Laos vs Vietnam: Sovereign state
Laos
1
in 2022
Vietnam
1
in 2022
Laos rank
1st
Vietnam rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Laos
- Vietnam
How they compare
Laos currently reports 1 against 1 in Vietnam, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Vietnam ahead.
Laos ranks 1st and Vietnam ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Vietnam | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Laos |
| 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, Laos or Vietnam?
- Laos, at 1 against 1 in Vietnam as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Laos and Vietnam?
- 0, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Vietnam?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Laos and Vietnam rank globally for sovereign state?
- Laos ranks 1st and Vietnam 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.