Japan vs United Kingdom: Sovereign state
Japan
1
in 2022
United Kingdom
1
in 2022
Japan rank
1st
United Kingdom rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Japan
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and United Kingdom ranks 1st of 194 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | United Kingdom |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | United Kingdom |
| 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, Japan or United Kingdom?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in United Kingdom as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Japan and United Kingdom?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United Kingdom?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Japan and United Kingdom rank globally for sovereign state?
- Japan ranks 1st and United Kingdom 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.