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Data for 1990
1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
State Authority over Territory, 1990 covers 150 countries. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Liberia is lowest, at 33.800. The middle country reads 94.750.
State Authority over Territory · Data for 1990
Highest6 countries share it
100.000LowestLiberia
33.800Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
Every country and every column of State Authority over Territory, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 150 countries · select a heading to sort
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 100.000 | |
| 99.929 | |
| 99.929 | |
| 99.923 | |
| 99.923 | |
| 99.917 | |
| 99.909 | |
| 99.909 | |
| 99.850 | |
| 99.833 | |
| 99.812 | |
| 99.750 | |
| 99.727 | |
| 99.700 | |
| 99.636 | |
| 99.500 | |
| 99.462 | |
| 99.333 | |
| 99.300 | |
| 99.286 | |
| 99.100 | |
| 99.091 | |
| 99.045 | |
| 98.929 | |
| 98.929 | |
| 98.857 | |
| 98.750 | |
| 98.750 | |
| 98.700 | |
| 98.545 | |
| 98.533 | |
| 98.500 | |
| 98.438 | |
| 98.200 | |
| 98.000 | |
| 98.000 | |
| 98.000 | |
| 97.929 | |
| 97.833 | |
| 97.800 | |
| 97.778 | |
| 97.750 | |
| 97.714 | |
| 97.667 | |
| 97.571 | |
| 97.529 | |
| 97.500 | |
| 97.500 | |
| 97.500 | |
| 97.385 | |
| 97.222 | |
| 97.200 | |
| 97.071 | |
| 97.000 | |
| 96.800 | |
| 96.786 | |
| 96.000 | |
| 96.000 | |
| 96.000 | |
| 96.000 | |
| 95.875 | |
| 95.500 | |
| 95.500 | |
| 95.455 | |
| 95.429 | |
| 95.200 | |
| 95.000 | |
| 94.833 | |
| 94.833 | |
| 94.800 | |
| 94.700 | |
| 94.625 | |
| 94.600 | |
| 94.600 | |
| 94.400 | |
| 94.182 | |
| 94.000 | |
| 93.750 | |
| 93.600 | |
| 93.600 | |
| 93.500 | |
| 93.000 | |
| 92.727 | |
| 92.500 | |
| 91.667 | |
| 91.583 | |
| 91.571 | |
| 91.167 | |
| 91.000 | |
| 90.941 | |
| 90.833 | |
| 90.833 | |
| 90.833 | |
| 90.800 | |
| 90.600 | |
| 90.000 | |
| 90.000 | |
| 89.733 | |
| 87.571 | |
| 87.364 | |
| 87.250 | |
| 87.200 | |
| 87.000 | |
| 86.857 | |
| 86.714 | |
| 86.667 | |
| 86.000 | |
| 85.800 | |
| 85.583 | |
| 85.000 | |
| 84.429 | |
| 84.400 | |
| 84.200 | |
| 83.500 | |
| 83.400 | |
| 82.600 | |
| 82.600 | |
| 82.000 | |
| 81.969 | |
| 81.667 | |
| 81.000 | |
| 80.938 | |
| 79.636 | |
| 79.333 | |
| 79.000 | |
| 78.750 | |
| 78.667 | |
| 78.286 | |
| 76.857 | |
| 76.625 | |
| 75.687 | |
| 75.571 | |
| 74.000 | |
| 71.000 | |
| 70.571 | |
| 70.400 | |
| 68.100 | |
| 67.333 | |
| 66.500 | |
| 66.200 | |
| 64.800 | |
| 60.000 | |
| 58.200 | |
| 53.333 | |
| 33.800 |
02In 1990
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.750. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
03Caveats
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 1990.
125 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 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 150 countries has every column.
04The files
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
For a spreadsheet or code
150 rows · 4.2 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download state-authority-over-territory-1990-nations-inquiry.csvThe publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zipWhat 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 (1990). State Authority over Territory, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/1990
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How it has moved, charted by country06Questions
6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.
1990.
150.
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
No. The newest held here is State Authority over Territory, 2025.