Iran vs Sri Lanka: Sovereign state
Iran
1
in 2022
Sri Lanka
1
in 2022
Iran rank
1st
Sri Lanka rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Iran
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Iran currently reports 1 against 1 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Iran ranks 1st and Sri Lanka 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 | Sri Lanka | 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 | 1 | Iran |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iran |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Iran |
| 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 Sri Lanka?
- Iran, at 1 against 1 in Sri Lanka as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Iran and Sri Lanka?
- 0, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Sri Lanka?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Iran and Sri Lanka rank globally for sovereign state?
- Iran ranks 1st and Sri Lanka 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.