Data for 2016

State Authority over Territory, 2016

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2016
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2016 covers 174 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Yemen is lowest, at 44.455. The middle country reads 95.437. Against 2015, 68 values changed (34 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2016

Highest13 countries share it

100.000

LowestYemen

44.455

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

174countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2016: 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
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
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.917
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.909
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.909
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.833
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.812
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.733
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.667
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.667
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.636
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.625
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.500
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.462
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.400
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.333
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.286
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.045
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.900
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.875
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.714
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.700
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.667
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	98.625
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.625
United States`USA`Northern America	98.545
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.455
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.417
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.333
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.333
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.333
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.273
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.111
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.000
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.750
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	97.727
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
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.529
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.500
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.444
Argentina`ARG`South America	97.385
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.250
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	97.222
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.200
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.182
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.125
Chile`CHL`South America	97.100
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.000
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	96.909
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.786
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.750
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	96.692
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.462
Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.455
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	96.333
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.333
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	96.111
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.100
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	95.875
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.833
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.769
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.688
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.556
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	95.500
France`FRA`Western Europe	95.500
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	95.444
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.429
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	95.250
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	95.200
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.200
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.154
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.100
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	95.000
Bolivia`BOL`South America	94.444
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.333
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.250
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.250
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	94.091
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.583
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.571
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	93.438
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	93.286
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	93.250
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.111
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.000
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	92.778
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	92.778
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	92.500
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	92.417
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92.375
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	92.200
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.182
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.000
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	91.778
Peru`PER`South America	91.778
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	91.667
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.667
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	91.667
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	91.250
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	91.100
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.875
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.800
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	90.714
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	89.455
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.429
Honduras`HND`Central America	89.000
Brazil`BRA`South America	88.692
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	88.682
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	88.000
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87.571
India`IND`Southern Asia	87.500
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	87.500
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.200
Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.100
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	86.857
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	86.833
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.800
Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.700
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	86.091
Panama`PAN`Central America	86.091
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	85.333
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.000
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	84.167
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.909
Colombia`COL`South America	83.818
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.636
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	83.375
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.286
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	81.818
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	81.500
Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.167
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.909
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.400
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	79.143
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.500
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	78.500
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	78.182
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	77.333
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	76.944
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	75.833
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	73.636
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.600
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.444
Suriname`SUR`South America	67.500
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.125
Niger`NER`Western Africa	65.111
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	61.500
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	59.091
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	55.500
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.929
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.286
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.500
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.455

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.000
Austriashared100.000
Belarusshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000
Estoniashared100.000

Lowest

Yemen44.455
Libya47.500
Somalia50.286
Afghanistan54.929
Syria55.500

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.437. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
68values changed, of 174 in both
34 · 34rose · fell
106unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands84.556 → 94.333+9.777
Syria46.455 → 55.500+9.045
Iraq65.600 → 69.600+4.000
Nepal87.500 → 91.250+3.750
Colombia81.000 → 83.818+2.818

Fell most

Mauritania90.125 → 83.375−6.750
South Sudan64.667 → 59.091−5.576
Suriname72.857 → 67.500−5.357
Cameroon94.909 → 91.778−3.131
Yemen47.455 → 44.455−3.000

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 2016.
143 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2016). State Authority over Territory, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2016

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