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State Capacity Index, 1989

1989, 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, 1989 covers 136 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.7440; Lebanon is lowest, at -1.4040. The middle country reads -0.0600. Against 1988, 135 values changed (67 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1989

HighestDenmark

2.7440

LowestLebanon

-1.4040

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.74400.34875
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.56100.34082
3AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.35600.34930
4BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.35100.34133
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.33300.34663
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.31900.36186
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.26900.34195
8CanadaCANNorthern America2.16800.36980
9JapanJPNEastern Asia2.15900.36229
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.09400.33957
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.03800.35165
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.88300.34394
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.87800.36378
14TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.76200.37658
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.75000.34392
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.74600.35928
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.70200.33807
18SpainESPSouthern Europe1.61100.33860
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.59900.32912
20BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.58700.34829
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.56200.34622
22ItalyITASouthern Europe1.48200.33996
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.39800.33146
24IsraelISRWestern Asia1.35200.34314
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.32700.33789

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.7440
  2. 2Sweden2.5610
  3. 3Australia2.3560
  4. 4Belgium2.3510
  5. 5New Zealand2.3330

Lowest

  1. 136Lebanon-1.4040
  2. 135DR Congo-1.2090
  3. 134Haiti-1.2080
  4. 133Comoros-1.1230
  5. 132Guinea-Bissau-1.0290

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0600. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestCambodia0.48369

    LowestGuatemala0.32836

    Middle country: 0.35232

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 136 in both
  • 67 · 68rose · 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 1989.

  • 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-1989-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) (1989). State Capacity Index, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1989

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1989?

Denmark, at 2.7440, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1989 cover?

136.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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