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