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The table below displays the Stateness Ranking for 2023 based on the total Value of the Context Measurement.
Ranking 2023 - Context Measurement
Rank | Country | Total Value | Classification | Monopoly of Law | Monopoly of Violence | Monopoly of Administration |
1 | Singapore | 0,92 | High functioning State | 0,87 | 0,96 | 0,93 |
2 | Estonia | 0,92 | High functioning State | 0,93 | 0,96 | 0,86 |
3 | Denmark | 0,91 | High functioning State | 0,91 | 0,92 | 0,89 |
4 | Germany | 0,90 | High functioning State | 0,94 | 0,91 | 0,86 |
5 | Luxembourg | 0,90 | High functioning State | 0,87 | 0,97 | 0,87 |
6 | Netherlands | 0,90 | High functioning State | 0,90 | 0,93 | 0,88 |
7 | New Zealand | 0,90 | High functioning State | 0,91 | 0,93 | 0,85 |
8 | Seychelles | 0,89 | High functioning State | 0,91 | 0,92 | 0,84 |
9 | United Kingdom | 0,89 | High functioning State | 0,90 | 0,93 | 0,83 |
10 | Belgium | 0,88 | High functioning State | 0,89 | 0,91 | 0,85 |
11 | Norway | 0,88 | High functioning State | 0,87 | 0,87 | 0,89 |
12 | Uruguay | 0,87 | High functioning State | 0,90 | 0,94 | 0,78 |
13 | Sweden | 0,87 | High functioning State | 0,88 | 0,91 | 0,83 |
14 | Finland | 0,87 | High functioning State | 0,88 | 0,86 | 0,87 |
15 | Australia | 0,87 | High functioning State | 0,93 | 0,79 | 0,90 |
16 | Japan | 0,87 | High functioning State | 0,84 | 0,86 | 0,90 |
17 | Austria | 0,86 | High functioning State | 0,90 | 0,90 | 0,80 |
18 | Switzerland | 0,86 | High functioning State | 0,92 | 0,81 | 0,85 |
19 | Czechia | 0,86 | High functioning State | 0,81 | 0,97 | 0,80 |
20 | France | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,88 | 0,81 | 0,87 |
21 | United States of America | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,90 | 0,83 | 0,83 |
22 | Spain | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,89 | 0,95 | 0,73 |
23 | Canada | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,86 | 0,87 | 0,82 |
24 | Latvia | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,87 | 0,86 | 0,82 |
25 | Malta | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,86 | 0,90 | 0,79 |
26 | Slovenia | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,83 | 0,90 | 0,82 |
27 | Portugal | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,86 | 0,91 | 0,78 |
28 | Lithuania | 0,85 | High functioning State | 0,88 | 0,84 | 0,82 |
29 | Barbados | 0,84 | High functioning State | 0,81 | 0,93 | 0,79 |
30 | Ireland | 0,84 | High functioning State | 0,83 | 0,86 | 0,83 |
31 | Costa Rica | 0,83 | High functioning State | 0,89 | 0,90 | 0,72 |
32 | United Arab Emirates | 0,83 | High functioning State | 0,85 | 0,87 | 0,76 |
33 | Slovakia | 0,82 | High functioning State | 0,83 | 0,93 | 0,72 |
34 | Iceland | 0,81 | High functioning State | 0,87 | 0,74 | 0,82 |
35 | Poland | 0,80 | High functioning State | 0,86 | 0,85 | 0,72 |
36 | South Korea | 0,80 | High functioning State | 0,80 | 0,84 | 0,77 |
37 | Jamaica | 0,80 | High functioning State | 0,85 | 0,81 | 0,74 |
38 | Greece | 0,79 | High functioning State | 0,80 | 0,79 | 0,79 |
39 | Chile | 0,79 | High functioning State | 0,88 | 0,80 | 0,71 |
40 | Taiwan | 0,78 | High functioning State | 0,75 | 0,81 | 0,78 |
41 | Italy | 0,78 | High functioning State | 0,85 | 0,70 | 0,78 |
42 | Bhutan | 0,77 | Moderate functioning State | 0,69 | 0,86 | 0,77 |
43 | Botswana | 0,77 | Moderate functioning State | 0,84 | 0,90 | 0,60 |
44 | Montenegro | 0,77 | High functioning State | 0,73 | 0,89 | 0,70 |
45 | Bulgaria | 0,76 | Moderate functioning State | 0,74 | 0,93 | 0,64 |
46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0,75 | High functioning State | 0,70 | 0,80 | 0,76 |
47 | Israel | 0,75 | Moderate functioning State | 0,83 | 0,66 | 0,78 |
48 | Hungary | 0,75 | Moderate functioning State | 0,77 | 0,81 | 0,67 |
49 | Qatar | 0,75 | Moderate functioning State | 0,76 | 0,84 | 0,66 |
50 | Maldives | 0,75 | Moderate functioning State | 0,78 | 0,86 | 0,62 |
51 | Tanzania | 0,74 | Moderate functioning State | 0,73 | 0,87 | 0,64 |
52 | Oman | 0,74 | Moderate functioning State | 0,89 | 0,68 | 0,67 |
53 | Croatia | 0,74 | Moderate functioning State | 0,70 | 0,89 | 0,64 |
54 | Argentina | 0,74 | Moderate functioning State | 0,74 | 0,84 | 0,64 |
55 | Kuwait | 0,73 | Moderate functioning State | 0,88 | 0,71 | 0,64 |
56 | Romania | 0,73 | Moderate functioning State | 0,75 | 0,85 | 0,61 |
57 | China | 0,71 | Moderate functioning State | 0,83 | 0,77 | 0,56 |
58 | Brazil | 0,71 | Moderate functioning State | 0,74 | 0,72 | 0,66 |
59 | Saudi Arabia | 0,70 | Moderate functioning State | 0,81 | 0,82 | 0,51 |
60 | Serbia | 0,69 | Moderate functioning State | 0,70 | 0,74 | 0,63 |
61 | Panama | 0,68 | Moderate functioning State | 0,78 | 0,65 | 0,63 |
62 | Benin | 0,68 | Moderate functioning State | 0,75 | 0,69 | 0,61 |
63 | Mauritius | 0,68 | Moderate functioning State | 0,75 | 0,58 | 0,73 |
64 | Vanuatu | 0,68 | Defective State | 0,77 | 0,85 | 0,48 |
65 | The Gambia | 0,68 | Defective State | 0,79 | 0,83 | 0,47 |
66 | Kazakhstan | 0,67 | Moderate functioning State | 0,66 | 0,76 | 0,61 |
67 | Albania | 0,67 | Moderate functioning State | 0,64 | 0,83 | 0,57 |
68 | Jordan | 0,66 | Moderate functioning State | 0,70 | 0,81 | 0,51 |
69 | Namibia | 0,66 | Defective State | 0,81 | 0,77 | 0,46 |
70 | Malaysia | 0,66 | Moderate functioning State | 0,56 | 0,79 | 0,64 |
71 | North Korea | 0,66 | Defective State | 0,79 | 0,80 | 0,45 |
72 | Vietnam | 0,65 | Defective State | 0,73 | 0,80 | 0,48 |
73 | Cuba | 0,65 | Defective State | 0,81 | 0,75 | 0,46 |
74 | Indonesia | 0,65 | Moderate functioning State | 0,60 | 0,74 | 0,62 |
75 | Ghana | 0,64 | Defective State | 0,80 | 0,78 | 0,42 |
76 | Mongolia | 0,64 | Defective State | 0,63 | 0,88 | 0,47 |
77 | Kyrgyzstan | 0,63 | Moderate functioning State | 0,59 | 0,84 | 0,51 |
78 | Zambia | 0,63 | Defective State | 0,85 | 0,85 | 0,35 |
79 | Russia | 0,63 | Defective State | 0,75 | 0,70 | 0,48 |
80 | Georgia | 0,63 | Moderate functioning State | 0,66 | 0,53 | 0,71 |
81 | Cape Verde | 0,63 | Defective State | 0,76 | 0,92 | 0,35 |
82 | Fiji | 0,63 | Defective State | 0,77 | 0,83 | 0,39 |
83 | Thailand | 0,63 | Moderate functioning State | 0,69 | 0,64 | 0,55 |
84 | Sri Lanka | 0,62 | Defective State | 0,63 | 0,86 | 0,45 |
85 | Tunisia | 0,62 | Defective State | 0,69 | 0,81 | 0,43 |
86 | Moldova | 0,62 | Moderate functioning State | 0,75 | 0,52 | 0,61 |
87 | North Macedonia | 0,62 | Moderate functioning State | 0,55 | 0,78 | 0,55 |
88 | Guyana | 0,61 | Defective State | 0,58 | 0,82 | 0,48 |
89 | Algeria | 0,61 | Defective State | 0,59 | 0,79 | 0,49 |
90 | Mexico | 0,60 | Defective State | 0,77 | 0,70 | 0,40 |
91 | Uzbekistan | 0,60 | Defective State | 0,64 | 0,83 | 0,40 |
92 | Nepal | 0,60 | Defective State | 0,76 | 0,83 | 0,34 |
93 | South Africa | 0,59 | Defective State | 0,75 | 0,84 | 0,33 |
94 | Kosovo | 0,59 | Moderate functioning State | 0,53 | 0,62 | 0,62 |
95 | Turkey | 0,58 | Defective State | 0,71 | 0,59 | 0,47 |
96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0,58 | Defective State | 0,82 | 0,78 | 0,30 |
97 | India | 0,58 | Defective State | 0,65 | 0,78 | 0,38 |
98 | Eswatini | 0,58 | Defective State | 0,60 | 0,72 | 0,44 |
99 | Cyprus | 0,56 | Defective State | 0,66 | 0,37 | 0,73 |
100 | Uganda | 0,56 | Defective State | 0,65 | 0,66 | 0,42 |
101 | Kenya | 0,56 | Defective State | 0,82 | 0,52 | 0,42 |
102 | Dominican Republic | 0,56 | Defective State | 0,74 | 0,76 | 0,31 |
103 | Philippines | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,63 | 0,79 | 0,35 |
104 | Bolivia | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,69 | 0,55 | 0,45 |
105 | Senegal | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,69 | 0,57 | 0,44 |
106 | Azerbaijan | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,58 | 0,72 | 0,40 |
107 | Peru | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,75 | 0,56 | 0,40 |
108 | Colombia | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,76 | 0,55 | 0,39 |
109 | Burkina Faso | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,76 | 0,36 | 0,60 |
110 | Angola | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,73 | 0,74 | 0,30 |
111 | Timor-Leste | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,81 | 0,64 | 0,32 |
112 | Laos | 0,55 | Defective State | 0,58 | 0,69 | 0,40 |
113 | Morocco | 0,54 | Defective State | 0,56 | 0,69 | 0,42 |
114 | Lesotho | 0,54 | Defective State | 0,66 | 0,61 | 0,39 |
115 | Armenia | 0,54 | Defective State | 0,55 | 0,64 | 0,45 |
116 | Turkmenistan | 0,53 | Defective State | 0,67 | 0,70 | 0,32 |
117 | Ecuador | 0,53 | Defective State | 0,68 | 0,54 | 0,41 |
118 | El Salvador | 0,53 | Defective State | 0,67 | 0,72 | 0,30 |
119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0,53 | Defective State | 0,44 | 0,62 | 0,53 |
120 | Egypt | 0,52 | Profound defective State | 0,72 | 0,70 | 0,28 |
121 | Suriname | 0,52 | Defective State | 0,66 | 0,46 | 0,47 |
122 | Zimbabwe | 0,52 | Profound defective State | 0,70 | 0,72 | 0,27 |
123 | Iran | 0,51 | Defective State | 0,62 | 0,53 | 0,41 |
124 | Ivory Coast | 0,51 | Defective State | 0,69 | 0,64 | 0,30 |
125 | Rwanda | 0,51 | Profound defective State | 0,66 | 0,72 | 0,28 |
126 | Belarus | 0,50 | Profound defective State | 0,27 | 0,75 | 0,61 |
127 | Malawi | 0,50 | Profound defective State | 0,64 | 0,86 | 0,23 |
128 | Sierra Leone | 0,50 | Profound defective State | 0,75 | 0,67 | 0,25 |
129 | Nigeria | 0,49 | Defective State | 0,71 | 0,55 | 0,30 |
130 | Togo | 0,48 | Defective State | 0,53 | 0,56 | 0,37 |
131 | Ukraine | 0,48 | Defective State | 0,57 | 0,37 | 0,52 |
132 | Bangladesh | 0,46 | Profound defective State | 0,55 | 0,81 | 0,22 |
133 | Cambodia | 0,46 | Defective State | 0,53 | 0,58 | 0,32 |
134 | Mauritania | 0,46 | Profound defective State | 0,72 | 0,61 | 0,22 |
135 | Nicaragua | 0,46 | Profound defective State | 0,62 | 0,55 | 0,28 |
136 | Djibouti | 0,45 | Defective State | 0,55 | 0,49 | 0,34 |
137 | Solomon Islands | 0,45 | Profound defective State | 0,72 | 0,61 | 0,21 |
138 | Honduras | 0,45 | Defective State | 0,54 | 0,48 | 0,34 |
139 | Paraguay | 0,44 | Profound defective State | 0,60 | 0,49 | 0,29 |
140 | Guinea | 0,44 | Profound defective State | 0,75 | 0,44 | 0,25 |
141 | Mali | 0,44 | Profound defective State | 0,68 | 0,48 | 0,25 |
142 | Cameroon | 0,43 | Profound defective State | 0,59 | 0,51 | 0,27 |
143 | Mozambique | 0,43 | Profound defective State | 0,60 | 0,61 | 0,22 |
144 | Guatemala | 0,42 | Profound defective State | 0,48 | 0,59 | 0,27 |
145 | Pakistan | 0,42 | Profound defective State | 0,49 | 0,58 | 0,26 |
146 | Gabon | 0,42 | Defective State | 0,41 | 0,45 | 0,39 |
147 | Tajikistan | 0,40 | Profound defective State | 0,54 | 0,60 | 0,20 |
148 | Burundi | 0,38 | Profound defective State | 0,60 | 0,72 | 0,13 |
149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0,37 | Profound defective State | 0,59 | 0,65 | 0,14 |
150 | Liberia | 0,37 | Profound defective State | 0,64 | 0,65 | 0,13 |
151 | Bahrain | 0,37 | Profound defective State | 0,15 | 0,61 | 0,55 |
152 | Guinea-Bissau | 0,36 | Profound defective State | 0,49 | 0,40 | 0,25 |
153 | Comoros | 0,35 | Profound defective State | 0,39 | 0,41 | 0,28 |
154 | Eritrea | 0,35 | Profound defective State | 0,61 | 0,43 | 0,17 |
155 | Syria | 0,35 | Defective State | 0,40 | 0,36 | 0,30 |
156 | Iraq | 0,35 | Profound defective State | 0,35 | 0,44 | 0,27 |
157 | Madagascar | 0,34 | Profound defective State | 0,60 | 0,45 | 0,14 |
158 | Burma/Myanmar | 0,34 | Profound defective State | 0,72 | 0,21 | 0,26 |
159 | Niger | 0,34 | Profound defective State | 0,48 | 0,42 | 0,19 |
160 | Lebanon | 0,33 | Defective State | 0,30 | 0,33 | 0,37 |
161 | Ethiopia | 0,33 | Profound defective State | 0,63 | 0,26 | 0,22 |
162 | Sudan | 0,33 | Profound defective State | 0,46 | 0,21 | 0,37 |
163 | Republic of the Congo | 0,32 | Profound defective State | 0,51 | 0,42 | 0,16 |
164 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0,32 | Profound defective State | 0,47 | 0,33 | 0,21 |
165 | Afghanistan | 0,31 | Profound defective State | 0,34 | 0,37 | 0,24 |
166 | Papua New Guinea | 0,28 | Collapsed State | 0,65 | 0,57 | 0,06 |
167 | Venezuela | 0,27 | Profound defective State | 0,36 | 0,38 | 0,15 |
168 | Chad | 0,25 | Collapsed State | 0,41 | 0,39 | 0,09 |
169 | Somalia | 0,24 | Collapsed State | 0,57 | 0,29 | 0,08 |
170 | Central African Republic | 0,22 | Profound defective State | 0,29 | 0,30 | 0,12 |
171 | South Sudan | 0,18 | Collapsed State | 0,42 | 0,17 | 0,09 |
172 | Haiti | 0,17 | Profound defective State | 0,27 | 0,20 | 0,10 |
173 | Yemen | 0,12 | Collapsed State | 0,17 | 0,16 | 0,06 |
174 | Libya | 0,03 | Collapsed State | 0,00 | 0,09 | 0,31 |