Data for 2023

State Authority over Territory, 2023

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2023 covers 174 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Libya is lowest, at 43.33. The middle country reads 95.00. Against 2022, 99 values changed (49 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2023

Highest13 countries share it

100.00

LowestLibya

43.33

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

174countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
128distinct 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	100.00
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.00
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	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
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	100.00
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.00
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.00
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.00
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.00
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.93
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.91
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.91
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	99.91
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.88
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.86
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.83
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.83
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.67
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.57
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.50
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.50
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.44
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.40
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	99.38
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.33
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.29
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.29
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.29
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.14
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.14
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.13
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.13
Argentina`ARG`South America	99.00
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.00
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.00
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	99.00
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.00
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.93
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.88
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.75
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.50
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.33
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.33
France`FRA`Western Europe	98.33
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.29
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.25
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.25
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.14
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.13
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.86
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	97.83
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	97.80
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.78
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.64
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.50
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.50
United States`USA`Northern America	97.46
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	97.40
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.14
Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.00
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	97.00
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.00
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.83
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	96.60
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	96.60
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	96.44
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.43
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.29
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	96.25
Panama`PAN`Central America	96.00
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.00
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	95.83
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.67
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	95.67
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	95.57
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	95.56
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	95.56
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.50
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	95.43
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	95.17
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.10
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	95.00
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	95.00
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.00
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	95.00
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.00
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.00
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	94.83
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.80
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	94.67
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.60
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	94.57
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	94.44
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.40
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	94.40
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.29
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.22
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	94.20
Guyana`GUY`South America	94.17
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.14
Chile`CHL`South America	94.00
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	94.00
India`IND`Southern Asia	93.89
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93.78
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	93.25
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.12
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.50
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	92.38
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92.25
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	92.00
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.00
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	91.80
Mexico`MEX`Central America	91.33
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	91.11
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	91.00
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	90.57
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.40
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	90.22
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.20
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	88.67
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	88.60
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	88.33
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	88.29
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	87.86
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.86
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	87.60
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	87.50
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.36
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	86.67
Peru`PER`South America	86.57
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.40
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	86.33
Bolivia`BOL`South America	85.83
Ecuador`ECU`South America	85.83
Colombia`COL`South America	85.80
Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.71
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	85.67
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85.50
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	85.00
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	84.55
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	84.44
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	84.00
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	84.00
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.57
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.33
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82.22
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	81.67
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	81.33
Honduras`HND`Central America	81.20
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.20
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	81.00
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.50
Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.00
Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.14
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	76.57
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	75.71
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.33
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	73.89
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	72.50
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	72.14
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.40
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	70.00
Suriname`SUR`South America	69.60
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	69.33
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	68.50
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.19
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.29
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	57.60
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	54.22
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.33

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bangladeshshared100.00
Belarusshared100.00
Switzerlandshared100.00
Cabo Verdeshared100.00
Estoniashared100.00

Lowest

Libya43.33
Yemen54.22
Sudan57.60
Myanmar60.29
Ethiopia68.19

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 174 in both
49 · 50rose · fell
75unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan50.40 → 68.50+18.10
Tanzania81.33 → 96.60+15.27
Mali72.50 → 83.33+10.83
Moldova76.71 → 86.40+9.69
Ethiopia60.00 → 68.19+8.19

Fell most

Sudan72.17 → 57.60−14.57
Haiti85.00 → 72.50−12.50
Nicaragua91.90 → 82.22−9.68
Ecuador93.33 → 85.83−7.50
Gabon87.67 → 81.00−6.67

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 2023.
128 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 13 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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V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zip

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 (2023). State Authority over Territory, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2023

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