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State Capacity Index, 2010

2010, 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, 2010 covers 165 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.9640; Somalia is lowest, at -2.2480. The middle country reads 0.4480. Against 2009, 164 values changed (84 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

2.9640

LowestSomalia

-2.2480

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.96400.344566
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.65300.345802
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.47800.342161
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.44500.349099
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.44200.348981
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.40300.337081
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.37500.344915
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.32400.346967
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.29900.338869
10CanadaCANNorthern America2.17000.344370
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.11900.351703
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.00700.344988
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.91700.311512
14United StatesUSANorthern America1.90800.345259
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.87900.343040
16JapanJPNEastern Asia1.85800.314873
17IsraelISRWestern Asia1.80900.355953
18SpainESPSouthern Europe1.79600.344252
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.76400.356198
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.70800.346844
21FranceFRAWestern Europe1.70700.343381
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.64000.321712
23SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.59600.327954
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.55500.287815
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.53900.324891

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.9640
  2. 2Norway2.6530
  3. 3Finland2.4780
  4. 4Switzerland2.4450
  5. 5Belgium2.4420

Lowest

  1. 165Somalia-2.2480
  2. 164DR Congo-1.5370
  3. 163Afghanistan-1.2680
  4. 162Central African Republic-1.1610
  5. 161Comoros-1.1140

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4480. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestNorth Korea0.394484

    LowestIndia0.258276

    Middle country: 0.292673

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 165 in both
  • 84 · 80rose · 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 2010.

  • 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-2010-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) (2010). State Capacity Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/2010

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

State Capacity Index, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 2010?

Denmark, at 2.9640, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 2010 cover?

165.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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