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State Capacity Index, 2009

2009, 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, 2009 covers 165 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.9460; Somalia is lowest, at -2.2240. The middle country reads 0.4482. Against 2008, 164 values changed (75 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

2.9460

LowestSomalia

-2.2240

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, 2009, 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 165 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 2009: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.94600.343262
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.61000.341012
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.50900.343614
4BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.45400.346351
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.40500.339069
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.33000.349095
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.32800.343303
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.27600.346135
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.17700.346593
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.17500.340689
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.06600.345181
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.05900.356624
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.95600.310883
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.91700.347150
15United StatesUSANorthern America1.90500.341621
16SpainESPSouthern Europe1.88800.344372
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.85800.352879
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.84300.342140
19JapanJPNEastern Asia1.81600.312037
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.71300.346033
21FranceFRAWestern Europe1.69200.338672
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.68300.325411
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.64400.320589
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.60800.280277
25QatarQATWestern Asia1.57800.351167

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.9460
  2. 2Norway2.6100
  3. 3Finland2.5090
  4. 4Belgium2.4540
  5. 5Netherlands2.4050

Lowest

  1. 165Somalia-2.2240
  2. 164DR Congo-1.5860
  3. 163Afghanistan-1.3270
  4. 162Central African Republic-1.2440
  5. 161Comoros-1.0700

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4482. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestNorth Korea0.383512

    LowestArmenia0.259495

    Middle country: 0.292186

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 165 in both
  • 75 · 89rose · 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 2009.

  • 164 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4690. 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 165 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

    165 rows · 6.4 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download state-capacity-2009-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) (2009). State Capacity Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/2009

0656 held

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 2009?

Denmark, at 2.9460, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 2009 cover?

165.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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