Data for 2014

State Authority over Territory, 2014

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2014 covers 174 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Syria is lowest, at 44.818. The middle country reads 95.622. Against 2013, 31 values changed (15 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2014

Highest14 countries share it

100.000

LowestSyria

44.818

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

174countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	100.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	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
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
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.700
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.667
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.636
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.500
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.462
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.400
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.333
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.333
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.286
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.250
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.045
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.900
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.846
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.769
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.714
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.700
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.692
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	98.625
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.625
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.600
United States`USA`Northern America	98.545
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.455
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.333
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.286
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.100
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.000
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	98.000
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	97.800
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.778
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.750
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.714
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	97.700
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	97.667
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.583
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.545
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.529
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.444
Argentina`ARG`South America	97.385
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.333
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	97.267
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.250
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.250
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	97.222
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.200
Chile`CHL`South America	97.100
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.083
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.000
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.000
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	97.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.786
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.750
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.750
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	96.692
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.462
Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.455
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	96.444
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.200
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	96.111
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.923
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.833
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.688
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.556
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
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.154
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.100
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	94.909
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.625
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.571
Bolivia`BOL`South America	94.000
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	93.909
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.889
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.636
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.583
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93.571
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.545
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	93.438
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93.231
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.111
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.000
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.900
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	92.778
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	92.500
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92.375
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	92.200
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.182
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	91.833
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	91.667
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.667
Peru`PER`South America	91.333
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.875
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	90.800
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	90.714
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.385
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90.125
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.118
India`IND`Southern Asia	89.353
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.300
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.286
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	89.222
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	88.545
Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.400
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	88.000
Mexico`MEX`Central America	87.727
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
Honduras`HND`Central America	87.143
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	86.857
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	86.500
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.300
Panama`PAN`Central America	86.091
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.909
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	84.818
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	84.167
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.909
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	83.846
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.857
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82.000
Paraguay`PRY`South America	81.875
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.700
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	81.636
Colombia`COL`South America	81.000
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.000
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.400
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	79.143
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.800
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	78.500
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	78.250
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	77.821
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	76.944
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	76.727
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.417
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	73.909
Suriname`SUR`South America	72.857
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.444
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.125
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	66.000
Niger`NER`Western Africa	65.111
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.800
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.818
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.312
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.500
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51.373
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.429
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.818

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.000
Austriashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.622. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
31values changed, of 174 in both
15 · 16rose · fell
143unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar74.250 → 78.500+4.250
Egypt84.364 → 88.545+4.181
South Sudan63.833 → 66.000+2.167
Mexico85.571 → 87.727+2.156
Mali75.000 → 76.417+1.417

Fell most

Ukraine97.625 → 77.821−19.804
Iraq75.800 → 63.800−12.000
Libya59.625 → 51.373−8.252
Yemen65.545 → 60.818−4.727
Syria47.636 → 44.818−2.818

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 2014.
147 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 14 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). State Authority over Territory, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2014

0636 held

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