Belgium vs Italy: Sovereign state

Belgium
1
in 2022
Italy
1
in 2022
Belgium rank
1st
Italy rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Belgium
  • Italy
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.

Across all 207 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Italy Difference Ahead
1810s 0 1 1 Italy
1820s 0 1 1 Italy
1830s 1 1 0
1840s 1 1 0
1850s 1 1 0
1860s 1 1 0
1870s 1 1 0
1880s 1 1 0
1890s 1 1 0
1900s 1 1 0
1910s 1 1 0
1920s 1 1 0
1930s 1 1 0
1940s 0.5 1 0.5 Italy
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, Belgium or Italy?
Belgium, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Belgium and Italy?
0, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for sovereign state?
Belgium ranks 1st and Italy 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.