North Korea vs New Zealand: Sovereign state
North Korea
1
in 2022
New Zealand
1
in 2022
North Korea rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- North Korea
- New Zealand
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
North Korea ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 194 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | New Zealand |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | New Zealand |
| 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, North Korea or New Zealand?
- North Korea, at 1 against 1 in New Zealand as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between North Korea and New Zealand?
- 0, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and New Zealand?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do North Korea and New Zealand rank globally for sovereign state?
- North Korea ranks 1st and New Zealand 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.