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State Capacity Index, 1977

1977, 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, 1977 covers 135 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.3860; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at -1.3560. The middle country reads -0.1010. Against 1976, 134 values changed (83 up, 51 down), 1 country joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1977

HighestDenmark

2.3860

LowestEquatorial Guinea

-1.3560

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, 1977, 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 135 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1977: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.38600.370850
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.28900.374307
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.20100.385087
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.11500.401981
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.01600.374373
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.00700.375111
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.90300.371376
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.84200.400666
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.81800.376946
10JapanJPNEastern Asia1.77300.393967
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.77200.380736
12IsraelISRWestern Asia1.62100.370288
13FranceFRAWestern Europe1.59300.371783
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.52600.379290
=15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.46900.376012
=15United StatesUSANorthern America1.46900.399970
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.40400.372932
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.30600.363669
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.15200.382809
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.07400.361571
21BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.05000.423641
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.03600.422003
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.01300.369100
24GuyanaGUYSouth America0.99440.388868
25TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.97400.368214

02In 1977

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.3860
  2. 2Sweden2.2890
  3. 3Finland2.2010
  4. 4Norway2.1150
  5. 5Australia2.0160

Lowest

  1. 135Equatorial Guinea-1.3560
  2. 134Haiti-1.2570
  3. 133Cambodia-1.2530
  4. 132Angola-1.2340
  5. 131Uganda-1.1840

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1010. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestComoros0.498203

    LowestThailand0.356528

    Middle country: 0.389387

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 134values changed, of 134 in both
  • 83 · 51rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Djibouti

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 1977.

  • 134 distinct values among 135

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 7 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4690. 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 135 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

    135 rows · 5.5 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1977-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) (1977). State Capacity Index, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1977

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1977?

Denmark, at 2.3860, of the 135 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1977 cover?

135.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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