Palau vs East Timor: Sovereign state

Palau
1
in 2022
East Timor
1
in 2022
Palau rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Palau
  • East Timor
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Palau currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was East Timor ahead.

Palau ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Palau East Timor Difference Ahead
1810s 0 0 0
1820s 0 0 0
1830s 0 0 0
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 0 0
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 0.6 0 0.6 Palau
2000s 1 0.8 0.2 Palau
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, Palau or East Timor?
Palau, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Palau and East Timor?
0, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and East Timor?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Palau and East Timor rank globally for sovereign state?
Palau ranks 1st and East Timor 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

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,158 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by the ISD dataset.