Iran vs Saudi Arabia: Sovereign state
Iran
1
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
1
in 2022
Iran rank
1st
Saudi Arabia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Iran currently reports 1 against 1 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Iran ranks 1st and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Iran |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Iran |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Iran or Saudi Arabia?
- Iran, at 1 against 1 in Saudi Arabia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
- 0, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Saudi Arabia?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Iran and Saudi Arabia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Iran ranks 1st and Saudi Arabia 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.