Data for 2025

State Authority over Territory, 2025

Name: State Authority over Territory, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Authority over Territory, 2025 covers 174 countries. 19 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Yemen is lowest, at 47.56. The middle country reads 95.30. Against 2024, 113 values changed (53 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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State Authority over Territory · Data for 2025

Highest19 countries share it

100.00

LowestYemen

47.56

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

174countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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State Authority over Territory, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Argentina`ARG`South America	100.00
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	100.00
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.00
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.00
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.00
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	100.00
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	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
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.00
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	100.00
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.00
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.00
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	100.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.93
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.92
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	99.91
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.91
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	99.91
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.86
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	99.86
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.83
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99.83
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	99.83
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.80
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.80
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.75
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.67
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.57
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.50
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	99.50
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.33
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.14
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	99.00
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.00
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.00
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.00
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.00
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.00
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.93
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.88
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	98.80
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	98.80
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.75
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.57
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.50
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.40
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.33
France`FRA`Western Europe	98.33
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.33
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	98.25
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.25
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	98.00
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.00
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.00
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.00
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	97.83
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	97.80
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.75
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.71
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.60
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.50
United States`USA`Northern America	97.46
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.25
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	97.20
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.13
Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.00
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	97.00
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.75
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	96.67
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.25
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	96.25
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	96.25
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	96.25
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	96.00
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	96.00
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	95.80
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	95.67
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	95.60
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	95.56
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.50
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.40
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	95.20
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.20
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.10
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	95.00
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.00
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.00
India`IND`Southern Asia	95.00
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	95.00
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.00
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	94.86
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	94.80
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	94.80
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	94.80
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	94.67
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	94.60
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	94.50
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	94.44
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	94.43
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.29
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.13
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.00
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	93.75
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.50
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	92.38
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	91.75
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	91.50
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.83
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	90.80
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	90.75
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.67
Panama`PAN`Central America	90.25
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	90.00
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	90.00
Ecuador`ECU`South America	90.00
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	90.00
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	89.83
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.75
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.50
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	88.33
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	87.86
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	87.60
Peru`PER`South America	87.60
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	87.40
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	86.75
Honduras`HND`Central America	86.50
Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.50
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	86.43
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	86.20
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.00
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.67
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	85.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	85.28
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	85.00
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.50
Venezuela`VEN`South America	84.00
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	83.14
Bolivia`BOL`South America	83.00
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.00
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82.63
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	82.50
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	82.25
Colombia`COL`South America	82.00
Niger`NER`Western Africa	80.83
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.67
Chile`CHL`South America	80.67
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	79.50
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.00
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	78.93
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.25
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.20
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.80
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	77.00
Paraguay`PRY`South America	76.00
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	74.67
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	73.57
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.00
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	70.25
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.20
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	69.00
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.33
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.75
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	65.60
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.00
Suriname`SUR`South America	65.00
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.75
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.00
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.56

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Argentinashared100.00
Azerbaijanshared100.00
Belarusshared100.00
Barbadosshared100.00
Switzerlandshared100.00

Lowest

Yemen47.56
Myanmar49.00
Sudan49.75
Surinameshared65.00
South Sudanshared65.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 174 in both
53 · 60rose · fell
61unchanged

Rose most

Libya43.50 → 65.60+22.10
Somalia61.20 → 74.67+13.47
Djibouti84.83 → 98.00+13.17
Haiti59.50 → 70.25+10.75
Saudi Arabia88.33 → 98.80+10.47

Fell most

Chile93.76 → 80.67−13.09
Papua New Guinea80.75 → 71.00−9.75
Pakistan86.00 → 78.93−7.07
Yemen54.22 → 47.56−6.66
Nigeria84.30 → 78.25−6.05

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 2025.
116 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 19 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 (2025). State Authority over Territory, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-authority-over-territory/2025

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07Questions