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State Capacity Index, 1975

1975, 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, 1975 covers 133 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.2330; Cambodia is lowest, at -1.3540. The middle country reads -0.1181. Against 1974, 127 values changed (90 up, 37 down), 6 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1975

HighestDenmark

2.2330

LowestCambodia

-1.3540

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, 1975, 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 133 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1975: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.23300.37178
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.19700.37507
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.13400.37951
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.03100.40725
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.01100.37539
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.94800.37830
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.85700.37233
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.82900.39804
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.81200.37043
10JapanJPNEastern Asia1.75000.40224
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.54200.37215
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.51400.37427
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.51200.37553
14IsraelISRWestern Asia1.51000.37572
15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.50400.37673
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.44100.40102
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.38700.37224
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.24400.36124
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.07100.38972
20KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.97940.44089
21VenezuelaVENSouth America0.97370.37916
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.97310.36214
23TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.96850.36478
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.88400.35828
25ItalyITASouthern Europe0.88040.37785

02In 1975

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.2330
  2. 2Sweden2.1970
  3. 3Finland2.1340
  4. 4Norway2.0310
  5. 5Australia2.0110

Lowest

  1. 133Cambodia-1.3540
  2. 132Equatorial Guinea-1.3160
  3. 131Lesotho-1.3010
  4. 130Uganda-1.2910
  5. 129Nicaragua-1.2430

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1181. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.50230

    LowestIndia0.35611

    Middle country: 0.38931

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +6 / −0countries joined / left
  • 127values changed, of 127 in both
  • 90 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Cyprus-0.3594 → -0.0334+0.3260
  • Laos-0.9410 → -0.6153+0.3257
  • Gabon-0.6616 → -0.3429+0.3187
  • Jamaica-0.0976 → 0.2099+0.3075
  • Eswatini-0.5492 → -0.3090+0.2402

Fell most

  • Bahrain0.7319 → 0.0672−0.6647
  • Cambodia-0.7886 → -1.3540−0.5654
  • Kuwait1.5070 → 0.9794−0.5276
  • Zambia0.9807 → 0.7007−0.2800
  • India0.1246 → -0.0896−0.2142
+ Angola+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Mozambique+ Papua New Guinea+ Suriname

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 1975.

  • 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 133 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

    133 rows · 5.4 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1975-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) (1975). State Capacity Index, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1975

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1975?

Denmark, at 2.2330, of the 133 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1975 cover?

133.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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