North Korea vs Kuwait: Sovereign state
North Korea
1
in 2022
Kuwait
1
in 2022
North Korea rank
1st
Kuwait rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- North Korea
- Kuwait
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Kuwait ahead.
North Korea ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st of 194 countries.
North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Kuwait | 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 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | North Korea |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | North Korea |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | North Korea |
| 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, North Korea or Kuwait?
- North Korea, at 1 against 1 in Kuwait as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between North Korea and Kuwait?
- 0, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Kuwait?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do North Korea and Kuwait rank globally for sovereign state?
- North Korea ranks 1st and Kuwait 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.