Data for 2009

State Authority over Territory, 2009

2009, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2009 covers 173 countries. 12 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 37.273. The middle country reads 95.500. Against 2008, 30 values changed (18 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2009

Highest12 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

37.273

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

173countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
140distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of State Authority over Territory, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2009: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	100.000
BelarusBLREastern Europe	100.000
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	100.000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	100.000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	100.000
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	100.000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	100.000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	100.000
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	100.000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	100.000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	100.000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	100.000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.929
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	99.929
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	99.923
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	99.923
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.917
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	99.909
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	99.909
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	99.850
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	99.833
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	99.727
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.700
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.688
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	99.667
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	99.636
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.462
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	99.333
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	99.300
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	99.286
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	99.250
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.111
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	99.100
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	99.091
UruguayURYSouth America	99.045
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	98.929
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	98.929
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	98.929
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	98.875
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	98.769
GuyanaGUYSouth America	98.750
SpainESPSouthern Europe	98.750
CubaCUBCaribbean	98.700
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.667
PolandPOLEastern Europe	98.600
United StatesUSANorthern America	98.545
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	98.533
QatarQATWestern Asia	98.500
EritreaERIEastern Africa	98.357
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	98.333
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	98.308
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	98.308
CanadaCANNorthern America	98.188
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	98.000
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	98.000
JordanJORWestern Asia	97.833
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	97.833
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	97.778
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	97.750
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	97.714
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	97.700
ChileCHLSouth America	97.571
JapanJPNEastern Asia	97.529
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	97.500
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	97.444
ArgentinaARGSouth America	97.385
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	97.250
UkraineUKREastern Europe	97.250
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	97.222
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	97.200
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.083
IsraelISRWestern Asia	97.071
Costa RicaCRICentral America	97.000
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	97.000
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	96.786
OmanOMNWestern Asia	96.750
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	96.615
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	96.583
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	96.562
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	96.200
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	96.000
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	96.000
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	95.875
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	95.818
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	95.500
EcuadorECUSouth America	95.500
FranceFRAWestern Europe	95.500
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	95.429
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	95.200
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	95.000
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	95.000
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	95.000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	95.000
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	94.929
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	94.700
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	94.625
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	94.400
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	94.312
FijiFJIMelanesia	94.182
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	93.889
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	93.583
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	93.433
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	93.200
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	93.143
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	93.111
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	93.083
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	93.000
GuineaGINWestern Africa	93.000
BoliviaBOLSouth America	92.917
NicaraguaNICCentral America	92.818
ItalyITASouthern Europe	92.727
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	92.727
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	92.583
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	92.111
IranIRNSouthern Asia	91.667
SenegalSENWestern Africa	91.583
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	91.571
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	91.417
KenyaKENEastern Africa	91.333
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	91.000
VenezuelaVENSouth America	91.000
BrazilBRASouth America	90.941
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	90.800
HaitiHTICaribbean	90.556
PeruPERSouth America	90.545
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	90.455
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	90.200
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	90.000
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	90.000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	89.812
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	89.733
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	89.600
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	89.333
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	89.273
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	88.900
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	88.429
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	87.571
PanamaPANCentral America	87.500
TogoTGOWestern Africa	87.364
GabonGABMiddle Africa	86.714
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	86.400
MexicoMEXCentral America	86.308
HondurasHNDCentral America	86.222
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	85.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	85.000
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	83.846
SurinameSURSouth America	83.750
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	83.650
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	83.538
ParaguayPRYSouth America	83.500
BeninBENWestern Africa	82.308
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	81.969
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	81.333
ColombiaCOLSouth America	81.071
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	80.556
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	79.636
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	79.333
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	78.500
MaliMLIWestern Africa	78.429
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	78.167
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	76.750
NigerNERWestern Africa	76.182
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	75.833
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	72.692
IraqIRQWestern Asia	72.385
YemenYEMWestern Asia	71.269
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	70.000
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	68.286
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	67.654
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	66.500
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	66.077
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	63.235
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	37.273

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Estoniashared100.000
Croatiashared100.000

Lowest

Somalia37.273
Afghanistan63.235
Côte d’Ivoire66.077
Cyprus66.500
Sudan67.654

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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
30values changed, of 173 in both
18 · 12rose · fell
143unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka76.167 → 81.333+5.166
Kosovo81.818 → 85.000+3.182
Nepal88.000 → 91.000+3.000
Serbia90.667 → 93.583+2.916
Iraq69.923 → 72.385+2.462

Fell most

Mexico89.154 → 86.308−2.846
Madagascar82.889 → 80.556−2.333
Myanmar74.154 → 72.692−1.462
Honduras87.111 → 86.222−0.889
India90.500 → 89.812−0.688

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.
140 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 12 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2009). State Authority over Territory, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2009

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