Belize vs Costa Rica: Sovereign state
Belize
1
in 2022
Costa Rica
1
in 2022
Belize rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Belize
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Belize currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Belize or Costa Rica?
- Belize, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Belize and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Costa Rica?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Belize and Costa Rica rank globally for sovereign state?
- Belize ranks 1st and Costa Rica 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.