Data for 2020

State Authority over Territory, 2020

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2020
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2020 covers 174 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Afghanistan is lowest, at 43.091. The middle country reads 94.900. Against 2019, 121 values changed (60 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2020

Highest14 countries share it

100.000

LowestAfghanistan

43.091

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

174countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
135distinct 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.000
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	100.000
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.000
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.000
Finland`FIN`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
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.000
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.000
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.000
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.000
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	100.000
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.929
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.923
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.909
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.909
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.875
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.857
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.857
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	99.857
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.833
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.714
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	99.600
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.571
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.455
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.429
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.400
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.333
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.286
Argentina`ARG`South America	99.167
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.167
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.143
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.125
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.045
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.929
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.929
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.750
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.714
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.625
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.600
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	98.571
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.500
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.333
France`FRA`Western Europe	98.333
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.333
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.333
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.250
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.200
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.143
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.857
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.778
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	97.714
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.714
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.714
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.529
Panama`PAN`Central America	97.500
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.500
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	97.500
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	97.500
United States`USA`Northern America	97.462
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.400
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	97.286
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	97.250
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.143
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	97.124
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.667
Chile`CHL`South America	96.429
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.333
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.286
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96.286
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.000
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95.778
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	95.500
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.500
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	95.429
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	95.250
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	95.222
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.100
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.100
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	95.000
Canada`CAN`Northern America	95.000
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.000
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	95.000
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.000
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.000
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	94.800
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	94.714
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	94.500
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	94.444
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	94.429
Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.375
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	94.286
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	94.286
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	94.286
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.250
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	94.167
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.000
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	93.833
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93.818
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	93.750
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.616
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	93.571
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	93.111
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.000
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	92.889
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	92.857
Brazil`BRA`South America	92.667
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.571
India`IND`Southern Asia	92.500
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	92.143
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.143
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	91.875
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	91.857
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	91.833
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	91.750
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.667
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.600
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	91.600
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	91.571
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.000
Peru`PER`South America	90.143
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	89.625
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	89.167
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	88.750
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88.333
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	88.000
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	88.000
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	87.778
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	87.667
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	87.500
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	87.429
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.778
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	86.600
Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.500
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	86.214
Bolivia`BOL`South America	86.211
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	86.167
Venezuela`VEN`South America	86.125
Honduras`HND`Central America	86.000
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	85.833
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.000
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	84.900
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.500
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	84.250
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.909
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.571
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	83.200
Colombia`COL`South America	83.125
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.000
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	81.222
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	81.000
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	80.625
Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.167
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.900
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.500
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	76.714
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	76.000
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.455
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	75.429
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	75.286
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	74.600
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	73.200
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72.600
Suriname`SUR`South America	71.667
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.000
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.889
Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.500
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.643
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.800
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	51.750
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.875
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.091

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Austriashared100.000
Switzerlandshared100.000
Cabo Verdeshared100.000
Estoniashared100.000
Finlandshared100.000

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.900. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 174 in both
60 · 61rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Sudan63.000 → 75.429+12.429
Azerbaijan81.900 → 91.600+9.700
Singapore85.000 → 92.857+7.857
Somalia49.571 → 56.643+7.072
South Sudan69.571 → 75.286+5.715

Fell most

Ethiopia88.727 → 73.200−15.527
Central African Republic65.000 → 51.750−13.250
Niger68.556 → 59.500−9.056
Afghanistan51.818 → 43.091−8.727
Lesotho95.100 → 86.600−8.500

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 2020.
135 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 (2020). State Authority over Territory, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2020

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