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State Capacity Index, 1967

1967, 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, 1967 covers 117 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.0040; Haiti is lowest, at -1.3740. The middle country reads -0.2441. Against 1966, 117 values changed (72 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1967

HighestSweden

2.0040

LowestHaiti

-1.3740

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, 1967, 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, 1967: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.00400.38239
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.95000.37216
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.91000.39904
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.85600.37543
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.81800.38001
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.71500.37667
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.63500.38117
8JapanJPNEastern Asia1.57400.39520
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.55500.37597
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.54500.40468
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.45100.37637
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.35300.37127
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.33100.40052
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.32000.37592
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.25200.36959
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.16000.39113
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.87100.38814
18IsraelISRWestern Asia0.86760.45405
19ChileCHLSouth America0.81620.38900
20ItalyITASouthern Europe0.81060.37774
21KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.76490.45052
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.70730.40597
23TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.68280.37821
24Costa RicaCRICentral America0.67150.43437
25SpainESPSouthern Europe0.62440.38204

02In 1967

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.0040
  2. 2Denmark1.9500
  3. 3Norway1.9100
  4. 4Australia1.8560
  5. 5New Zealand1.8180

Lowest

  1. 117Haiti-1.3740
  2. 116Burundi-1.3460
  3. 115Ethiopia-1.3050
  4. 114Myanmar-1.2910
  5. 113Nigeria-1.2860

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2441. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.50046

    LowestUnited Kingdom0.36959

    Middle country: 0.43219

031966 → 1967

Since 1966

What changed between 1966 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 117values changed, of 117 in both
  • 72 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Argentina0.2940 → -0.0345−0.3285
  • Jordan-0.0749 → -0.3994−0.3245
  • Greece0.6458 → 0.3626−0.2832
  • Uganda-0.5198 → -0.7734−0.2536
  • Syria-0.0395 → -0.2609−0.2214

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 1967.

  • 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-1967-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) (1967). State Capacity Index, 1967 [data set], describing 1967. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1967

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1967: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1967?

Sweden, at 2.0040, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1967 describe?

1967.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1967 cover?

117.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1967?

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, 1967 the newest?

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

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