Data for 1993

State Authority over Territory, 1993

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 1993 covers 170 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 35.000. The middle country reads 95.000. Against 1992, 21 values changed (14 up, 7 down), 2 countries joined.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 1993

Highest10 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

35.000

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

170countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
141distinct 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, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 1993: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	100.000
BelarusBLREastern Europe	100.000
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	100.000
EritreaERIEastern Africa	100.000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	100.000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	100.000
MaltaMLTSouthern 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
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.812
EcuadorECUSouth America	99.750
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.734
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	99.727
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.700
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
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	99.000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	98.929
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	98.929
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	98.875
OmanOMNWestern Asia	98.857
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	98.769
GuyanaGUYSouth America	98.750
SpainESPSouthern Europe	98.750
CubaCUBCaribbean	98.700
PolandPOLEastern Europe	98.600
United StatesUSANorthern America	98.545
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	98.533
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	98.500
CanadaCANNorthern America	98.438
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	98.200
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	98.000
UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	98.000
Costa RicaCRICentral America	97.929
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	97.833
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	97.800
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	97.778
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	97.750
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	97.714
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	97.667
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	97.600
ChileCHLSouth America	97.571
JapanJPNEastern Asia	97.529
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	97.500
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	97.500
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	97.444
ArgentinaARGSouth America	97.385
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	97.222
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	97.200
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.083
IsraelISRWestern Asia	97.071
JordanJORWestern Asia	96.800
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	96.786
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	96.600
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	96.333
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	96.000
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	96.000
MexicoMEXCentral America	96.000
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	95.875
FranceFRAWestern Europe	95.500
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	95.500
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	95.455
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	95.429
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	95.333
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	95.200
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	95.000
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	95.000
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	94.929
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	94.833
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	94.625
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	94.600
QatarQATWestern Asia	94.600
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	94.400
FijiFJIMelanesia	94.182
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	94.167
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	93.750
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	93.500
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	93.500
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	93.167
GuineaGINWestern Africa	93.000
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	93.000
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	93.000
ItalyITASouthern Europe	92.727
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	92.727
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	92.500
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	92.000
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	92.000
IranIRNSouthern Asia	91.667
SenegalSENWestern Africa	91.583
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	91.571
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	91.000
BrazilBRASouth America	90.941
KenyaKENEastern Africa	90.833
VenezuelaVENSouth America	90.833
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	90.800
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	90.600
NicaraguaNICCentral America	90.545
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	90.000
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	89.733
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	89.000
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	87.571
TogoTGOWestern Africa	87.364
BoliviaBOLSouth America	87.250
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	87.000
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	86.857
GabonGABMiddle Africa	86.714
ParaguayPRYSouth America	85.800
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	85.583
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	85.000
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	84.400
HaitiHTICaribbean	84.200
HondurasHNDCentral America	84.000
SurinameSURSouth America	83.750
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	83.538
BeninBENWestern Africa	83.500
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	83.400
PeruPERSouth America	82.667
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	81.969
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	81.667
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	81.600
NigerNERWestern Africa	81.000
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	80.938
IraqIRQWestern Asia	80.000
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	79.750
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	79.636
PanamaPANCentral America	79.333
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	79.200
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	78.750
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	77.600
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	77.000
MaliMLIWestern Africa	76.857
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	76.625
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	76.143
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	76.000
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	75.800
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	74.000
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	71.400
YemenYEMWestern Asia	71.400
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	71.000
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	70.571
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	68.100
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	66.500
ColombiaCOLSouth America	66.200
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	57.200
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	56.667
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	54.800
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	50.857
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	47.200
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	42.800
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	41.000
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	35.000

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000
Eritreashared100.000

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
21values changed, of 168 in both
14 · 7rose · fell
147unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique58.200 → 92.727+34.527
Djibouti82.600 → 92.000+9.400
Liberia33.800 → 42.800+9.000
El Salvador89.000 → 94.929+5.929
Ethiopia89.429 → 95.000+5.571

Fell most

Russia96.800 → 77.600−19.200
Suriname94.000 → 83.750−10.250
Azerbaijan92.667 → 83.538−9.129
Georgia84.835 → 79.200−5.635
Angola60.000 → 56.667−3.333

+ Eritrea

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
141 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 10 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 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). State Authority over Territory, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/1993

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