Data for 2019

State Authority over Territory, 2019

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2019 covers 174 countries. 16 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Libya is lowest, at 41.50. The middle country reads 95.10. Against 2018, 113 values changed (49 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2019

Highest16 countries share it

100.00

LowestLibya

41.50

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

174countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
135distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of State Authority over Territory, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	100.00
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	100.00
BelarusBLREastern Europe	100.00
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	100.00
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	100.00
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	100.00
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	100.00
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	100.00
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	100.00
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	100.00
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	100.00
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	100.00
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	100.00
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	100.00
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	100.00
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	100.00
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	99.93
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	99.92
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	99.91
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	99.91
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	99.89
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.86
SpainESPSouthern Europe	99.86
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	99.83
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	99.83
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	99.80
QatarQATWestern Asia	99.71
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	99.71
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	99.63
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	99.57
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	99.46
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	99.29
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	99.14
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	99.14
UruguayURYSouth America	99.05
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	99.00
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	98.93
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	98.93
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	98.57
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	98.56
JordanJORWestern Asia	98.50
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	98.50
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	98.46
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.40
CubaCUBCaribbean	98.38
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	98.38
GuyanaGUYSouth America	98.33
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	98.33
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.14
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	98.13
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	97.88
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	97.86
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	97.86
PanamaPANCentral America	97.83
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	97.78
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	97.75
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	97.57
JapanJPNEastern Asia	97.53
ArgentinaARGSouth America	97.50
PolandPOLEastern Europe	97.50
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	97.44
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	97.43
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	97.40
United StatesUSANorthern America	97.36
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	97.22
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	97.14
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	97.14
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	97.13
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	97.00
CanadaCANNorthern America	96.88
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	96.86
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	96.79
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	96.75
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	96.40
EritreaERIEastern Africa	96.38
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	96.33
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	96.25
EcuadorECUSouth America	96.00
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	95.86
FranceFRAWestern Europe	95.71
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	95.56
Costa RicaCRICentral America	95.50
OmanOMNWestern Asia	95.25
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	95.20
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	95.14
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	95.14
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	95.10
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	95.10
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	95.10
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	95.00
ItalyITASouthern Europe	95.00
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	94.88
ChileCHLSouth America	94.75
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	94.25
KenyaKENEastern Africa	94.22
IsraelISRWestern Asia	94.13
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	94.00
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	94.00
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	94.00
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	93.75
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	93.75
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	93.50
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	93.29
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	93.20
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	93.11
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	92.96
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	92.86
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	92.71
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	92.63
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	92.50
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	92.38
BrazilBRASouth America	92.33
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	91.91
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	91.88
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	91.83
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	91.67
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	91.67
FijiFJIMelanesia	91.63
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	91.57
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	91.56
HaitiHTICaribbean	91.00
PeruPERSouth America	90.14
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	90.00
BoliviaBOLSouth America	89.70
IranIRNSouthern Asia	89.29
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	89.17
GuineaGINWestern Africa	89.00
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	88.73
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	88.50
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	88.33
NicaraguaNICCentral America	88.20
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	88.00
SenegalSENWestern Africa	87.50
MexicoMEXCentral America	87.13
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	87.00
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	86.83
BeninBENWestern Africa	86.67
HondurasHNDCentral America	86.50
VenezuelaVENSouth America	86.50
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	85.71
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	85.67
GabonGABMiddle Africa	85.00
IraqIRQWestern Asia	85.00
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	85.00
ColombiaCOLSouth America	84.38
TogoTGOWestern Africa	83.91
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	83.50
UkraineUKREastern Europe	83.50
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	83.43
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	82.00
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	81.90
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	80.78
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	80.67
MaliMLIWestern Africa	80.63
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	80.40
ParaguayPRYSouth America	80.17
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	79.90
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	79.09
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	77.75
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	77.43
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	75.63
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	75.50
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	72.64
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	72.13
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	69.57
SurinameSURSouth America	69.33
NigerNERWestern Africa	68.56
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	68.14
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	65.00
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	63.00
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	51.82
YemenYEMWestern Asia	49.60
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	49.57
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	41.50

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.00
Austriashared100.00
Belarusshared100.00
Switzerlandshared100.00
Cabo Verdeshared100.00

Lowest

Libya41.50
Somalia49.57
Yemen49.60
Afghanistan51.82
Sudan63.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 174 in both
49 · 64rose · fell
61unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho83.50 → 95.10+11.60
Chad72.50 → 82.00+9.50
Central African Republic59.00 → 65.00+6.00
Mali76.22 → 80.63+4.40
Panama93.50 → 97.83+4.33

Fell most

Sudan73.29 → 63.00−10.29
Niger78.44 → 68.56−9.89
Ethiopia95.58 → 88.73−6.86
South Sudan76.00 → 69.57−6.43
Burkina Faso83.67 → 77.75−5.92

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 2019.
135 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 16 countries share 100.00. 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2019). State Authority over Territory, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2019

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