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State Capacity Index, 1980

1980, 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, 1980 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.4850; Comoros is lowest, at -1.4190. The middle country reads -0.0807. Against 1979, 136 values changed (78 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1980

HighestDenmark

2.4850

LowestComoros

-1.4190

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.48500.385432
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.35700.377541
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.22300.392399
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.12200.369903
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.10400.376006
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.08800.375870
7IsraelISRWestern Asia1.90600.373598
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.90400.379292
9JapanJPNEastern Asia1.89500.398339
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.87900.400782
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.84200.378503
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.83600.376015
13FranceFRAWestern Europe1.63700.371859
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.62900.374658
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.53600.373823
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.53100.397182
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.49200.389092
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.46200.372755
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.45000.360988
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.38200.349326
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.24200.402470
22Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.18800.388471
23GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.10300.363705
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.10000.373562
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.09900.433717

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.4850
  2. 2Sweden2.3570
  3. 3Norway2.2230
  4. 4Australia2.1220
  5. 5New Zealand2.1040

Lowest

  1. 136Comoros-1.4190
  2. 135Haiti-1.3410
  3. 134Equatorial Guinea-1.2520
  4. 133Chad-1.2170
  5. 132Afghanistan-1.1740

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0807. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSuriname0.495283

    LowestSpain0.349326

    Middle country: 0.387108

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 78 · 58rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1980.

  • 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-1980-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) (1980). State Capacity Index, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1980

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1980?

Denmark, at 2.4850, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1980 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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