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State Capacity Index, 1979

1979, 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, 1979 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.448; Uganda is lowest, at -1.352. The middle country reads -0.050. Against 1978, 135 values changed (79 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1979

HighestDenmark

2.448

LowestUganda

-1.352

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.4480.37858
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.3440.37612
=3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.1400.37615
=3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.1400.39716
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.0400.37419
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.9950.37583
7IsraelISRWestern Asia1.9920.37561
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.9750.37564
9JapanJPNEastern Asia1.8630.40014
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.8480.39760
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.8280.38165
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.8050.37705
13FranceFRAWestern Europe1.6000.37113
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5970.37261
15United StatesUSANorthern America1.5080.39556
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.4570.37307
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.3810.37030
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.3540.36415
19SpainESPSouthern Europe1.3190.36042
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.3110.38480
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.1180.35992
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.0960.35851
23BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.0740.43657
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0440.37724
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.0140.42469

02In 1979

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.448
  2. 2Sweden2.344
  3. 3Finlandshared2.140
  4. 3Norwayshared2.140
  5. 5New Zealand2.040

Lowest

  1. 136Uganda-1.352
  2. 135Equatorial Guinea-1.346
  3. 134Haiti-1.275
  4. 133Afghanistan-1.211
  5. 132Cambodia-1.206

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.050. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestComoros0.50342

    LowestArgentina0.35705

    Middle country: 0.38867

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 136 in both
  • 79 · 56rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kuwait0.905 → 0.502−0.403
  • Chad-0.943 → -1.203−0.260
  • DR Congo-0.942 → -1.124−0.182
  • Ghana-0.747 → -0.924−0.177
  • Uruguay0.255 → 0.101−0.153

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 1979.

  • 135 distinct values among 136

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.140. 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-1979-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) (1979). State Capacity Index, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1979

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1979?

Denmark, at 2.448, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1979 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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