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State Capacity Index, 1997

1997, 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, 1997 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.8920; Somalia is lowest, at -1.6210. The middle country reads 0.2649. Against 1996, 161 values changed (88 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1997

HighestDenmark

2.8920

LowestSomalia

-1.6210

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.89200.35128
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.52100.34044
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.38400.34328
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.37400.34372
=5BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.34800.34073
=5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.34800.34309
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.34000.36221
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.31500.35148
9CanadaCANNorthern America2.21900.36718
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.19900.34478
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.04200.35231
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.02600.34112
13HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.00300.34391
14JapanJPNEastern Asia1.98100.35924
15United StatesUSANorthern America1.97700.35971
16IsraelISRWestern Asia1.94000.36003
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.92300.34026
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.91100.34212
19SpainESPSouthern Europe1.88300.34523
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.84500.33867
21FranceFRAWestern Europe1.79000.34178
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.74900.35999
23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.74500.34579
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.71300.34227
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.59600.37881

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.8920
  2. 2Sweden2.5210
  3. 3Finland2.3840
  4. 4Australia2.3740
  5. 5Belgiumshared2.3480

Lowest

  1. 161Somalia-1.6210
  2. 160Sierra Leone-1.5780
  3. 159DR Congo-1.3480
  4. 158Comoros-1.3120
  5. 157Cambodia-1.1810

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.2649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 161values changed, of 161 in both
  • 88 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 1997.

  • 160 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.3480. 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-1997-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) (1997). State Capacity Index, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1997

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1997?

Denmark, at 2.8920, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1997 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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