Data for 2018

State Authority over Territory, 2018

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2018
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2018 covers 174 countries. 16 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Libya is lowest, at 46.25. The middle country reads 95.33. Against 2017, 114 values changed (61 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2018

Highest16 countries share it

100.00

LowestLibya

46.25

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

174countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	100.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.00
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.00
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.00
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.00
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.00
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.00
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.00
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.00
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	100.00
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.00
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.00
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.00
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.00
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	100.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.93
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.92
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.92
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.91
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.91
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.88
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.86
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	99.86
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.83
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.83
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.67
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.57
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.57
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.30
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.29
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.29
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	99.17
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.13
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.05
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.00
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.93
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.93
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.70
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.64
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	98.60
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	98.57
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.57
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.50
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.46
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.44
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.40
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.33
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.33
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.29
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.14
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.88
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.78
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.71
United States`USA`Northern America	97.57
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.57
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.56
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.53
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.50
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.44
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.40
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	97.25
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	97.22
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.20
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.14
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	97.13
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.00
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.90
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	96.80
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.79
Argentina`ARG`South America	96.67
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	96.50
Canada`CAN`Northern America	96.38
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.33
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.27
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	96.20
Chile`CHL`South America	96.11
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.00
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	96.00
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.86
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.83
France`FRA`Western Europe	95.71
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.58
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	95.50
Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.44
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	95.44
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	95.22
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.15
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.14
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.10
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.10
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.00
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.67
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	94.40
Bolivia`BOL`South America	94.33
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.29
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.00
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.94
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93.91
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.71
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	93.67
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.57
Panama`PAN`Central America	93.50
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	93.50
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	93.20
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.13
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	92.90
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	92.33
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.88
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	91.86
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.67
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	91.63
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	91.57
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.56
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	91.38
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91.38
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	91.38
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	91.27
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	91.00
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	90.56
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	90.56
Peru`PER`South America	90.14
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.00
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.00
Brazil`BRA`South America	89.88
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	89.86
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89.67
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	89.17
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.14
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	88.83
Honduras`HND`Central America	88.71
India`IND`Southern Asia	88.71
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.62
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	88.50
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.40
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	88.13
Mexico`MEX`Central America	87.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	86.78
Venezuela`VEN`South America	86.78
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.67
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	85.33
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	85.00
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.89
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	84.55
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.25
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.91
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.67
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	83.50
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.43
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82.00
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	81.89
Colombia`COL`South America	81.00
Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.17
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.90
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	79.83
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.64
Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.44
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	78.38
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	78.18
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.22
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	76.00
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	75.38
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	73.29
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	72.50
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.22
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.14
Suriname`SUR`South America	66.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.00
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	53.75
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.71
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	46.50
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.25

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Armeniashared100.00
Austriashared100.00
Belarusshared100.00
Estoniashared100.00
Finlandshared100.00

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 174 in both
61 · 53rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Iraq73.20 → 88.13+14.92
Niger63.67 → 78.44+14.78
Syria57.40 → 68.22+10.82
South Sudan66.60 → 76.00+9.40
Panama85.00 → 93.50+8.50

Fell most

Colombia86.20 → 81.00−5.20
Somalia55.71 → 50.71−5.00
Sierra Leone98.38 → 93.50−4.88
Republic of the Congo84.00 → 79.83−4.17
Chad76.50 → 72.50−4.00

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 2018.
139 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 16 countries share 100.00. 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.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2018). State Authority over Territory, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2018

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions