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State Capacity Index, 1970

1970, 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, 1970 covers 122 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.2310; Haiti is lowest, at -1.3750. The middle country reads -0.2229. Against 1969, 119 values changed (62 up, 57 down), 2 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1970

HighestSweden

2.2310

LowestHaiti

-1.3750

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, 1970, 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 122 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1970: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.23100.374176
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.16200.374744
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.93500.403497
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.89000.377116
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.79900.369985
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.79000.376629
7JapanJPNEastern Asia1.69000.400124
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.66900.373226
9CanadaCANNorthern America1.63900.393317
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.59400.376706
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.51000.375795
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.45100.374204
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.37500.399305
=14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.35800.374270
=14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.35800.377346
16South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.17100.355444
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.11700.387411
18IsraelISRWestern Asia1.08900.417918
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.02000.370828
20RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.85750.405979
21ItalyITASouthern Europe0.77970.378237
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.76730.405494
23SpainESPSouthern Europe0.72020.357731
24Costa RicaCRICentral America0.71530.403069
25KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.71480.448062

02In 1970

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.2310
  2. 2Denmark2.1620
  3. 3Norway1.9350
  4. 4Australia1.8900
  5. 5New Zealand1.7990

Lowest

  1. 122Haiti-1.3750
  2. 121Burundi-1.3200
  3. 120Equatorial Guinea-1.3070
  4. 119Nicaragua-1.2670
  5. 117Myanmarshared-1.2270

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2229. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.496882

    LowestSouth Korea0.355444

    Middle country: 0.421299

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 62 · 57rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Fiji+ Zimbabwe

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 1970.

  • 120 distinct values among 122

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 1.3580. 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 122 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

    122 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-1970-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) (1970). State Capacity Index, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1970

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1970?

Sweden, at 2.2310, of the 122 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1970 cover?

122.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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