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State Capacity Index, 1964

1964, 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, 1964 covers 113 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.896; Haiti is lowest, at -1.479. The middle country reads -0.214. Against 1963, 111 values changed (76 up, 35 down), 2 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1964

HighestDenmark

1.896

LowestHaiti

-1.479

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, 1964, 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 113 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1964: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8960.377995
2JapanJPNEastern Asia1.8480.412643
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7420.381729
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6830.410098
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.6420.428743
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6170.384852
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.5060.381864
8FranceFRAWestern Europe1.4660.384035
9New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.4040.385151
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.3060.383658
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.2480.384204
12CanadaCANNorthern America1.2210.407250
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.0260.410747
14TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0100.387864
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.9940.398720
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.9600.426817
17SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.9020.384442
18ItalyITASouthern Europe0.8930.388517
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.7940.391212
20ChileCHLSouth America0.7710.382945
21GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.7420.385668
22KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.7040.445145
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.6970.411523
24IsraelISRWestern Asia0.6570.448083
25Costa RicaCRICentral America0.6460.425175

02In 1964

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.896
  2. 2Japan1.848
  3. 3Sweden1.742
  4. 4Norway1.683
  5. 5Australia1.642

Lowest

  1. 113Haiti-1.479
  2. 112Afghanistan-1.379
  3. 111Burundi-1.375
  4. 110Myanmar-1.347
  5. 109DR Congo-1.324

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.214. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSingapore0.522762

    LowestDenmark0.377995

    Middle country: 0.428599

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 111values changed, of 111 in both
  • 76 · 35rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Malawi+ Zambia

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 1964.

  • 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 113 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

    113 rows · 4.8 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1964-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) (1964). State Capacity Index, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1964

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1964: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1964?

Denmark, at 1.896, of the 113 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1964 describe?

1964.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1964 cover?

113.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1964?

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, 1964 the newest?

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

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