North Korea vs Sao Tome and Principe: Sovereign state

North Korea
1
in 2022
Sao Tome and Principe
1
in 2022
North Korea rank
1st
Sao Tome and Principe rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • North Korea
  • Sao Tome and Principe
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

North Korea ranks 1st and Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe 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 1 North Korea
1970s 1 0.5 0.5 North Korea
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 Sao Tome and Principe?
North Korea, at 1 against 1 in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between North Korea and Sao Tome and Principe?
0, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Sao Tome and Principe?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do North Korea and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for sovereign state?
North Korea ranks 1st and Sao Tome and Principe 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.