Greece vs Italy: Sovereign state

Greece
1
in 2022
Italy
1
in 2022
Greece rank
1st
Italy rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Greece
  • Italy
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Greece currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.

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

Greece ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Italy Difference Ahead
1810s 0 1 1 Italy
1820s 0.2 1 0.8 Italy
1830s 1 1 0
1840s 1 1 0
1850s 1 1 0
1860s 1 1 0
1870s 1 1 0
1880s 1 1 0
1890s 1 1 0
1900s 1 1 0
1910s 1 1 0
1920s 1 1 0
1930s 1 1 0
1940s 0.8 1 0.2 Italy
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, Greece or Italy?
Greece, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Greece and Italy?
0, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Greece and Italy rank globally for sovereign state?
Greece ranks 1st and Italy 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.