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State Capacity Index, 1983

1983, 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, 1983 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.4350; Uganda is lowest, at -1.4540. The middle country reads -0.0560. Against 1982, 136 values changed (69 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1983

HighestDenmark

2.4350

LowestUganda

-1.4540

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.43500.379517
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.32400.380484
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.21700.405846
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.13600.380751
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.13000.375275
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.07400.378527
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.97900.371100
8IsraelISRWestern Asia1.93600.367020
9JapanJPNEastern Asia1.93100.398626
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.88000.380692
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.87100.376725
12CanadaCANNorthern America1.80200.399483
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.78300.383398
14SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.63000.367281
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.62500.374388
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.60300.375251
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.51800.400728
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.45500.364558
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.43800.377146
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.43100.359790
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.37000.420172
22ItalyITASouthern Europe1.24300.383701
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.19500.360638
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.17400.367499
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.16500.428030

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.4350
  2. 2Sweden2.3240
  3. 3Norway2.2170
  4. 4Australia2.1360
  5. 5Finland2.1300

Lowest

  1. 136Uganda-1.4540
  2. 135Comoros-1.3910
  3. 134Chad-1.3120
  4. 133Equatorial Guinea-1.1790
  5. 132Haiti-1.1770

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0560. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.486320

    LowestIndia0.357398

    Middle country: 0.385457

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 69 · 67rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guinea-0.1502 → -0.7863−0.6361
  • Ghana-0.4535 → -0.9061−0.4526
  • Sri Lanka-0.2780 → -0.6313−0.3533
  • Uganda-1.1950 → -1.4540−0.2590
  • Malawi-0.3940 → -0.5635−0.1695

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 1983.

  • 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-1983-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) (1983). State Capacity Index, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1983

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1983?

Denmark, at 2.4350, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1983 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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