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State Capacity Index, 1973

1973, 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, 1973 covers 126 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.233; Lesotho is lowest, at -1.382. The middle country reads -0.186. Against 1972, 126 values changed (77 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1973

HighestDenmark

2.233

LowestLesotho

-1.382

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, 1973, 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 126 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1973: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.2330.370360
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.1920.371370
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.9870.401935
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9740.373454
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.9070.377490
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.8890.372148
7JapanJPNEastern Asia1.8160.398437
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.7880.396489
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7660.384290
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.7540.383837
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.5210.374651
12KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.5140.388428
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4460.372751
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.4080.378004
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.3900.375602
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.3590.402615
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.2360.379585
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.2230.354753
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.1980.372725
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.9900.393731
21TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.8570.358881
22VenezuelaVENSouth America0.8540.373802
23TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.8380.418548
24ItalyITASouthern Europe0.8260.378665
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.7960.428978

02In 1973

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.233
  2. 2Sweden2.192
  3. 3Norway1.987
  4. 4Finland1.974
  5. 5Australia1.907

Lowest

  1. 126Lesotho-1.382
  2. 125Equatorial Guinea-1.373
  3. 124Nicaragua-1.346
  4. 123Burundi-1.292
  5. 122Haiti-1.242

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.186. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.492477

    LowestGreece0.352621

    Middle country: 0.389093

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 77 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1973.

  • 125 distinct values among 126

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share -0.676. 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 126 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

    126 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-1973-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) (1973). State Capacity Index, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1973

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1973?

Denmark, at 2.233, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1973 cover?

126.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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