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State Capacity Index, 1998

1998, 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, 1998 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.8720; Somalia is lowest, at -1.6290. The middle country reads 0.2479. Against 1997, 161 values changed (81 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1998

HighestDenmark

2.8720

LowestSomalia

-1.6290

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.87200.344183
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.51300.343600
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.41800.337844
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.39500.341863
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.37400.360070
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.35100.346898
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.34100.346483
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.28200.337829
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.23400.343866
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.15700.363931
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.06400.354635
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.04200.338636
13HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.01500.348019
14United StatesUSANorthern America1.99100.367359
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.94900.344318
16JapanJPNEastern Asia1.93900.369584
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.93000.353663
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.92800.343703
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.88700.343790
20FranceFRAWestern Europe1.86800.339714
21SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.78300.352621
22SpainESPSouthern Europe1.73700.336898
23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.69800.341973
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.68100.343578
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.55400.380470

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.8720
  2. 2Sweden2.5130
  3. 3Finland2.4180
  4. 4Australia2.3950
  5. 5Norway2.3740

Lowest

  1. 161Somalia-1.6290
  2. 160Sierra Leone-1.5160
  3. 159DR Congo-1.3090
  4. 158Comoros-1.2680
  5. 157Cambodia-1.1440

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.2479. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 161values changed, of 161 in both
  • 81 · 80rose · 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 1998.

  • 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-1998-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) (1998). State Capacity Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1998

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1998?

Denmark, at 2.8720, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1998 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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