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State Capacity Index, 1978

1978, 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, 1978 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.4320; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at -1.4480. The middle country reads -0.1187. Against 1977, 135 values changed (97 up, 38 down), 1 country joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1978

HighestDenmark

2.4320

LowestEquatorial Guinea

-1.4480

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, 1978, 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 136 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1978: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.43200.370367
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.34400.370172
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.14300.373529
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.11800.397752
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.04000.382445
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.00000.370069
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.95600.378202
8IsraelISRWestern Asia1.89400.374350
9JapanJPNEastern Asia1.85100.399926
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.83500.398653
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.82200.374138
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.79000.374818
13FranceFRAWestern Europe1.59000.376204
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.58600.375344
15United StatesUSANorthern America1.48400.405602
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.45800.374247
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.39200.375411
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.33100.356986
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.24400.388525
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.11200.357502
21GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.08200.362332
22BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.07600.426813
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.06000.365032
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.02300.370820
25TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.98310.358642

02In 1978

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.4320
  2. 2Sweden2.3440
  3. 3Finland2.1430
  4. 4Norway2.1180
  5. 5Australia2.0400

Lowest

  1. 136Equatorial Guinea-1.4480
  2. 135Cambodia-1.2740
  3. 134Uganda-1.2620
  4. 133Haiti-1.2040
  5. 132Afghanistan-1.1770

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1187. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestComoros0.501604

    LowestSouth Korea0.356986

    Middle country: 0.388516

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 135 in both
  • 97 · 38rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Solomon Islands

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 1978.

  • 134 distinct values among 136

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.2318. 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 136 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

    136 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-1978-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) (1978). State Capacity Index, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1978

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1978?

Denmark, at 2.4320, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1978 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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