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State Capacity Index, 2006

2006, 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, 2006 covers 164 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.9090; Somalia is lowest, at -2.3100. The middle country reads 0.3561. Against 2005, 162 values changed (89 up, 73 down), 2 countries joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

2.9090

LowestSomalia

-2.3100

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, 2006, 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 164 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 2006: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.90900.341867
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.68700.343793
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.56400.340820
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.41400.344691
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.38100.339870
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.35300.340228
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.34300.345012
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.30300.350373
9CanadaCANNorthern America2.24000.348472
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.22800.342586
=11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.11300.353801
=11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.11300.340544
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.06200.316165
14United StatesUSANorthern America1.98400.341446
15IsraelISRWestern Asia1.93600.355998
16SpainESPSouthern Europe1.93500.341879
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.89800.332967
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.89700.344346
19FranceFRAWestern Europe1.81600.340603
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.78500.313097
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.70500.338736
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.67200.322228
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.64200.283564
24TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.63900.323729
25SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.63400.322128

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.9090
  2. 2Norway2.6870
  3. 3Finland2.5640
  4. 4Netherlands2.4140
  5. 5Australia2.3810

Lowest

  1. 164Somalia-2.3100
  2. 163Afghanistan-1.7140
  3. 162DR Congo-1.4740
  4. 161Central African Republic-1.4520
  5. 160Iraq-1.2130

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.3561. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestNorth Korea0.388479

    LowestArmenia0.259351

    Middle country: 0.292736

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 162 in both
  • 89 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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 2006.

  • 162 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 2.1130. 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 164 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

    164 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-2006-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) (2006). State Capacity Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/2006

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 2006?

Denmark, at 2.9090, of the 164 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 2006 cover?

164.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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