Japan vs Nauru: Sovereign state
Japan
1
in 2022
Nauru
1
in 2022
Japan rank
1st
Nauru rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Japan
- Nauru
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Nauru, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Nauru ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 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, Japan or Nauru?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Nauru as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Japan and Nauru?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nauru?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Nauru rank globally for sovereign state?
- Japan ranks 1st and Nauru 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.