Greece vs South Africa: Sovereign state
Greece
1
in 2022
South Africa
1
in 2022
Greece rank
1st
South Africa rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Greece
- South Africa
How they compare
Greece currently reports 1 against 1 in South Africa, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was South Africa ahead.
Greece ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 10 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Greece |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | South Africa |
| 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 South Africa?
- Greece, at 1 against 1 in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Greece and South Africa?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and South Africa?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Greece and South Africa rank globally for sovereign state?
- Greece ranks 1st and South Africa 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.