Myanmar vs South Sudan: Sovereign state
Myanmar
1
in 2022
South Sudan
1
in 2022
Myanmar rank
1st
South Sudan rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Myanmar
- South Sudan
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 1 against 1 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 1st and South Sudan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1880s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Myanmar |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Myanmar |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Myanmar or South Sudan?
- Myanmar, at 1 against 1 in South Sudan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Myanmar and South Sudan?
- 0, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and South Sudan?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Myanmar and South Sudan rank globally for sovereign state?
- Myanmar ranks 1st and South Sudan 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.