Cameroon vs Lesotho: Sovereign state

Cameroon
1
in 2022
Lesotho
1
in 2022
Cameroon rank
1st
Lesotho rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Cameroon
  • Lesotho
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 1 against 1 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.

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

Cameroon ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Lesotho 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 1 0.4 0.6 Cameroon
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, Cameroon or Lesotho?
Cameroon, at 1 against 1 in Lesotho as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Cameroon and Lesotho?
0, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lesotho?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Cameroon and Lesotho rank globally for sovereign state?
Cameroon ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Correlates of War – State System Membership (2017) – 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
Correlates of War – State System Membership (2017) – 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 Correlates of War - State System Membership dataset.