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State Capacity Index, 1981

1981, 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, 1981 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.4620; Comoros is lowest, at -1.4330. The middle country reads -0.0628. Against 1980, 136 values changed (97 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1981

HighestDenmark

2.4620

LowestComoros

-1.4330

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.46200.37768
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.37100.36645
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.25200.39731
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.16300.37950
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.13600.37117
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.11900.37613
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.97300.37652
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.91900.37821
9JapanJPNEastern Asia1.91500.40259
10IsraelISRWestern Asia1.91300.37188
11CanadaCANNorthern America1.89900.40275
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.84500.38062
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.69200.39613
14FranceFRAWestern Europe1.64000.37027
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.62700.37319
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.61600.37708
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.55300.40134
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.46200.36219
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.45400.37943
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.42800.36256
21Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.21300.38812
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.16700.41708
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.15400.36228
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.14000.37186
25ItalyITASouthern Europe1.13000.37451

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.4620
  2. 2Sweden2.3710
  3. 3Norway2.2520
  4. 4Australia2.1630
  5. 5New Zealand2.1360

Lowest

  1. 136Comoros-1.4330
  2. 135Haiti-1.2770
  3. 134Equatorial Guinea-1.2120
  4. 133Afghanistan-1.1940
  5. 132Myanmar-1.1160

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0628. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSuriname0.49103

    LowestGuatemala0.35370

    Middle country: 0.38707

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 97 · 39rose · 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 1981.

  • 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-1981-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) (1981). State Capacity Index, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1981

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1981?

Denmark, at 2.4620, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1981 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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