Iceland vs Switzerland: Sovereign state
Iceland
1
in 2022
Switzerland
1
in 2022
Iceland rank
1st
Switzerland rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Iceland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 1 against 1 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Switzerland |
| 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, Iceland or Switzerland?
- Iceland, at 1 against 1 in Switzerland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Iceland and Switzerland?
- 0, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Switzerland?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Iceland and Switzerland rank globally for sovereign state?
- Iceland ranks 1st and Switzerland 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.