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State Capacity Index, 1965

1965, 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, 1965 covers 114 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.1100; Haiti is lowest, at -1.4810. The middle country reads -0.2433. Against 1964, 111 values changed (75 up, 36 down), 1 country joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1965

HighestDenmark

2.1100

LowestHaiti

-1.4810

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, 1965, 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 114 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1965: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.11000.374228
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.99400.371815
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.86200.399501
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.74700.368231
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.73200.377576
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.67100.379957
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.58500.379736
8JapanJPNEastern Asia1.53900.398548
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.48400.372008
10FranceFRAWestern Europe1.43000.379847
11CanadaCANNorthern America1.40200.398458
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.32000.380863
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.27000.378304
14United StatesUSANorthern America1.21400.404664
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.19200.373363
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.11200.392692
17ChileCHLSouth America0.80920.383605
18ItalyITASouthern Europe0.80450.374584
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.78950.383648
20KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.76960.453998
21TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.72670.376635
22IsraelISRWestern Asia0.68910.446593
23Costa RicaCRICentral America0.65400.429125
24SpainESPSouthern Europe0.62340.372847
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.62170.399272

02In 1965

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.1100
  2. 2Sweden1.9940
  3. 3Norway1.8620
  4. 4New Zealand1.7470
  5. 5Australia1.7320

Lowest

  1. 114Haiti-1.4810
  2. 113Afghanistan-1.3960
  3. 112Indonesia-1.3320
  4. 111Burundi-1.3300
  5. 110Myanmar-1.2900

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2433. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSenegal0.495059

    LowestNew Zealand0.368231

    Middle country: 0.429719

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 111values changed, of 113 in both
  • 75 · 36rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Gambia

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 1965.

  • 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 114 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

    114 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-1965-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) (1965). State Capacity Index, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1965

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1965?

Denmark, at 2.1100, of the 114 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1965 cover?

114.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1965?

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, 1965 the newest?

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

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