Data for 2001

State Authority over Territory, 2001

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2001 covers 170 countries. 12 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 35.000. The middle country reads 95.381. Against 2000, 11 values changed (7 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2001

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
2001the year it describes
143distinct 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, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2001: 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
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	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
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
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.000
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.875
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.769
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.750
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.750
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.700
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	98.667
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.600
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.571
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
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	98.357
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.333
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.333
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
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.000
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	96.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.875
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.818
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.692
Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.500
France`FRA`Western Europe	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
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.200
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.000
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.000
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.929
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.833
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.750
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.700
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.625
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	94.600
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.400
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.182
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	94.167
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.833
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.167
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern 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
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.000
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.667
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.583
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	91.571
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91.417
Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.000
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.941
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.833
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.545
India`IND`Southern Asia	90.500
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.000
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.000
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	89.792
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.733
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.333
Mexico`MEX`Central America	89.077
Peru`PER`South America	87.667
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Panama`PAN`Central America	87.500
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.364
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	87.200
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.857
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.714
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.250
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	85.571
Honduras`HND`Central America	85.333
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.000
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.400
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.200
Paraguay`PRY`South America	84.188
Suriname`SUR`South America	83.750
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83.538
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.500
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83.429
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.969
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	80.938
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.000
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.636
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	79.333
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.200
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.500
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.200
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.857
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.625
Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.182
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	76.143
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	75.769
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	73.800
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.750
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	73.385
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.000
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.800
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	71.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	68.167
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.100
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.600
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.500
Colombia`COL`South America	64.000
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.571
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62.571
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.000

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000
Estoniashared100.000

Lowest

Somalia35.000
Lebanon62.571
Sierra Leone63.571
Colombia64.000
Cyprus66.500

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.381. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
11values changed, of 170 in both
7 · 4rose · fell
159unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon57.200 → 62.571+5.371
Qatar94.600 → 98.667+4.067
Bosnia and Herzegovina91.667 → 95.692+4.025
DR Congo64.200 → 66.600+2.400
Indonesia91.000 → 93.000+2.000

Fell most

North Macedonia87.667 → 68.167−19.500
Myanmar79.000 → 73.385−5.615
Liberia77.000 → 72.800−4.200
Mexico91.000 → 89.077−1.923

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 2001.
143 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2001). State Authority over Territory, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2001

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