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State Capacity Index, 1960

1960, as Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s 2020 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Capacity Index, 1960 covers 102 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.7970; Haiti is lowest, at -1.4990. The middle country reads -0.2520.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1960

HighestDenmark

1.7970

LowestHaiti

-1.4990

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of State Capacity Index, 1960, as published. Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 102 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1960: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.79700.38765
2JapanJPNEastern Asia1.73500.36309
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.64200.38417
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.57700.39244
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.42700.41807
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.42500.42112
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.39800.38560
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.38000.38986
9FranceFRAWestern Europe1.30400.38473
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.24400.41073
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.18600.38479
12FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.18500.38928
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.00700.40264
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.95820.43149
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.91260.39925
16GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.85320.36024
17ItalyITASouthern Europe0.81710.39139
18TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.79640.36158
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.78660.35064
20SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.78380.39217
21ChileCHLSouth America0.72300.35358
22IsraelISRWestern Asia0.63930.40583
23SpainESPSouthern Europe0.58070.38118
24VenezuelaVENSouth America0.54140.35932
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.50280.41604

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.7970
  2. 2Japan1.7350
  3. 3Sweden1.6420
  4. 4Netherlands1.5770
  5. 5Norway1.4270

Lowest

  1. 102Haiti-1.4990
  2. 101DR Congo-1.4940
  3. 100Ethiopia-1.4670
  4. 99Chad-1.3880
  5. 98Afghanistan-1.3830

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCameroon0.59436

    LowestSouth Korea0.35064

    Middle country: 0.41080

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2020 release

    Every year in this series comes from Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s 2020 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1960.

  • The position is ours

    Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full
  • .csv

    For a spreadsheet or code

    102 rows · 4.5 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download state-capacity-1960-nations-inquiry.csv
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    The publisher’s original

    Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s own file, on its own site.

    4103950

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) (1960). State Capacity Index, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1960

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06Questions

State Capacity Index, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1960?

Denmark, at 1.7970, of the 102 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1960 cover?

102.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1960?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is State Capacity Index, 1960 the newest?

No. The newest held here is State Capacity Index, 2015.

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