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State Capacity Index, 2012

2012, 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, 2012 covers 166 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.9500; Somalia is lowest, at -2.1410. The middle country reads 0.5023. Against 2011, 166 values changed (81 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

2.9500

LowestSomalia

-2.1410

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, 2012, 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 166 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 2012: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.95000.347808
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.61800.345852
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.56100.345089
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.52900.339094
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.46300.346829
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.44400.342181
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.40400.343445
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.35500.342576
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.35100.344691
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.30600.343824
11CanadaCANNorthern America2.17700.343243
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.14900.345984
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.04700.358331
14SpainESPSouthern Europe1.97800.338107
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.94400.313976
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.93100.344901
17JapanJPNEastern Asia1.82000.315206
=18IsraelISRWestern Asia1.81700.357953
=18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.81700.342291
20FranceFRAWestern Europe1.71700.346642
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.68000.341906
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.65200.321557
23TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.57900.320004
24EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.57000.321456
25ChileCHLSouth America1.55000.285803

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.9500
  2. 2Norway2.6180
  3. 3Sweden2.5610
  4. 4Finland2.5290
  5. 5Switzerland2.4630

Lowest

  1. 166Somalia-2.1410
  2. 165Central African Republic-1.3330
  3. 164DR Congo-1.2720
  4. 163Afghanistan-1.1830
  5. 162Eritrea-1.1300

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.5023. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestSouth Sudan0.403032

    LowestIndia0.256925

    Middle country: 0.293536

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 81 · 85rose · 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 2012.

  • 164 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.8170. 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 166 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

    166 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-2012-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) (2012). State Capacity Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/2012

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 2012?

Denmark, at 2.9500, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 2012 cover?

166.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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