Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Sovereign state
Guinea-Bissau
1
in 2022
Sierra Leone
1
in 2022
Guinea-Bissau rank
1st
Sierra Leone rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Sierra Leone ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Sierra Leone |
| 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, Guinea-Bissau or Sierra Leone?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for sovereign state?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Sierra Leone 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.