Percentage of territory controlled by government by country
Countries reporting
174
Highest
100
Argentina
Lowest
26
Vatican
Median
95.3
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
22,594
What the numbers show
Percentage of territory controlled by government is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 100 in Argentina; the lowest is 26 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.3, and the mean is 91.15.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 56.0%), and the largest decrease in Vatican (down 70.5%).
Percentage of territory controlled by government: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | El Salvador | 100 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 100 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Czechia | 99.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Uruguay | 99.92 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 99.91 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 99.91 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 99.91 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 99.86 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Rwanda | 99.86 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Iceland | 99.83 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | New Zealand | 99.83 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | North Korea | 99.83 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 99.8 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 99.75 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 99.67 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 99.57 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 99.5 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 35 | Seychelles | 99.5 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 99.33 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 99.14 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 99 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 39 | Mongolia | 99 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 39 | Netherlands | 99 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 99 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 39 | Sweden | 99 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 99 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 98.93 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | South Korea | 98.88 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 98.8 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 98.8 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 98.75 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 50 | Montenegro | 98.57 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | Greece | 98.5 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ireland | 98.4 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 53 | Botswana | 98.33 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | France | 98.33 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 98.33 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 56 | Laos | 98.25 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 98.25 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 58 | Djibouti | 98 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 58 | Guyana | 98 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 98 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 58 | Vietnam | 98 | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.83 | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 63 | Tanzania | 97.8 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 64 | Namibia | 97.75 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Romania | 97.71 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 66 | Kuwait | 97.6 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | Portugal | 97.5 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | United States | 97.46 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 97.25 | 2025 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 70 | Eritrea | 97.2 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 71 | China | 97.12 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 72 | Canada | 97 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 72 | Thailand | 97 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 96.75 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 75 | Latvia | 96.67 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 96.25 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 96.25 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Bhutan | 96.25 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 76 | Japan | 96.25 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 96 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | Armenia | 96 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 82 | Bahrain | 95.8 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 83 | East Timor | 95.67 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 84 | Nepal | 95.6 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 85 | Ghana | 95.56 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 95.5 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 87 | Maldives | 95.4 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 88 | Indonesia | 95.2 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Russia | 95.2 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 90 | Jamaica | 95.1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Burundi | 95 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 95 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 91 | India | 95 | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 91 | Philippines | 95 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 95 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 91 | Eswatini | 95 | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 97 | Serbia | 94.86 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 98 | Israel | 94.8 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 98 | Turkey | 94.8 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 94.8 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 101 | Gambia | 94.67 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 94.6 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 103 | Egypt | 94.5 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 94.44 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 105 | Lesotho | 94.43 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 106 | Uganda | 94.29 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 107 | Tunisia | 94.12 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 94 | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 109 | Zambia | 93.75 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.5 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 111 | Australia | 92.38 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 112 | Liberia | 91.75 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 113 | Brazil | 90.83 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 114 | Morocco | 90.8 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 115 | Senegal | 90.75 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 90.67 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 90.25 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 118 | Benin | 90 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 90 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 118 | Ecuador | 90 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 90 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 89.83 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 123 | Guinea | 88.75 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 124 | Moldova | 88.5 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 125 | Guatemala | 88.33 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 126 | Mauritania | 87.86 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 127 | Cambodia | 87.6 | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 87.6 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 129 | Italy | 87.4 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 130 | Iran | 86.75 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 86.5 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 131 | Mexico | 86.5 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 133 | Cameroon | 86.43 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 134 | Kenya | 86.2 | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 135 | Gabon | 86 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 136 | Mozambique | 85.67 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 85.33 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85.28 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritius | 85 | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 140 | Madagascar | 84.5 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 141 | Venezuela | 84 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 142 | Georgia | 83.14 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 143 | Bolivia | 83 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 143 | Togo | 83 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 82.62 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 82.5 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 82.25 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 148 | Colombia | 82 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 149 | Niger | 80.83 | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 80.67 | 2025 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 150 | Chile | 80.67 | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 79.5 | 2025 | up 39.2% | flat |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 79 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 154 | Pakistan | 78.93 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 155 | Nigeria | 78.25 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 156 | Congo | 78.2 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 157 | Mali | 77.8 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 158 | Lebanon | 77 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 159 | Paraguay | 76 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 160 | Somalia | 74.67 | 2025 | up 56.0% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 73.57 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 71 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 163 | Haiti | 70.25 | 2025 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 164 | Cyprus | 70.2 | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 165 | Ukraine | 69 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 68.33 | 2025 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 167 | Syria | 67.75 | 2025 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 168 | Libya | 65.6 | 2025 | up 45.2% | flat |
| 169 | South Sudan | 65 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 169 | Suriname | 65 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 171 | Sudan | 49.75 | 2025 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 172 | Myanmar | 49 | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 173 | Yemen | 47.56 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 174 | Vatican | 26 | 1869 | down 70.5% | falling |