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State Capacity Index, 1969

1969, 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, 1969 covers 120 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.211; Haiti is lowest, at -1.379. The middle country reads -0.222. Against 1968, 119 values changed (75 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1969

HighestSweden

2.211

LowestHaiti

-1.379

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, 1969, 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 120 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1969: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.2110.376946
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.0600.365102
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.9630.396975
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8740.376716
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.7530.374819
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6950.377748
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.6660.377206
8JapanJPNEastern Asia1.6580.394536
9CanadaCANNorthern America1.6250.404382
10FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.5730.373662
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.5230.372800
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.4240.377771
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.4180.396892
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.3580.378119
15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.3460.374850
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.1250.394395
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.9870.388987
18IsraelISRWestern Asia0.9280.447838
19ItalyITASouthern Europe0.8000.378954
20ChileCHLSouth America0.7750.386627
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.7640.397195
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.7490.445541
23KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.7460.450344
24TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.7350.380201
25Costa RicaCRICentral America0.6680.431135

02In 1969

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.211
  2. 2Denmark2.060
  3. 3Norway1.963
  4. 4Australia1.874
  5. 5New Zealand1.753

Lowest

  1. 120Haiti-1.379
  2. 119Ethiopia-1.315
  3. 118Burundi-1.308
  4. 117Myanmar-1.293
  5. 116Central African Republic-1.215

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.222. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSudan0.502389

    LowestDenmark0.365102

    Middle country: 0.432582

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 75 · 44rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Peru0.282 → 0.105−0.177
  • Mauritius0.116 → 0.023−0.092
  • Iran0.320 → 0.231−0.089
  • Chad-1.098 → -1.178−0.080
  • Panama-0.754 → -0.830−0.076

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 1969.

  • 119 distinct values among 120

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share -0.369. 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 120 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

    120 rows · 5.0 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1969-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) (1969). State Capacity Index, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1969

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1969?

Sweden, at 2.211, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1969 cover?

120.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1969?

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, 1969 the newest?

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

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