QoG code: sci_base
Comprehensive State Capacity is measured using the first principal component of the four measures: 'particularistic or public goods’, ‘rigorous and impartial public administration’, ‘rule of law’, and ‘state authority over territory’.
When calculating this variable, loadings derived from the principal component analysis of the most recent V-Dem data (v12) has been used.
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard cross-section | 173 |
| Standard time-series | 184 |
| OECD cross-section | 38 |
| OECD time-series | 40 |
This variable has information from 1946 to 2021.