Democratic Republic of Congo vs Portugal: Sovereign state

Democratic Republic of Congo
1
in 2022
Portugal
1
in 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Portugal
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.

Across all 207 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Portugal Difference Ahead
1810s 0 1 1 Portugal
1820s 0 1 1 Portugal
1830s 0 1 1 Portugal
1840s 0 1 1 Portugal
1850s 0 1 1 Portugal
1860s 0 1 1 Portugal
1870s 0 1 1 Portugal
1880s 0 1 1 Portugal
1890s 0 1 1 Portugal
1900s 0 1 1 Portugal
1910s 0 1 1 Portugal
1920s 0 1 1 Portugal
1930s 0 1 1 Portugal
1940s 0 1 1 Portugal
1950s 0 1 1 Portugal
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, Democratic Republic of Congo or Portugal?
Democratic Republic of Congo, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Democratic Republic of Congo and Portugal?
0, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Portugal?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Portugal rank globally for sovereign state?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st and Portugal 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.