Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Sovereign state
Lesotho
1
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
1
in 2022
Lesotho rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Lesotho
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Lesotho |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Lesotho |
| 1850s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Lesotho |
| 1860s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Lesotho |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Lesotho |
| 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, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
- Lesotho, at 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea 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.