Australia vs Saudi Arabia: Sovereign state
Australia
1
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
1
in 2022
Australia rank
1st
Saudi Arabia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Australia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 1st and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1890s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1900s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 Saudi Arabia?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Saudi Arabia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Australia and Saudi Arabia?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Saudi Arabia?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Australia ranks 1st and Saudi Arabia 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
The country is identified as a sovereign state by the ISD dataset.