Bulgaria vs Latvia: Sovereign state
Bulgaria
1
in 2022
Latvia
1
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Bulgaria
- Latvia
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Latvia ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Bulgaria |
| 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, Bulgaria or Latvia?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Bulgaria and Latvia?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Latvia?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Latvia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Latvia 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.