Iraq vs Syria: Sovereign state
Iraq
1
in 2022
Syria
1
in 2022
Iraq rank
1st
Syria rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Iraq
- Syria
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 1 against 1 in Syria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Syria ahead.
Iraq ranks 1st and Syria ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Syria | 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 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Iraq |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Iraq |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Iraq |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Iraq |
| 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, Iraq or Syria?
- Iraq, at 1 against 1 in Syria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Iraq and Syria?
- 0, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Syria?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Iraq and Syria rank globally for sovereign state?
- Iraq ranks 1st and Syria 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.