Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Sovereign state

Kenya
1
in 2022
Sri Lanka
1
in 2022
Kenya rank
1st
Sri Lanka rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Kenya
  • Sri Lanka
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.

Across all 207 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Sri Lanka 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 0 0
1940s 0 0.2 0.2 Sri Lanka
1950s 0 1 1 Sri Lanka
1960s 0.7 1 0.3 Sri Lanka
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, Kenya or Sri Lanka?
Kenya, at 1 against 1 in Sri Lanka as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Kenya and Sri Lanka?
0, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sri Lanka?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Kenya and Sri Lanka rank globally for sovereign state?
Kenya 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

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.