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State Capacity Index, 1988

1988, 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, 1988 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.7520; Lebanon is lowest, at -1.2730. The middle country reads -0.0363. Against 1987, 136 values changed (79 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1988

HighestDenmark

2.7520

LowestLebanon

-1.2730

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.75200.347053
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.56700.343034
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.37000.347482
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.36100.340890
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.33900.359898
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.31200.349940
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.30000.345736
8CanadaCANNorthern America2.19400.360576
9JapanJPNEastern Asia2.15300.363663
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.14900.349660
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.12100.336132
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.89700.343807
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.86100.364772
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.76600.357927
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.75000.343226
16BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.69800.349076
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.66400.341995
18TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.59100.384354
19SpainESPSouthern Europe1.55800.332254
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.55100.337572
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.52100.342140
22IsraelISRWestern Asia1.50900.346482
23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.47100.343210
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.34900.334113
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.30000.345471

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.7520
  2. 2Sweden2.5670
  3. 3Belgium2.3700
  4. 4Australia2.3610
  5. 5Norway2.3390

Lowest

  1. 136Lebanon-1.2730
  2. 135Haiti-1.1990
  3. 134Guinea-Bissau-1.1790
  4. 133Myanmar-1.1550
  5. 132DR Congo-1.1210

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0363. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.487265

    LowestIndia0.323900

    Middle country: 0.351986

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 79 · 57rose · 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 1988.

  • 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-1988-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) (1988). State Capacity Index, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1988

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1988?

Denmark, at 2.7520, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1988 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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