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State Capacity Index, 1982

1982, 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, 1982 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.4200; Comoros is lowest, at -1.4690. The middle country reads -0.0700. Against 1981, 136 values changed (76 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1982

HighestDenmark

2.4200

LowestComoros

-1.4690

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.42000.381900
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.33400.377317
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.23000.392187
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.14300.375807
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.13000.374021
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.11600.367580
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.98800.381539
8IsraelISRWestern Asia1.97700.379965
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.92000.376293
10JapanJPNEastern Asia1.91400.402617
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.84000.380295
12CanadaCANNorthern America1.83100.396447
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.74100.386333
14SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.65000.378632
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.62800.380391
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.61100.372023
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.56700.398656
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.47300.360228
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.47200.372432
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.42500.359468
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.35600.418395
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.21600.363647
23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.21000.373411
24United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.18800.463048
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.16300.361360

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.4200
  2. 2Sweden2.3340
  3. 3Norway2.2300
  4. 4Australia2.1430
  5. 5New Zealand2.1300

Lowest

  1. 136Comoros-1.4690
  2. 135Chad-1.3170
  3. 134Uganda-1.1950
  4. 132Myanmarshared-1.1470
  5. 132Equatorial Guineashared-1.1470

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0700. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.487242

    LowestMorocco0.355038

    Middle country: 0.387679

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 76 · 60rose · 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 1982.

  • 133 distinct values among 136

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share -0.4754. 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-1982-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) (1982). State Capacity Index, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1982

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1982?

Denmark, at 2.4200, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1982 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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