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State Capacity Index, 1974

1974, 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, 1974 covers 127 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.2730; Nicaragua is lowest, at -1.3460. The middle country reads -0.1412. Against 1973, 125 values changed (88 up, 37 down), 1 country joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1974

HighestDenmark

2.2730

LowestNicaragua

-1.3460

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, 1974, 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 127 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1974: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.27300.376120
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.19100.376195
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.02300.380995
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.02000.401279
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.97400.373694
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.94700.377052
7JapanJPNEastern Asia1.84500.394841
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.80900.400561
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.79500.381224
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.77900.376953
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.55500.379802
12KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.50700.395022
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.48600.371623
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.46900.374893
15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.45000.372931
16IsraelISRWestern Asia1.37800.375739
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.37700.401861
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.28900.371018
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.26400.369077
20VenezuelaVENSouth America1.08200.378744
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.02300.382942
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.99830.363621
23ZambiaZMBEastern Africa0.98070.396619
24ItalyITASouthern Europe0.87540.376552
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.86830.415214

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.2730
  2. 2Sweden2.1910
  3. 3Finland2.0230
  4. 4Norway2.0200
  5. 5New Zealand1.9740

Lowest

  1. 127Nicaragua-1.3460
  2. 126Lesotho-1.3350
  3. 125Equatorial Guinea-1.3230
  4. 124Haiti-1.2490
  5. 123Burundi-1.2460

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1412. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.498808

    LowestCosta Rica0.353266

    Middle country: 0.389446

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 126 in both
  • 88 · 37rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Guinea-Bissau

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 1974.

  • 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 127 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

    127 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-1974-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) (1974). State Capacity Index, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1974

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1974?

Denmark, at 2.2730, of the 127 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1974 cover?

127.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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