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State Capacity Index, 1993

1993, 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, 1993 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.82000; Somalia is lowest, at -2.22600. The middle country reads 0.09493. Against 1992, 157 values changed (100 up, 57 down), 3 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1993

HighestDenmark

2.82000

LowestSomalia

-2.22600

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, 1993, 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 161 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1993: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.820000.338320
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.489000.341480
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.345000.348230
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.337000.342698
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.315000.344032
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.313000.341555
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.294000.355410
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.234000.340794
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.173000.342743
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.134000.363688
11JapanJPNEastern Asia2.131000.361432
12South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.044000.340528
13United StatesUSANorthern America1.948000.358039
14IsraelISRWestern Asia1.945000.350393
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.943000.349250
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.940000.341093
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.937000.349030
18TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.897000.392684
19FranceFRAWestern Europe1.862000.348355
20HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.853000.342326
21SpainESPSouthern Europe1.842000.343508
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.703000.341768
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.671000.356119
24PolandPOLEastern Europe1.655000.342569
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.652000.348988

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.82000
  2. 2Sweden2.48900
  3. 3Belgium2.34500
  4. 4Australia2.33700
  5. 5New Zealand2.31500

Lowest

  1. 161Somalia-2.22600
  2. 160Afghanistan-2.02900
  3. 159Sierra Leone-1.59700
  4. 158Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.38300
  5. 157Tajikistan-1.34200

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.09493. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestGeorgia0.537739

    LowestMexico0.337220

    Middle country: 0.355315

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 158 in both
  • 100 · 57rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kuwait0.80900 → 0.09493−0.71407
  • Angola-0.50380 → -1.04500−0.54120
  • Georgia-0.54690 → -1.05100−0.50410
  • Russia0.28230 → -0.16500−0.44730
  • Armenia0.38420 → 0.02488−0.35932
+ Czechia+ Eritrea+ Slovakia

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 1993.

  • 160 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share -0.44410. 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 161 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

    161 rows · 6.3 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download state-capacity-1993-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) (1993). State Capacity Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1993

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1993?

Denmark, at 2.82000, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1993 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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