Indonesia vs Japan: Sovereign state

Indonesia
1
in 2022
Japan
1
in 2022
Indonesia rank
1st
Japan rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Indonesia
  • Japan
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.

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

Indonesia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia Japan Difference Ahead
1810s 0 0 0
1820s 0 0 0
1830s 0 0 0
1840s 0 0 0
1850s 0 0 0
1860s 0 1 1 Japan
1870s 0 1 1 Japan
1880s 0 1 1 Japan
1890s 0 1 1 Japan
1900s 0 1 1 Japan
1910s 0 1 1 Japan
1920s 0 1 1 Japan
1930s 0 1 1 Japan
1940s 0.1 0.6 0.5 Japan
1950s 1 0.8 0.2 Indonesia
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, Indonesia or Japan?
Indonesia, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Indonesia and Japan?
0, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Japan?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Indonesia and Japan rank globally for sovereign state?
Indonesia ranks 1st and Japan 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.