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State Capacity Index, 1962

1962, 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, 1962 covers 109 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.872; Haiti is lowest, at -1.520. The middle country reads -0.258. Against 1961, 104 values changed (72 up, 32 down), 4 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1962

HighestDenmark

1.872

LowestHaiti

-1.520

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, 1962, 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 109 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1962: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8720.38039
2JapanJPNEastern Asia1.7610.36206
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7490.39071
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6070.38865
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.5170.38923
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.5080.42037
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.4570.42227
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.3780.38837
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.3520.39001
10FranceFRAWestern Europe1.3370.39120
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.2400.39023
12CanadaCANNorthern America1.2020.41164
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.0300.41205
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.9570.42734
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.9110.40034
16SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.8990.38321
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.8690.35546
18ItalyITASouthern Europe0.8410.38825
19TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.8160.35419
20ChileCHLSouth America0.7210.36326
21IsraelISRWestern Asia0.6540.40827
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.6440.35206
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.6040.41790
24SpainESPSouthern Europe0.5750.38301
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.5470.43007

02In 1962

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.872
  2. 2Japan1.761
  3. 3Sweden1.749
  4. 4Netherlands1.607
  5. 5Belgium1.517

Lowest

  1. 109Haiti-1.520
  2. 108Burundi-1.489
  3. 107Ethiopia-1.446
  4. 106DR Congo-1.408
  5. 105Afghanistan-1.369

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.258. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSingapore0.52469

    LowestSouth Korea0.35206

    Middle country: 0.41205

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 105 in both
  • 72 · 32rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Algeria+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Uganda

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 1962.

  • 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 109 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

    109 rows · 4.7 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1962-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.

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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) (1962). State Capacity Index, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1962

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1962?

Denmark, at 1.872, of the 109 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1962 cover?

109.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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