Ethiopia vs Iraq: Sovereign state

Ethiopia
1
in 2022
Iraq
1
in 2022
Ethiopia rank
1st
Iraq rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Iraq
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 1 against 1 in Iraq, a difference of 0.

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

Ethiopia ranks 1st and Iraq ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 4 and Iraq in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Iraq 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 0.2 0 0.2 Ethiopia
1900s 1 0 1 Ethiopia
1910s 1 0 1 Ethiopia
1920s 1 0 1 Ethiopia
1930s 0.7 0.8 0.1 Iraq
1940s 0.9 1 0.1 Iraq
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, Ethiopia or Iraq?
Ethiopia, at 1 against 1 in Iraq as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Ethiopia and Iraq?
0, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Iraq?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Ethiopia and Iraq rank globally for sovereign state?
Ethiopia ranks 1st and Iraq 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.