State Capacity Index in Madagascar
Madagascar: State Capacity Index was -0.6381 in 2015. ▲ Rising
State Capacity Index in Madagascar, 1960–2015
Source: Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded -0.6381 for state capacity index in 2015.
That represents a change of up 18.0% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, state capacity index in Madagascar peaked at -0.1579 in 2008 and was at its lowest, -1.06, in 1975.
That places Madagascar 150th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | -1.05 | — |
| 1961 | -0.9082 | -13.8% |
| 1962 | -0.8937 | -1.6% |
| 1963 | -0.9969 | +11.5% |
| 1964 | -0.9945 | -0.2% |
| 1965 | -0.9869 | -0.8% |
| 1966 | -0.966 | -2.1% |
| 1967 | -0.9684 | +0.2% |
| 1968 | -0.9684 | -0.0% |
| 1969 | -0.9596 | -0.9% |
| 1970 | -0.9563 | -0.3% |
| 1971 | -0.9846 | +3.0% |
| 1972 | -0.9626 | -2.2% |
| 1973 | -0.9851 | +2.3% |
| 1974 | -1.06 | +7.6% |
| 1975 | -1.06 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | -0.9209 | -13.5% |
| 1977 | -0.8974 | -2.6% |
| 1978 | -0.7983 | -11.0% |
| 1979 | -0.8106 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | -0.7383 | -8.9% |
| 1981 | -0.6899 | -6.6% |
| 1982 | -0.7519 | +9.0% |
| 1983 | -0.8 | +6.4% |
| 1984 | -0.7668 | -4.2% |
| 1985 | -0.5863 | -23.5% |
| 1986 | -0.5852 | -0.2% |
| 1987 | -0.6169 | +5.4% |
| 1988 | -0.7554 | +22.5% |
| 1989 | -0.7998 | +5.9% |
| 1990 | -0.8002 | +0.1% |
| 1991 | -0.9303 | +16.3% |
| 1992 | -1.04 | +12.2% |
| 1993 | -0.9464 | -9.3% |
| 1994 | -0.8246 | -12.9% |
| 1995 | -0.9165 | +11.1% |
| 1996 | -0.8509 | -7.2% |
| 1997 | -0.9024 | +6.1% |
| 1998 | -0.9502 | +5.3% |
| 1999 | -0.9183 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | -0.7632 | -16.9% |
| 2001 | -0.7805 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | -0.711 | -8.9% |
| 2003 | -0.665 | -6.5% |
| 2004 | -0.5514 | -17.1% |
| 2005 | -0.5333 | -3.3% |
| 2006 | -0.2995 | -43.8% |
| 2007 | -0.2692 | -10.1% |
| 2008 | -0.1579 | -41.3% |
| 2009 | -0.3791 | +140.1% |
| 2010 | -0.4788 | +26.3% |
| 2011 | -0.6293 | +31.4% |
| 2012 | -0.7196 | +14.3% |
| 2013 | -0.7641 | +6.2% |
| 2014 | -0.7784 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | -0.6381 | -18.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's -0.6381 is below the median for low income countries, which is -0.5349, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's -0.6381 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.0931, 6.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where State Capacity Index in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -140.1% | -0.1579 | -0.3791 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.9696 | -1.05 | -0.8937 | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.9441 | -1.06 | -0.7983 | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.7091 | -0.8 | -0.5852 | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.9084 | -1.04 | -0.8002 | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.511 | -0.7805 | -0.1579 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.6681 | -0.7784 | -0.4788 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 147 Equatorial Guinea -0.5207 compare
- 148 Chad -0.5349 compare
- 149 Iraq -0.6327 compare
- 151 Burundi -0.6417 compare
- 152 Solomon Islands -0.7057 compare
- 153 Turkmenistan -0.7071 compare
More reference data data for Madagascar
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4459 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.43 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 26.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 32.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is state capacity index in Madagascar?
- State capacity index in Madagascar was -0.6381 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1579 in 2008.
- What is the lowest state capacity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.06 in 1975.
- How does Madagascar rank for state capacity index?
- Madagascar ranks 150th out of 166 countries with data for 2015.
- Is state capacity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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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About this data
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.