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State Capacity Index, 1996

1996, 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, 1996 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.9330; Somalia is lowest, at -1.6250. The middle country reads 0.2770. Against 1995, 160 values changed (100 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1996

HighestDenmark

2.9330

LowestSomalia

-1.6250

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.93300.341238
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.51900.347189
3BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.42500.345745
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.38100.345866
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.37800.342917
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.37300.344662
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.32800.362802
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.27500.342250
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.22900.343705
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.13800.367524
11South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.06300.350357
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.05300.353897
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.05100.338009
14JapanJPNEastern Asia2.02300.361730
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.02100.347634
16SpainESPSouthern Europe2.00300.339846
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.97100.364644
18HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.95300.339820
19IsraelISRWestern Asia1.92000.351869
20FranceFRAWestern Europe1.88100.342152
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.83700.347727
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.81900.341563
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.76300.355152
24TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.76200.380270
25ItalyITASouthern Europe1.72000.341482

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.9330
  2. 2Sweden2.5190
  3. 3Belgium2.4250
  4. 4Australia2.3810
  5. 5Finland2.3780

Lowest

  1. 161Somalia-1.6250
  2. 160Sierra Leone-1.5220
  3. 159DR Congo-1.4270
  4. 158Comoros-1.3660
  5. 157Cambodia-1.2430

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.2770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 161 in both
  • 100 · 60rose · 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 1996.

  • 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-1996-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) (1996). State Capacity Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1996

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1996?

Denmark, at 2.9330, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1996 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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