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State Capacity Index, 1991

1991, 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, 1991 covers 156 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.7500; Somalia is lowest, at -1.5300. The middle country reads 0.0082. Against 1990, 139 values changed (63 up, 76 down), 17 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1991

HighestDenmark

2.7500

LowestSomalia

-1.5300

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, 1991, 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 156 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1991: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.75000.349635
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.50500.339546
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.42400.349236
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.39900.341449
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.33700.341145
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.33500.363988
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.25000.341971
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.23500.345251
9CanadaCANNorthern America2.18000.361749
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.17000.351087
11JapanJPNEastern Asia2.11800.363031
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.07000.344648
13HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.95300.346198
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.93700.350030
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.92200.344652
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.91200.364682
17TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.77900.395372
18FranceFRAWestern Europe1.75500.343082
19BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.73500.338015
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.64300.346293
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.64200.345725
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.63700.337988
23SpainESPSouthern Europe1.63300.345160
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.63100.353921
25ItalyITASouthern Europe1.54300.346868

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.7500
  2. 2Sweden2.5050
  3. 3Belgium2.4240
  4. 4Finland2.3990
  5. 5Australia2.3370

Lowest

  1. 156Somalia-1.5300
  2. 155Afghanistan-1.4460
  3. 154Sierra Leone-1.3820
  4. 153Liberia-1.2720
  5. 152DR Congo-1.2010

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0082. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestGeorgia0.549128

    LowestUnited Kingdom0.337988

    Middle country: 0.355729

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +17 / −0countries joined / left
  • 139values changed, of 139 in both
  • 63 · 76rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Croatia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Slovenia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

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 1991.

  • 155 distinct values among 156

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 0.6252. 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 156 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

    156 rows · 6.1 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1991-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) (1991). State Capacity Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1991

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1991?

Denmark, at 2.7500, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1991 cover?

156.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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