Data for 2014
State Authority over Territory, 2014
2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
State Authority over Territory, 2014 covers 174 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Syria is lowest, at 44.818. The middle country reads 95.622. Against 2013, 31 values changed (15 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.
State Authority over Territory · Data for 2014
Highest14 countries share it
100.000LowestSyria
44.818Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of State Authority over Territory, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 174 countries · select a heading to sort
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 99.929 | |
| 99.923 | |
| 99.923 | |
| 99.917 | |
| 99.909 | |
| 99.909 | |
| 99.850 | |
| 99.833 | |
| 99.812 | |
| 99.700 | |
| 99.667 | |
| 99.636 | |
| 99.500 | |
| 99.462 | |
| 99.400 | |
| 99.333 | |
| 99.333 | |
| 99.286 | |
| 99.250 | |
| 99.045 | |
| 98.929 | |
| 98.929 | |
| 98.900 | |
| 98.846 | |
| 98.769 | |
| 98.714 | |
| 98.700 | |
| 98.692 | |
| 98.625 | |
| 98.625 | |
| 98.600 | |
| 98.545 | |
| 98.455 | |
| 98.333 | |
| 98.286 | |
| 98.100 | |
| 98.000 | |
| 98.000 | |
| 97.800 | |
| 97.778 | |
| 97.778 | |
| 97.750 | |
| 97.714 | |
| 97.700 | |
| 97.667 | |
| 97.583 | |
| 97.545 | |
| 97.529 | |
| 97.444 | |
| 97.385 | |
| 97.333 | |
| 97.267 | |
| 97.250 | |
| 97.250 | |
| 97.222 | |
| 97.200 | |
| 97.100 | |
| 97.083 | |
| 97.000 | |
| 97.000 | |
| 97.000 | |
| 96.786 | |
| 96.750 | |
| 96.750 | |
| 96.692 | |
| 96.462 | |
| 96.455 | |
| 96.444 | |
| 96.200 | |
| 96.111 | |
| 95.923 | |
| 95.833 | |
| 95.688 | |
| 95.556 | |
| 95.500 | |
| 95.500 | |
| 95.429 | |
| 95.200 | |
| 95.154 | |
| 95.100 | |
| 94.909 | |
| 94.625 | |
| 94.571 | |
| 94.000 | |
| 93.909 | |
| 93.889 | |
| 93.636 | |
| 93.583 | |
| 93.571 | |
| 93.545 | |
| 93.438 | |
| 93.231 | |
| 93.111 | |
| 93.000 | |
| 92.900 | |
| 92.778 | |
| 92.500 | |
| 92.375 | |
| 92.200 | |
| 92.182 | |
| 91.833 | |
| 91.667 | |
| 91.667 | |
| 91.333 | |
| 90.875 | |
| 90.800 | |
| 90.800 | |
| 90.714 | |
| 90.385 | |
| 90.125 | |
| 90.118 | |
| 89.353 | |
| 89.300 | |
| 89.286 | |
| 89.222 | |
| 88.545 | |
| 88.400 | |
| 88.000 | |
| 87.727 | |
| 87.571 | |
| 87.143 | |
| 86.857 | |
| 86.500 | |
| 86.300 | |
| 86.091 | |
| 85.909 | |
| 85.000 | |
| 84.818 | |
| 84.167 | |
| 83.909 | |
| 83.846 | |
| 82.857 | |
| 82.000 | |
| 81.875 | |
| 81.700 | |
| 81.636 | |
| 81.000 | |
| 80.000 | |
| 79.400 | |
| 79.143 | |
| 78.800 | |
| 78.500 | |
| 78.250 | |
| 77.821 | |
| 76.944 | |
| 76.727 | |
| 76.417 | |
| 73.909 | |
| 72.857 | |
| 68.444 | |
| 67.125 | |
| 66.000 | |
| 65.111 | |
| 63.800 | |
| 60.818 | |
| 60.312 | |
| 59.500 | |
| 51.373 | |
| 46.429 | |
| 44.818 |
02In 2014
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Armeniashared100.000
Austriashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000
Lowest
Syria44.818
Somalia46.429
Libya51.373
Central African Republic59.500
Afghanistan60.312
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.622. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032013 → 2014
Since 2013
What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 31values changed, of 174 in both
- 15 · 16rose · fell
- 143unchanged
Rose most
Madagascar74.250 → 78.500+4.250
Egypt84.364 → 88.545+4.181
South Sudan63.833 → 66.000+2.167
Mexico85.571 → 87.727+2.156
Mali75.000 → 76.417+1.417
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.
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 2014.
147 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 14 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 174 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.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
174 rows · 4.8 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download state-authority-over-territory-2014-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zip
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: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.
Cite this edition
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). State Authority over Territory, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2014
0636 held
Other years
‹ The year before
State Authority over Territory, 2013174 countries
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State Authority over Territory, 2015174 countries
All of them
State Authority over Territory: every year36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
State Authority over Territory, 2014: questions and answers
Which country has the highest state control of territory in State Authority over Territory, 2014?
14 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.
What year does State Authority over Territory, 2014 describe?
2014.
How many countries does State Authority over Territory, 2014 cover?
174.
Where can I download State Authority over Territory, 2014?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is State Authority over Territory, 2014 the newest?
No. The newest held here is State Authority over Territory, 2025.