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State Capacity Index, 2000

2000, 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, 2000 covers 161 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.8260; Somalia is lowest, at -1.7030. The middle country reads 0.2261. Against 1999, 160 values changed (76 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 2000

HighestDenmark

2.8260

LowestSomalia

-1.7030

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.82600.345654
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.46700.343140
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.40600.348523
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.39400.345215
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.34100.346505
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.29700.339273
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.29600.349864
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.26200.361673
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.20600.343956
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.15300.361494
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.06400.362764
12United StatesUSANorthern America2.01000.360349
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.00200.346635
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.96000.347426
15IsraelISRWestern Asia1.95300.353184
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.90800.339597
17FranceFRAWestern Europe1.88700.345965
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.88600.352532
19JapanJPNEastern Asia1.81900.360335
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.79900.350263
=21HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.76300.345415
=21SpainESPSouthern Europe1.76300.347513
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.69300.338009
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.68600.345478
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.55100.375860

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.8260
  2. 2Finland2.4670
  3. 3Sweden2.4060
  4. 4Australia2.3940
  5. 5Netherlands2.3410

Lowest

  1. 161Somalia-1.7030
  2. 160Sierra Leone-1.2910
  3. 159Comoros-1.2190
  4. 158Afghanistan-1.1840
  5. 157DR Congo-1.1060

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.2261. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestComoros0.424614

    LowestChina0.336177

    Middle country: 0.353906

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 161 in both
  • 76 · 84rose · 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 2000.

  • 160 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.7630. 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-2000-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) (2000). State Capacity Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/2000

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 2000?

Denmark, at 2.8260, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 2000 cover?

161.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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