
Chad ranks 148th out of 166 countries with data for 2015.
Is state capacity index rising or falling in Chad?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chad data come from?
The figures come from Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of State Capacity Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.