Costa Rica vs Lesotho: Sovereign state
Costa Rica
1
in 2022
Lesotho
1
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
1st
Lesotho rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Costa Rica
- Lesotho
How they compare
Costa Rica 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.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Costa Rica or Lesotho?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Lesotho as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Lesotho rank globally for sovereign state?
- Costa Rica 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
The country is identified as a sovereign state by Correlates of War - State System Membership dataset.