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State Capacity Index, 1971

1971, 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, 1971 covers 125 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.2160; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at -1.4150. The middle country reads -0.1970. Against 1970, 122 values changed (76 up, 46 down), 3 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1971

HighestSweden

2.2160

LowestEquatorial Guinea

-1.4150

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, 1971, 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 125 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1971: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.21600.377546
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.20800.374394
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.97600.402481
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.90100.377469
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.84600.376846
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.80900.374282
7CanadaCANNorthern America1.75900.396929
8JapanJPNEastern Asia1.73100.403251
=9BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.69700.379577
=9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.69700.374003
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.48300.377844
12South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.44000.364663
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.43400.374438
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.40700.379695
15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.37900.368304
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.32800.396992
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.14600.389044
18IsraelISRWestern Asia1.11000.417797
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.08500.374848
20ChileCHLSouth America0.87480.367520
21ItalyITASouthern Europe0.80250.380314
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.78210.420436
23BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.77910.424109
24VenezuelaVENSouth America0.77040.378031
25RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.76900.414979

02In 1971

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.2160
  2. 2Denmark2.2080
  3. 3Norway1.9760
  4. 4Australia1.9010
  5. 5Finland1.8460

Lowest

  1. 125Equatorial Guinea-1.4150
  2. 124Lesotho-1.3900
  3. 123Burundi-1.3310
  4. 122Haiti-1.2740
  5. 121Myanmar-1.2300

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1970. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestTanzania0.497341

    LowestMorocco0.355623

    Middle country: 0.417354

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 76 · 46rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Botswana0.4700 → -0.0714−0.5414
  • Pakistan0.2114 → 0.0017−0.2097
  • Lesotho-1.1980 → -1.3900−0.1920
  • Peru0.0437 → -0.1255−0.1692
  • Bolivia-0.9790 → -1.1340−0.1550
+ United Arab Emirates+ Bahrain+ Qatar

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 1971.

  • 123 distinct values among 125

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.6970. 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 125 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

    125 rows · 5.2 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1971-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) (1971). State Capacity Index, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1971

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1971?

Sweden, at 2.2160, of the 125 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1971 cover?

125.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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