ZAF vs ESP: Sovereign state
ZAF
1
in 2022
ESP
1
in 2022
ZAF rank
1st
ESP rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- ZAF
- ESP
How they compare
ZAF currently reports 1 against 1 in ESP, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, ESP has been ahead every year.
ZAF ranks 1st and ESP ranks 1st of 194 countries.
ESP has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | ZAF | ESP | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | ESP |
| 1880s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | ESP |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, ZAF or ESP?
- ZAF, at 1 against 1 in ESP as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between ZAF and ESP?
- 0, with ZAF ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for ZAF and ESP?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do ZAF and ESP rank globally for sovereign state?
- ZAF ranks 1st and ESP 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.