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State Capacity Index, 1987

1987, 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, 1987 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.7100; DR Congo is lowest, at -1.2710. The middle country reads -0.0132. Against 1986, 135 values changed (79 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1987

HighestDenmark

2.7100

LowestDR Congo

-1.2710

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.71000.34253
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.55000.34260
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.37900.34331
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.35600.34566
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.34000.36343
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.32400.34547
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.27100.34175
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.14800.34390
9CanadaCANNorthern America2.13000.35585
10JapanJPNEastern Asia2.11900.36024
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.10100.34652
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.91600.34663
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.87100.36728
14FranceFRAWestern Europe1.77000.34138
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.74500.34809
16BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.65700.35716
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.65600.34366
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.64900.34890
19TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.57300.37738
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.55200.32637
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.50900.34678
22ItalyITASouthern Europe1.45100.34677
23South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.42200.33082
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.31500.33139
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.27000.34497

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.7100
  2. 2Sweden2.5500
  3. 3Belgium2.3790
  4. 4Australia2.3560
  5. 5Norway2.3400

Lowest

  1. 136DR Congo-1.2710
  2. 135Comoros-1.1840
  3. 134Guinea-Bissau-1.1700
  4. 133Sierra Leone-1.1520
  5. 132Haiti-1.1460

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0132. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.47725

    LowestEcuador0.32604

    Middle country: 0.35280

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 136 in both
  • 79 · 56rose · 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 1987.

  • 134 distinct values among 136

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share -0.2208. 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-1987-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) (1987). State Capacity Index, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1987

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1987?

Denmark, at 2.7100, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1987 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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