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State Capacity Index, 1994

1994, 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, 1994 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.8570; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.0290. The middle country reads 0.1406. Against 1993, 160 values changed (104 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1994

HighestDenmark

2.8570

LowestAfghanistan

-2.0290

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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.85700.346848
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.49800.344579
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.48800.346655
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.36100.345714
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.34500.345304
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.33800.352087
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.33600.348069
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.33300.358865
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.19700.346818
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.19300.359865
11JapanJPNEastern Asia2.07400.359664
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.06900.353891
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.05600.344227
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.02600.342669
15IsraelISRWestern Asia1.97100.360538
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.94900.362381
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.92900.345472
18TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.90800.386726
19FranceFRAWestern Europe1.87800.349821
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.83300.340064
21HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.83100.339379
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.82100.339265
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.76800.354503
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.69900.341147
25PolandPOLEastern Europe1.62100.340303

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.8570
  2. 2Sweden2.4980
  3. 3Belgium2.4880
  4. 4Netherlands2.3610
  5. 5Australia2.3450

Lowest

  1. 161Afghanistan-2.0290
  2. 160Somalia-1.9790
  3. 159Sierra Leone-1.6250
  4. 158DR Congo-1.4700
  5. 157Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.3790

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1406. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestGeorgia0.491564

    LowestNicaragua0.335008

    Middle country: 0.354723

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 161 in both
  • 104 · 56rose · 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 1994.

  • 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-1994-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) (1994). State Capacity Index, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1994

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1994?

Denmark, at 2.8570, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1994 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1994?

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, 1994 the newest?

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

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