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State Capacity Index, 1995

1995, 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, 1995 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.8910; Sierra Leone is lowest, at -1.7440. The middle country reads 0.2263. Against 1994, 159 values changed (118 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1995

HighestDenmark

2.8910

LowestSierra Leone

-1.7440

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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.89100.343265
2BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.52300.345855
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.50100.343313
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.36000.353892
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.34500.344410
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.34200.339926
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.33600.344610
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.32000.364216
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.19500.341069
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.14000.360270
11South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.07600.347351
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.06900.342669
13JapanJPNEastern Asia2.06100.367004
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.03400.349321
15United StatesUSANorthern America1.95300.358049
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.93700.345305
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.92800.353335
18HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.92600.340676
19FranceFRAWestern Europe1.88200.347316
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.84500.344157
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.83700.342963
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.80900.341493
23TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.79700.378916
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.75300.357856
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.65200.352238

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.8910
  2. 2Belgium2.5230
  3. 3Sweden2.5010
  4. 4Australia2.3600
  5. 5New Zealand2.3450

Lowest

  1. 161Sierra Leone-1.7440
  2. 160Somalia-1.6910
  3. 159Afghanistan-1.6710
  4. 158Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.3340
  5. 157Cambodia-1.3030

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.2263. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestTurkmenistan0.450840

    LowestBrazil0.335109

    Middle country: 0.354384

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 161 in both
  • 118 · 41rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 1995.

  • 160 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 0.7714. 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-1995-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) (1995). State Capacity Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1995

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1995?

Denmark, at 2.8910, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1995 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1995?

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, 1995 the newest?

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

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