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State Capacity Index, 1990

1990, 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, 1990 covers 139 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.7370; DR Congo is lowest, at -1.2500. The middle country reads -0.0383. Against 1989, 136 values changed (79 up, 57 down), 3 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1990

HighestDenmark

2.7370

LowestDR Congo

-1.2500

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, 1990, 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 139 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1990: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.73700.341918
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.57800.340633
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.42000.337093
4BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.39100.351663
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.36100.341544
=6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.34800.341787
=6NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.34800.368572
8CanadaCANNorthern America2.24900.368841
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.20300.345293
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.17600.342131
11JapanJPNEastern Asia2.15700.362251
12HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.99200.347530
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.94400.359811
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.90600.338848
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.87800.352819
16BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.86700.345167
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.80300.387627
18FranceFRAWestern Europe1.76400.342932
19TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.75000.363838
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.73700.343763
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.65000.342770
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.64100.340847
23SpainESPSouthern Europe1.62100.329604
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.49900.344018
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.41100.333277

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.7370
  2. 2Sweden2.5780
  3. 3Finland2.4200
  4. 4Belgium2.3910
  5. 5Australia2.3610

Lowest

  1. 139DR Congo-1.2500
  2. 138Haiti-1.2010
  3. 137Liberia-1.1520
  4. 136Guinea-Bissau-1.0830
  5. 135Sierra Leone-1.0760

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 79 · 57rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Germany+ Namibia+ Yemen

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 1990.

  • 137 distinct values among 139

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.3480. 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 139 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

    139 rows · 5.6 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download state-capacity-1990-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) (1990). State Capacity Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1990

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1990?

Denmark, at 2.7370, of the 139 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1990 cover?

139.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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