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State Capacity Index, 1961

1961, 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, 1961 covers 105 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.8080; Haiti is lowest, at -1.5100. The middle country reads -0.2109. Against 1960, 101 values changed (75 up, 26 down), 3 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1961

HighestDenmark

1.8080

LowestHaiti

-1.5100

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, 1961, 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 105 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1961: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.80800.39007
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.74900.38106
3JapanJPNEastern Asia1.73700.37095
4BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.48900.38731
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.47600.42739
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.42300.41342
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.38800.39070
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.33600.38461
9FranceFRAWestern Europe1.33500.38577
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.22500.41545
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.20600.39367
12FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.18200.38213
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.00400.41548
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.96390.43154
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.89330.39793
16GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.86110.35128
17ItalyITASouthern Europe0.84960.38386
18TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.84700.35418
19SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.83960.38445
20ChileCHLSouth America0.71510.35962
21IsraelISRWestern Asia0.65950.40298
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.64370.35867
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.58140.40701
24SpainESPSouthern Europe0.55370.39118
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.52590.42597

02In 1961

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.8080
  2. 2Sweden1.7490
  3. 3Japan1.7370
  4. 4Belgium1.4890
  5. 5Australia1.4760

Lowest

  1. 105Haiti-1.5100
  2. 104Ethiopia-1.4610
  3. 103DR Congo-1.4540
  4. 102Laos-1.4040
  5. 101Afghanistan-1.3620

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2109. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSingapore0.52962

    LowestGreece0.35128

    Middle country: 0.41124

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 101values changed, of 102 in both
  • 75 · 26rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Rwanda+ Sierra Leone+ Tanzania

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1961.

  • 103 distinct values among 105

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share -0.2057. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 105 countries has every column.

05The 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

    105 rows · 4.6 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1961-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) (1961). State Capacity Index, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1961

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1961?

Denmark, at 1.8080, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1961 cover?

105.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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