Data for 2003

State Authority over Territory, 2003

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2003 covers 171 countries. 12 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 35.000. The middle country reads 95.455. Against 2002, 18 values changed (9 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2003

Highest12 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

35.000

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

171countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
142distinct 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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2003: 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
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	98.308
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.000
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
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
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.500
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	96.500
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.875
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.818
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.692
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	95.500
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
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
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.700
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.625
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.400
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.182
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.000
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.167
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.000
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	92.778
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.727
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	92.727
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	92.500
Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.273
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.167
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	92.000
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.667
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	91.667
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.583
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	91.571
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91.417
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	91.333
Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.000
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.941
Peru`PER`South America	90.818
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.545
India`IND`Southern Asia	90.500
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.000
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	89.792
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.733
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	89.500
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.333
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	89.167
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	89.091
Mexico`MEX`Central America	89.077
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Panama`PAN`Central America	87.500
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.364
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.857
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.714
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.250
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.429
Honduras`HND`Central America	85.333
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.200
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	84.200
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	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
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.889
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	82.143
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.969
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	80.938
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	80.000
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.636
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.200
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.500
Colombia`COL`South America	77.357
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	77.000
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.857
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.625
Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.182
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	75.769
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	73.800
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	73.385
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.000
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	68.765
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.600
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.100
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.600
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.500
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.077
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.952
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62.571
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	52.400
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.000

02In 2003

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
Liberia52.400
Lebanon62.571
Iraq65.952
Côte d’Ivoire66.077

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.455. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
18values changed, of 171 in both
9 · 9rose · fell
153unchanged

Rose most

Angola73.750 → 89.500+15.750
Madagascar68.429 → 82.889+14.460
North Macedonia84.333 → 91.667+7.334
Colombia71.000 → 77.357+6.357
Central African Republic71.137 → 77.000+5.863

Fell most

Liberia72.800 → 52.400−20.400
Iraq80.000 → 65.952−14.048
Afghanistan73.667 → 68.765−4.902
Haiti87.200 → 84.200−3.000
Tajikistan92.000 → 89.091−2.909

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 2003.
142 distinct values among 171
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 171 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 (2003). State Authority over Territory, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2003

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