Botswana vs Brunei: Sovereign state
Botswana
1
in 2022
Brunei
1
in 2022
Botswana rank
1st
Brunei rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Botswana
- Brunei
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 1 against 1 in Brunei, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Brunei ahead.
Botswana ranks 1st and Brunei ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Brunei in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Brunei | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Brunei |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Botswana |
| 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, Botswana or Brunei?
- Botswana, at 1 against 1 in Brunei as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Botswana and Brunei?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Brunei?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Botswana and Brunei rank globally for sovereign state?
- Botswana ranks 1st and Brunei 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.