Australia vs Bhutan: Sovereign state

Australia
1
in 2022
Bhutan
1
in 2022
Australia rank
1st
Bhutan rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Australia
  • Bhutan
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Bhutan ahead.

Australia ranks 1st and Bhutan ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Bhutan in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Bhutan Difference Ahead
1810s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1820s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1830s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1840s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1850s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1860s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1870s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1880s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1890s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1900s 0 1 1 Bhutan
1910s 0 0.1 0.1 Bhutan
1920s 1 0 1 Australia
1930s 1 0 1 Australia
1940s 1 0 1 Australia
1950s 1 0 1 Australia
1960s 1 0 1 Australia
1970s 1 0.9 0.1 Australia
1980s 1 1 0
1990s 1 1 0
2000s 1 1 0
2010s 1 1 0
2020s 1 1 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sovereign state, Australia or Bhutan?
Australia, at 1 against 1 in Bhutan as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Australia and Bhutan?
0, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Bhutan?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Australia and Bhutan rank globally for sovereign state?
Australia ranks 1st and Bhutan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Sovereign state. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,158 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by the ISD dataset.