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State Capacity Index, 1985

1985, 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, 1985 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.6150; Uganda is lowest, at -1.4850. The middle country reads -0.0757. Against 1984, 135 values changed (80 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1985

HighestDenmark

2.6150

LowestUganda

-1.4850

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.61500.342509
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.47100.346981
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.37100.365344
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.32700.342467
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.31200.352154
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.31000.342853
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.26800.337519
8CanadaCANNorthern America2.13500.360551
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.07800.340730
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.06200.343927
11JapanJPNEastern Asia2.04600.364843
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.87200.339193
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.84300.361901
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.74000.363407
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.73700.346300
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.70500.347595
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.66600.342930
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.56600.345576
19SpainESPSouthern Europe1.46600.332419
20TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.46400.367083
21ItalyITASouthern Europe1.39800.343016
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.33700.336230
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.31200.324105
24BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.26700.373820
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.23900.344517

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.6150
  2. 2Sweden2.4710
  3. 3Norway2.3710
  4. 4Finland2.3270
  5. 5Belgium2.3120

Lowest

  1. 136Uganda-1.4850
  2. 135Equatorial Guinea-1.3700
  3. 134Comoros-1.2380
  4. 133DR Congo-1.2350
  5. 132Haiti-1.2280

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0757. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.490769

    LowestPortugal0.324105

    Middle country: 0.353427

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 136 in both
  • 80 · 55rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1985.

  • 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-1985-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) (1985). State Capacity Index, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1985

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1985?

Denmark, at 2.6150, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1985 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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