Data for 1996

State Authority over Territory, 1996

Name: State Authority over Territory, 1996
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1996, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 1996 covers 170 countries. 12 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 35.000. The middle country reads 95.200. Against 1995, 10 values changed (8 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 1996

Highest12 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

35.000

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

170countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
137distinct 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, 1996, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 1996: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	100.000
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.000
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	100.000
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	100.000
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.000
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.000
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.000
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.000
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.000
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.000
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.929
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.929
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.923
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.923
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.917
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.909
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.909
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.850
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.833
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.812
Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.750
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.727
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.700
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.636
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.462
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.333
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.300
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.286
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.250
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.111
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	99.100
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.091
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.045
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.875
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.800
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.769
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.750
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.750
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.700
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.600
United States`USA`Northern America	98.545
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.533
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	98.500
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.438
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	98.333
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.333
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.200
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.000
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.929
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.833
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.833
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.800
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.750
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.714
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	97.667
Chile`CHL`South America	97.571
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.529
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.500
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.444
Argentina`ARG`South America	97.385
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.231
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	97.222
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.200
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.083
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.071
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.786
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.667
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.562
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.250
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.000
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	96.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.875
France`FRA`Western Europe	95.500
India`IND`Southern Asia	95.500
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.455
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	95.455
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.429
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	95.333
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.200
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.200
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.000
Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.000
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.929
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.833
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.625
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	94.600
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	94.600
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	94.600
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.400
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.182
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	94.167
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	93.750
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.500
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	93.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.167
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.000
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.000
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	92.778
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.727
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	92.727
Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.273
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.000
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.000
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.667
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.583
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	91.571
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	91.000
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.941
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.833
Venezuela`VEN`South America	90.833
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	90.600
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.545
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.733
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	89.000
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	88.000
Peru`PER`South America	87.667
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.364
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	87.200
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	87.000
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.857
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.714
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.250
Paraguay`PRY`South America	85.800
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	85.000
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.400
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	84.000
Honduras`HND`Central America	84.000
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	83.800
Suriname`SUR`South America	83.750
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83.538
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.500
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	83.400
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.969
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.667
Niger`NER`Western Africa	81.000
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	80.938
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.000
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.636
Panama`PAN`Central America	79.333
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.200
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	79.000
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.500
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	77.800
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.000
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.857
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.625
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	76.143
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	74.000
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	73.800
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	71.714
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	71.000
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.100
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.500
Colombia`COL`South America	64.200
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.333
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.400
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.200
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	50.857
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42.800
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.000

02In 1996

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

Somalia35.000
Liberia42.800
Sierra Leone50.857
Lebanon57.200
DR Congo62.400

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
10values changed, of 170 in both
8 · 2rose · fell
160unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan54.000 → 84.000+30.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina61.200 → 85.000+23.800
Croatia79.750 → 96.250+16.500
Angola56.667 → 63.333+6.666
Kazakhstan93.000 → 98.333+5.333

Fell most

DR Congo75.800 → 62.400−13.400
Oman99.000 → 96.667−2.333

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.

How values are stored

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 1996.
137 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 12 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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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.

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1996). State Authority over Territory, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/1996

0636 held

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