Data for 2008

State Authority over Territory, 2008

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2008
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2008 covers 173 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 37.273. The middle country reads 95.500. Against 2007, 29 values changed (15 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2008

Highest13 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

37.273

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

173countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2008: 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
Montenegro`MNE`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
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.727
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.700
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.688
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
Russia`RUS`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 Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.571
United States`USA`Northern America	98.545
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.533
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	98.500
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	98.357
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.333
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	98.308
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.308
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.188
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.000
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.000
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.833
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.833
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.750
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.714
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.700
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
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.250
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	97.250
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	97.222
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.200
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.083
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.071
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.000
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	97.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.786
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.769
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.750
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.562
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.500
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.200
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.000
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.875
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.818
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	95.500
Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.500
France`FRA`Western Europe	95.500
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.429
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	95.273
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.200
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.000
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	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
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.312
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.182
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.889
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.433
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93.143
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.111
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	93.000
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.000
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93.000
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.833
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.818
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	92.727
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.364
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	92.111
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.083
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
Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.909
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	90.667
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	90.556
Peru`PER`South America	90.545
India`IND`Southern Asia	90.500
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.200
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.000
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.000
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.733
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	89.600
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.333
Mexico`MEX`Central America	89.154
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	89.091
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	88.900
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	88.429
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	88.000
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Panama`PAN`Central America	87.500
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.364
Honduras`HND`Central America	87.111
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	86.909
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.714
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	86.400
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Suriname`SUR`South America	83.750
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	83.650
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83.538
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	83.538
Paraguay`PRY`South America	83.500
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.889
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	82.308
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.969
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	81.818
Colombia`COL`South America	81.071
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.636
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.500
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	78.429
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.389
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78.167
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.750
Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.182
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.167
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	75.833
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	74.154
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	71.923
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.923
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	68.286
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.100
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	67.846
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.500
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.077
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	63.765
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.273

02In 2008

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

Somalia37.273
Afghanistan63.765
Côte d’Ivoire66.077
Cyprus66.500
Sudan67.846

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
29values changed, of 172 in both
15 · 14rose · fell
143unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania80.938 → 90.000+9.062
Iraq68.769 → 69.923+1.154
Burundi92.778 → 93.889+1.111
Sudan67.077 → 67.846+0.769
Sri Lanka75.417 → 76.167+0.750

Fell most

Georgia81.800 → 78.389−3.411
Bosnia and Herzegovina95.692 → 93.000−2.692
Bolivia93.455 → 90.909−2.546
Afghanistan65.471 → 63.765−1.706
Paraguay84.375 → 83.500−0.875

+ Kosovo

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

Read before you use

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 2008.
141 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 13 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2008). State Authority over Territory, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2008

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