South Korea vs Zimbabwe: Sovereign state

South Korea
1
in 2022
Zimbabwe
1
in 2022
South Korea rank
1st
Zimbabwe rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • South Korea
  • Zimbabwe
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.

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

South Korea ranks 1st and Zimbabwe ranks 1st of 194 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Zimbabwe 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 0.1 0 0.1 South Korea
1950s 1 0 1 South Korea
1960s 1 0.5 0.5 South 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, South Korea or Zimbabwe?
South Korea, at 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between South Korea and Zimbabwe?
0, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Zimbabwe?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do South Korea and Zimbabwe rank globally for sovereign state?
South Korea ranks 1st and Zimbabwe 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.