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