Data for 2011

State Authority over Territory, 2011

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2011 covers 174 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Somalia is lowest, at 37.273. The middle country reads 95.801. Against 2010, 29 values changed (13 up, 16 down), 1 country joined.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2011

Highest13 countries share it

100.000

LowestSomalia

37.273

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

174countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2011: 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
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.812
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.727
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.700
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.700
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.636
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.500
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.462
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.333
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
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.045
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.929
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.875
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.867
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.750
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.750
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	98.727
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.700
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	98.667
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	98.643
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.625
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.615
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.600
United States`USA`Northern America	98.545
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.500
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.333
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.308
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.000
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.000
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.000
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.833
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.750
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
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.438
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
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.071
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.000
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	97.000
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.786
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.769
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.750
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	96.692
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.583
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.562
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	96.462
Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.455
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.200
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.875
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.727
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.692
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	95.500
France`FRA`Western Europe	95.500
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.429
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.200
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.100
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.000
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.000
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	95.000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	95.000
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.625
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.571
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.375
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.200
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.182
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	93.909
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.889
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.800
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.583
Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.917
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.909
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.818
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.750
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.583
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92.167
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.167
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.667
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	91.667
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.583
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	91.364
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	91.333
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.300
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.909
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Venezuela`VEN`South America	90.769
Peru`PER`South America	90.727
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	90.615
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	90.615
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	90.556
India`IND`Southern Asia	90.278
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.200
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.118
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.533
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	88.429
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	88.357
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Panama`PAN`Central America	87.500
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.364
Honduras`HND`Central America	87.278
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.714
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	86.400
Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.857
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	85.364
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	84.333
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83.769
Suriname`SUR`South America	83.750
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	83.650
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	83.500
Paraguay`PRY`South America	83.500
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	82.308
Colombia`COL`South America	81.714
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.700
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.462
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.938
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.636
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	79.615
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.333
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	77.500
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	77.250
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	77.000
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	76.656
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.625
Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.227
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	74.214
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.667
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	72.923
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	72.400
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.607
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.692
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.196
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	65.462
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	62.118
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.273

02In 2011

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
Afghanistan62.118
Yemen65.462
Libya66.196
Cyprus66.500

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
29values changed, of 173 in both
13 · 16rose · fell
144unchanged

Rose most

Côte d’Ivoire70.385 → 81.462+11.077
Kyrgyzstan89.923 → 96.462+6.539
Myanmar76.000 → 77.500+1.500
Nepal89.615 → 90.615+1.000
Tajikistan90.455 → 90.909+0.454

Fell most

Libya93.111 → 66.196−26.915
Yemen70.846 → 65.462−5.384
Syria88.333 → 84.333−4.000
Tunisia91.571 → 88.357−3.214
Madagascar79.556 → 77.000−2.556

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
141 distinct values among 174
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 174 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 (2011). State Authority over Territory, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2011

0636 held

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