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State Capacity Index, 1966

1966, 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, 1966 covers 117 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.0060; Haiti is lowest, at -1.4950. The middle country reads -0.2293. Against 1965, 114 values changed (74 up, 40 down), 3 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1966

HighestDenmark

2.0060

LowestHaiti

-1.4950

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, 1966, 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 117 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1966: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.00600.374734
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.00500.376252
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.88800.399906
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.81000.379591
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.76800.368094
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.69400.367721
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.61200.384028
8JapanJPNEastern Asia1.53100.405925
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.51400.377097
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.49100.397668
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.42900.376364
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.34600.384362
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.31600.378027
14United StatesUSANorthern America1.28900.403613
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.22900.372070
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.17900.388617
17ChileCHLSouth America0.82650.382634
18ItalyITASouthern Europe0.81350.373800
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.78810.385099
20IsraelISRWestern Asia0.77740.446689
21KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.73890.438715
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.66350.402517
23TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.65850.373110
24Costa RicaCRICentral America0.65370.427464
25GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.64580.379161

02In 1966

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.0060
  2. 2Sweden2.0050
  3. 3Norway1.8880
  4. 4Australia1.8100
  5. 5New Zealand1.7680

Lowest

  1. 117Haiti-1.4950
  2. 116Burundi-1.3390
  3. 115Myanmar-1.3380
  4. 114Ethiopia-1.2840
  5. 113Central African Republic-1.2830

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2293. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.495885

    LowestNetherlands0.367721

    Middle country: 0.431152

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 114values changed, of 114 in both
  • 74 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Botswana+ Guyana+ Lesotho

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 1966.

  • 115 distinct values among 117

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share -0.2125. 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 117 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

    117 rows · 4.9 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1966-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) (1966). State Capacity Index, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1966

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1966?

Denmark, at 2.0060, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1966 cover?

117.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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